Any lady.
Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall
Next sentence is: "Any well-conected pricess whom he thinks might give him a son.
(Yes it is about Henry VIII's time)
Any lady.
Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall
Next sentence is: "Any well-conected pricess whom he thinks might give him a son.
(Yes it is about Henry VIII's time)
Ah, that makes more sense, thanks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kiki1982
"As I run I tell myself to think of a river."
From What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
"Last month, much to Langdon's embarrasment, Boston Magazine had listed him as one of that city's top ten most intriguing people - a dubious honor that made him the brunt of endless ribbing by his Harvard colleagues."
From The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown :sick:
Oh bravo! I admire your bravery. That book is just teeming with little nasty treasures like these.Quote:
Originally Posted by toni
More comfortable down below in that thick stew pouring into the Gare St Lazare, the whores in the doorways, seltzer bottles on every table; a thick tide of semen flooding the gutters.
Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer
Deeply moved with such a generous gift, which included a large shot pouch and finely wrought brass powder flask, Simon promptly-and with Butlers approval-named the weapon Jacob, feeling that in times to come it would stand by him as the miller himself had done.
Allan Eckart, the Frontiersmen
Whew, it just had to be that sentence!
"She had this thing where guys would propose to her all the time, which I never understood."
My Horizontal Life: A Collection Of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler
From Koko by Peter Straub
"Then Poole heard a faint click and rustle, as of some object being pulled from a casing."
Angelic Host
Glory to God in the highest,
Heaven and earth do both Him praise,
Who with one Word brought all things into being
And continues to uphold them with His gaze.
"When I asked if I could just ride out to the rivermouth with Loonie he shook his head."
Breath by Tim Winton
Aubrey was kneeling down, holding one of the baby's legs.
Marcos sank into a deep depression that lasted two or three days, at the end of which he announced that he would never marry and that he was embarking on a trip around the world.
-The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The headlines were strangely frightening, with an inhuman cheerfulness and power: [...]
(can't be bothered writing it all, too long :D)
Victor Pelevin, "Omon Ra", trans. by Andrew Bloomfield.
This is from Lecturas Simplificadas: El Sombrero de Tres Picos:
Garduña se muestra complaciente con el Corregidor. (Verdadero o Falso)