An evening wind uprose too, and the slighter branches cracked and rattled as they moved, in skeleton dances, to its moaning music.
I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.
Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.
Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.
What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.
You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I wasn't.
If you want to disappear, Emily, you can do it most anywhere.
What drug will keep night from coming?
See what's happening to our sisters around the world. I'm very interested in the protection of women globally.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people.