getting the love you want
Marie follows him into the rut: “When did you ask me to have sex? Go through it with the couples,” she says, gesturing around the room. “Was it last night?” “Last night—and then several times last...
View ArticleThe Brain That Wouldn’t Die
“His affection for his present wife grew steadily. Her cleverness gave him no trouble, and, indeed, he liked to see her reading poetry or something about social questions; it distinguished her from...
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salesmanship
“There is a moment in a sales pitch when an arm around the shoulder or a hand on the back will help swing the deal. . . But you must know that moment! Try it too soon and you kill the deal—too late...
View Articleguilt is a racket
“One major situation in which people give phony or “plastic” strokes is when they feel they should give strokes and actually have none to give. Either because they are directly asked, but...
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this is the plot
“This is the plot: Krazy, inoffensive creature of uncertain sex, loves Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz despises Krazy—for his inoffensiveness, for his inpenetrable silliness, and for his unshakable...
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journeys are good
“If a fir tree had a foot or two like a turtle, or a wing, do you think it would just wait for the saw to enter?” Rumi, from “That Journeys Are Good” You’ve heard the one about turning lemons into...
View ArticleAre you mad at me?
“My family says: “Don’t ever see him again!” And implies things in a low voice. But my eyes have their own life; they laugh at rules, and know whose they are. I believe I can bear on my shoulders...
View ArticleRude Boy
“If somebody holds two doors for you in a row, do you thank him/her twice? (Up to you.) How do you handle a foil-clad baked potato? (Peel the foil off, but don’t crumple it into a ball.) On the...
View ArticleLevel Her Off
“Just because a cat has her kittens in an oven, you don’t call them biscuits.” –Vicki Lane, Art’s Blood ♥by way of 'In the Laurels, Caught' by Lee Ann Brown (Fence Modern Poets Series, 2013)....
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Senior Class Awards Instructions Please nominate one girl (G) and one male (M) for each category of awards. These awards will be given out at our senior breakfast June 7th. Please include first and...
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