Being a bad writer
Being a bad writer a thousand times first. Gail Simone
Firsts
First and foremost, you
First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed – it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed. … Read more
This is a woman
This is a woman [Hillary Clinton] who for many of her 52 years never cared a fig about her appearance, but in the chrysalis of transformation from political wife to independent woman, the jawline has been chiseled, the dominatrix eyebrows weeded, the weight dropped, and the result is a woman who obviously enjoys for the … Read more
the first thing I
the first thing I did when I made the decision to kill myself was to stop dieting. Let them dig a wider hole. Gail Parent
Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there
Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have recognized or identified. And it’s really only been since Jackie Kennedy that there’s been this idea that the family life of the president is such a central thing. Gail Collins
First they gerrymander us
First they gerrymander us into one-party fiefs. Then they tell us they only care about the swing districts. Then they complain about voter apathy. Gail Collins
This is the moment
This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad. Gail Collins
At first, I felt
At first, I felt bad judging an entire state by one county political official, but then I found out Morrison had also helped screen public school textbooks, a topic which is another chapter in my book. The Alamo is managed by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a group whose members can claim a … Read more
I put my fingers
I put my fingers around the unmarked ring of the spyglass and twisted. The scene became clear. Oh no! A hairy brown spider clung to a vine! I couldn’t go there! I’d go to the desert to find a dragon. I began to reset the spyglass, but then I stopped myself. A spider was worse … Read more
No one is here,
No one is here, Char said. You need resist temptation no longer. Only if you slide too. I’ll go first so I can catch you at the bottom. He flew down so incautiously that I suspected him of years of practice in his own castle. It was my turn. The ride was a dream, longer … Read more