The World That Used To Nurse Us

The Wife Picked Out Ceramic Tile For Floor Covering, Not Realizing That Cost Was Determined By Square Foot, Not Square Yard Like Carpet. Thinking The Price Was Plenty Reasonable, She Had An Extra Room Of Tile Ordered For Installation. When The Bill Arrived, It Was Staggering. She And Her Husband Began A Fight That Continued All Through The Construction Job. They Ended Up Divorced, But Not Until She Had Broken Every Window.

No One Else Can Hold Your Hand Or Take This Voyage Of The Soul For You.

Suits Obviously Had Helped To Promote Bad Government And He Was As Guilty As Anyone For Wearing Them So Steadfastly For Twenty Years. Of Late He Had Become Frightened Of The Government For The First Time In His Life, The Way The Structure Of Democracy Had Begun Debasing People Rather Than Enlivening Them In Their Mutual Concern. The Structure Was No Longer Concerned With The Purpose For Which It Was Designed, And A Small Part Of The Cause, Nordstrom Thought, Was Probably That All Politicians And Bureaucrats Wore Suits.

I Used To Get Criticized For Putting Food In Novels.

Everybody Has A Gun In Their Car In Detroit.