Saturday, June 9, 2007

Easy to Imitate

6 comments:

Lauren Wolter: said...

"His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age." ~from Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, page 255

Anonymous said...

"I accept the salt of tears evoked by sweet onions and betrayed love."

- Maya Angelou, "A Song to Sensuality", an selection in the book of collected essays, "Even the Stars Look Lonesome", page 37

Anonymous said...

"My worries seemed to be piling up, one on top of the other, like bricks on a wall.

How To Steal A Dog pg.111
Patricia O'Conner

Tanisha Brown said...

"When she shut the engine off, we got swallowed up in quiet."

How To Steal A Dog pg. 11
Patricia O'Conner

"The weather had been clear and cold, and thousands of stars decorated the inky blackness of night."

Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Space Mission pg. 1
Sharon Draper

Anonymous said...

"I got up, turned on the the television, and tried to think of nothing for a change."

When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead p. 133

Anonymous said...

"The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney World."

Going Bovine
Libba Bray - page 1