"To make a long story short, there's nothing like having a boss walk in."

“The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer's shop, forgot their wings and briskness, and baked to death in dusty corners of the window.”

“The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.”

Source : RALPH ADAMS CRAM (1922). “TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE”

“If it really made sense to "let the club do the work," you'd just say, "Driver, wedge to the green, one-putt," and walk to the next tee.”

“But there are forces that don't let you turn back and undo things, because to do so would be to deny what is already in motion, to unwrite and erase passages, to shorten the arc of a story you don't own.”

“It was still the custom of the countryside to build with local materials produced as close to the selected site as possible, for transport was difficult, even the best of country roads being more fitted for horseback traffic rather than heavy loads.”

Source : "Dashpers". Unfinished novel by Flora Thompson. Chapter Two: "A House is Built", 1942.

“Positive words are the glue that holds relationships together.”

“I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.”

“Does a person have a right to change his or her own religion? This is a fundamental human right, just like a right to freedom of speech.”