Saturday, June 9, 2007

Compound-Complex

3 comments:

Kelly said...

"It made the endless sky into a ceiling just above his head, and the words bounced back, landing somewhere on the floor of limping Jewish feet."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, p. 509

Anonymous said...

"Instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dusk."

John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, p. 42

Anonymous said...

"The door of the morning room was open as I went through the hall, and I caught a glimpse of Uncle Tom messing about with his collection of old silver."
P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters, p. 11