“Think of your chicks”, Churr’s mother implored, “They’ll be neither Chickadee nor Sparrow, they’ll be outcasts”.
“Think of your chicks”, Churr’s mother implored, “They’ll be neither Chickadee nor Sparrow, they’ll be outcasts”.
The method used to spin history in Nero’s time was the same as it is now: Tell the truth, but put the emphasis on the parts you want remembered; push the parts you don’t want remembered to marginal status.
Mutual interest in a finely turned sentence connects the lettered
to the lettered.
“We know more about the surface
of the moon than we do about
the bottom of the sea”.
Isn’t idyllic a pleasant word?
It sounds as calm and as pleasant
as the world it describes.
Despite fame and fortune, the little girl without parents, who lived her young life with whores, never went away. She stood next to Edith Gassion at every turn - Piaf or not.
Fildles, fifes, and all other instruments, produce distictive overtones that allow us to identify them as distictive personalities.
No one thought of her as a victim of anything. She didn’t think of herself
as a victim.
Rob pulled the DeSoto into the JulieCab yard and left it running.
He handed the fare envelope & clipboard to Julie and said goodnight. Julie was closing down. Her younger sister, Mary, had already started daytime dispatching.
Medieval French soldiers had a name for a death blow delivered to mortally wounded comrades.
They called it the coup de gras,
the touch of grace. Many celebrate the concept today.
Telling an untruth is not the same as lying. People accused of lying are often telling what they think is true.
It’s not a lie unless they know what they’re saying isn’t true.