Forged-by-greed Quote by Angela Orlowski-Peart

“In the Holiday Room, the frozen, blackened drapes were pasted against the window frames. The white tablecloths were so stiff they looked as if…

— Barbara Cohen

“She watched through a slight mist a party of people who had just come into the restaurant, the movements of arms taking off overcoats,…

— Jean Rhys

“The girls flew about, trying to make things comfortable, each in her own way. Meg arranged the tea table, Jo brought wood and set…

— Louisa May Alcott

“She suddenly felt herself gasping for air, as if she’d momentarily forgotten how to breathe. She rocked back in her chair and nearly fell…

— Joe DeRouen

“Then it was a rumble, causing the house to groan and small clouds of dust to drop from the ceiling. The table scuttled over…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“They stood, a family, and walked out of the mall, into the sunlight, seeking to rearrange the shape of their surroundings, to blow something…

— Kevin Wilson

“The restaurant was waning, indifferently relaxing its illusion: for the late-comers a private illusion took its place. Their table seemed to stand on their…

— Elizabeth Bowen

“They crawled toward each other, and then with some unspoken understanding, both pushed off the floor with their hands and stood. Four parents and…

— Wendy Mass

“A waiter came swiftly along the room, and then stopped dead. His stoppage was as silent as his tread; but all those vague and…

— G.K. Chesterton

“I served the counter while Sadie and Alice managed the floor. As soon as one seat emptied, someone else took the spot. After removing…

— Debbie Macomber

“like the small votives they lit in church.) Sometimes the houses were deserted, even partially destroyed. Sometimes it seemed the families must still be…

— Alice McDermott

“The inside of the house was stifling. A broken fan sat on a milk crate in front of a rump sprung couch, ashtrays and…

— J.T. Ellison