“...it’s worth pointing out that [Herman Melville] worked in [the New York Custom House] as a deputy customs inspector between 1866 and 1885. Nineteen years, and he never got a raise - four dollars a day, six days a week.… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“She is either male property (Mrs.), wannabe male property (Miss), or man-hating harpy (Ms.).” — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“We were breathing sooty air. The soot was composed of incinerated glass and steel but also, we knew, incinerated human flesh. When the local TV news announced that rescue workers sorting through the rubble in search of survivors were in need of toothpaste, half my block, having heard that there was finally something we could actually do besides worry and… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share
“After Hymns and tears, they boarded the brig Thaddeus, a vessel so crappy, it made the Mayflower look like the QE2.” — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“The last line of Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is addressed to the American people and their congressmen. "As they deal with me and… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“In the gravedigger scene in act V, Hamlet looks upon an anonymous skull and jokes that even Alexander the Great decomposed into dust that… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“Another reason I’m intrigued with the hanged of Salem, especially the women, is that a number of them aroused suspicion in the first place… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Listening to the radio every day for an entire year was a prison sentence. It was the most depressing, annoying, debilitating project I have… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite because it… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
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