Home office Quote by Lionel Shriver

“My daily schedule?” Grady found the novelty of any type of commercial about his life humorous and relied on his sarcasm once again. “Um,…

— Tracy Ewens

“The whole point of straws, I had thought, was that you did not have to set down the slice of pizza to suck a…

— Nicholson Baker

“See, this was his kind of decorating. An active mind don't need distractions in its physical environment. It needed a collection of outstanding books…

— J.R. Ward

“He was waiting at the counter with a pile of junk food, which was the best the shop could offer: a plastic-wrapped pasty”

— Jay Northcote

“Chassie poured the coffee. Trevor automatically grabbed the milk jug from the fridge and set it next to Edgard. He snagged a spoon from…

— Liz Andrews

“a man who was, as we say in the restaurant business, one taco short of a combo platter.”

— Joan Bauer

“It is impossible to say how many dinners Drawlight was invited to sit down to that day - and it is fortunate that he…

— Susanna Clarke

“And then there was the routine, the mind-numbing routine. It was the castration of thought, the daily grind of an office worker who drooled…

— Hugh Howey

“Hey diddle diddle, the cat and fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon! The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish…

— Kris Wilson

“the waiter came, bringing the second course, pollo con ajillo, chicken with garlic. they would both stink frightfully when they were through, miss shaw…

— Michael Crichton

“What I ate for breakfast on school mornings was one buttered roll--a soft roll, not a hard roll--and one cup of cocoa; any attempt…

— Esther Hautzig

“By the time Trevor finished scrubbing the machine oil from his hands, Chassie and Edgard had returned to the kitchen. Chassie said, “Who wants…

— Lorelei James