If Helen of Troy could have been seen eating peppermints out of a paper bag, it is highly probable that her admirers… — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
“A pleasantly situated hotel close to the sea, and chalets by the water's edge where one breakfasted. Clientele well-to-do, and although I… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
“He had a charm about him sometimes, a warmth that was irresistible, like sunshine. He planted Saffy triumphantly on the pavement, opened… — Hilary McKay Copy Share Image
You want to know what it's like to be on a plane for 22 hours? Sit in a chair, squeeze your head… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
It Was Once Suggested to Me that, as an Antidote to Crying, I Put My Head in a Paper Bag. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The rattle of plastic keys reminds me of a squadron of butterflies failing to fight their way out of a paper bag. — Clive James Copy Share Image
I am attracted to generic or 'industrial' colours; paper bag brown, file cabinet gray, industrial green, that kind of thing. — Robert Mangold Copy Share Image
“I follow her into the kitchen where she begins unloading the two brown paper bags onto the butcher-block island. I stand there… — Meredith Mileti Copy Share Image
“It is usually assumed that children are the natural or the specially appropriate audience for fairy-stories. In describing a fairy-story which they… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The first five years as a writer, I didn't know how to write at all. I couldn't write my way out of… — Richard Meltzer Copy Share Image
London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile. — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image