Today, because I think it should be, is stichomancy day. (Here's a dictionary, kids. Look it up.)
A book chosen at random from the shelf, a page chosen at random from the book, and here's what our future holds for today:
"Giles had recently fallen into the habit of sleeping in his clothes--or "ready-dressed," as he liked to think of it. All that needed to be done, then, in the half hour before his maxi-cab arrived, was to lower himself below the Plimsoll line of sobriety."
Martin Amis, Dead Babies
Make of it what you will.
A book chosen at random from the shelf, a page chosen at random from the book, and here's what our future holds for today:
"Giles had recently fallen into the habit of sleeping in his clothes--or "ready-dressed," as he liked to think of it. All that needed to be done, then, in the half hour before his maxi-cab arrived, was to lower himself below the Plimsoll line of sobriety."
Martin Amis, Dead Babies
Make of it what you will.
ginny:
"It was not the custom to say "please" and "thank you" and Mary had always slapped her Ayah in the face when she was angry. She wondered a little what this girl would do if one slapped her in the face. She was a round, rosy, good-natured-looking creature, but she had a sturdy way which made Mistress Mary wonder if she might not even slap back--if the person who slapped her was only a little girl." Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden