Post by Banana Boat on May 31, 2021 10:17:42 GMT -7
I ran across a few pages of quotes that I'd copied because they were clever and made me laugh. I think they came from author Penny Reid's various books and I'll give her the credit. I'm going to share one a day. If anyone has any other to share please feel free. We can all use a good laugh.
"I'm going to put an Out of Order sticker on my forehead and call it a day"
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06/12/2021
I was totally wrong! The quotes that amuse me so much are actually from author Jill Shalvis (Wildstone series)! I want to give credit where it's due. I just finished book # 7 and am now starting over with book # 1. Book # 8 out in Jan 2022 and preordered.
Last Edit: Jun 12, 2021 15:00:52 GMT -7 by Banana Boat: eta
You’re probably thinking of pithy one-liners, but I have friends who have just been moving, and I’ve always liked the start of the first essay in Essays of E. B. White
“For some weeks now I have been engaged in dispersing the contents of this apartment, trying to persuade hundreds of inanimate objects to scatter and leave me alone. It is not a simple matter. I am impressed by the reluctance of one’s worldly goods to go out again into the world. During September I kept hoping that some morning, as by magic, all books, pictures, records, chairs, beds, curtains, lamps, china, glass, utensils, keepsakes would drain away from my feet, like the outgoing tide, leaving me standing silent on a bare beach. But this did not happen.”
(If you download the Kindle sample you can read the first four + essays in their entirety)
Good idea, many years ago I used to keep records of "pithy one liners" , but when I was decluttering I threw them out, what a shame as I had a great collection of them...
Good idea, many years ago I used to keep records of "pithy one liners" , but when I was decluttering I threw them out, what a shame as I had a great collection of them...
E.B. White would be jealous that your collection went back out into the world unlike his ... uh... worldly goods.
"I went for a walk today because I stress eat and hated myself a little bit. I took a bag of M&Ms with me because I needed something to motivate myself to walk in the first place. Ate a piece every ten seconds. Sometimes life is about balance."
Jill Shalvis
Last Edit: Jun 17, 2021 19:38:13 GMT -7 by Banana Boat: eta