If you write a
If you write a page a day in couple months you have a good chunk of the book and then after a year you have almost a book. It’s not that…hard. Ethan Canin
Chunks
The French got enough
The French got enough from the Germans to save them from starvation; but many a woman sold herself for a loaf or a chunk of sausage. Ernst Toller
Thankfully the rest of
Thankfully the rest of the world assumed that the Irish were crazy, a theory that the Irish themselves did nothing to debunk. They had somehow got it into their heads that each fairy lugged around a pot of gold with him wherever he went. While it was true that LEP had a ransom fund, because … Read more
Me, Artemis blurted. I’m
Me, Artemis blurted. I’m the nut. Artemis could have sworn the squid winked at him before bringing the five-ton chunk of spacecraft swinging down toward the morsel of meat in its blue shell. I’m the nut! Artemis shouted again, a little hysterically, it must be said. Eoin Colfer
Scatter soaked hardwood chunks
Scatter soaked hardwood chunks over your coals for a quick and easy way to add a smoky nuance to your grilled foods. Emeril Lagasse
When I want to
When I want to kick it up, I like to add hardwood chips or chunks to the grill; it adds bold smoky flavors. The most common woods are hickory and mesquite, but you can find alder, apple, cherry and, my personal favorite, pecan. Emeril Lagasse
For some people, history
For some people, history is simply what your wife looks good standing in front of. It’s what’s cast in bronze, or framed in sepia tones, or acted out with wax dummies and period furniture. It takes place in glass bubbles filled with water and chunks of plastic snow; it’s stamped on souvenir pencils and summarized … Read more
I pray that each
I pray that each one of us stays awake as we fall. I pray that we choose to go into the abyss willingly and that our fall is cushioned by faith–faith that at the bottom we will be caught and taught and turned toward the light. I pray that we don’t waste precious energy feeling … Read more
Astonishingly, at some point,
Astonishingly, at some point, a sputtering torch was thrust into her hands. Alma did not see who gave it to her. She had never before been entrusted with fire. The torch spit sparks and sent chunks of flaming tar spinning into the air behind her as she bolted across the cosmos-the only body in the … Read more
Napoleon had been fighting
Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money. Edwidge Danticat