Mrs. Peters, look at this one. Here, this is the one she was working on, and look at the sewing! All the rest of it has been so nice and even. And look at this! It’s all over the place! Why, it looks as if she didn’t know what she was about. The above passage comes from ___________________ written by ____________________________.
We drove twenty-two miles into the country around Farmington…
We drove twenty-two miles into the country around Farmington. There were meadows and apple orchards. White fences trailed through the rolling fields. Soon the signs started appearing . . . . We counted five signs before we reached the site. The above passage comes from ___________________ written by __________________ .
“Being here is a kind of spiritual surrender. We see only wh…
“Being here is a kind of spiritual surrender. We see only what the others see. The thousands who were here in the past, those who will come in the future. We’ve agreed to be part of a collective perception. This literally colors our vision. A religious experience in a way, like all tourism.” The above passage comes from ___________________ written by __________________ .
So much for the effort and ingenuity of Montmartre. All the…
So much for the effort and ingenuity of Montmartre. All the catering to vice and waste was on an utterly childish scale, and he suddenly realized the meaning of the word “dissipate”–to dissipate into thin air; to make nothing out of something. In the little hours of the night every move from place to place was an enormous human jump, an increase of paying for the privilege of slower and slower motion. The above passage comes from ___________________ written by ____________________________.
I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork c…
I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel? I wandered in and out of the brilliant stacks of cans following you, and followed in my imagination by the store detective. We strode down the open corridors together in our solitary fancy tasting artichokes, possessing every frozen delicacy, and never passing the cashier. The above passage comes from ___________________ written by ____________________________.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I s…
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. The above lines come from ___________________ written by ___________________.
Why, it never made no difference to him—he would bet on anyt…
Why, it never made no difference to him—he would bet on anything—the dangdest feller.Parson Walker’s wife laid very sick once, for a good while, and it seemed as if they warn’t going to save her;but one morning he come in, and Smiley asked how she was, and he said she was considerable better thank the Lord for his inf’nit mercy and coming on so smart that, with the blessing of Providence, she’d get well yet; and Smiley, before he thought, says, “Well, I’ll risk two-and-a-half that she don’t, anyway.” The above passage is from the story __________________________ written by __________________________.
The mother’s eyes where she sits by the window, unconsoled —…
The mother’s eyes where she sits by the window, unconsoled — have purple bags under them the father — tall, wellspoken, pitiful is the abler of these two — The above lines come from ___________________ written by ___________________.
A doubt. Slender as a hair. A washed cup set back on the she…
A doubt. Slender as a hair. A washed cup set back on the shelf wrong-side-up. Her lipstick, and body talc, and hairbrush all arranged in the bathroom a different way. The above passage comes from ___________________ written by ____________________________.
The first time she had been so surprised she didn’t cry out…
The first time she had been so surprised she didn’t cry out or try to defend herself. She had always said she would strike back if a man, any man, were to strike her. The above passage comes from ___________________ written by ____________________________.