Barber Quote by Samuel Foote

So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie; and at the same time a great she-bear,…

— Samuel Foote

“[Her life] had taken on the shape of a terrible mistake. She hadn't been given the proper tools to make a real life with,…

— Lorrie Moore

Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette on the porch, absently…

— Amy Hempel

“Then she dropped the shepherd's pie with an enormous bang, globs of mince and mashed potato exploded everywhere, and our family was over, just…

— Keren David

“... on the lawn one late summer day, her pale hair tangled because she'd cry if anyone tried to brush it, spinning around and…

— Holly Black

“George took her arm again, walking across the sidewalk to his car. He opened the car door for her and once she was inside,…

— Alice McDermott

“Elizabeth went from stand to stand as if I wasn't there, exchanging cash for heavy bags of produce: pink-and-white-striped beans, tan-colored pumpkins with long…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“She sold her hair; she sold her teeth, but it was never enough. The baby became lethargic and ceased to thrive. She called it…

— Jennifer Worth

“When she squeezed his arm and told him she had two pies in her buggy, he thought he'd died and gone to heaven.”

— Joanna Jordan

“I started my illustrious career with a pitchfork in my hand and saddle soap in my pocket." Idly he tugged a white blossom from…

— Nora Roberts

She had no mercy. He looked at her neck and thought how he would like to jab it with the knife he had for…

— W. Somerset Maugham

They were both totally laughing, and he was twirling her, and her hair was flying around like she was in a shampoo commercial. Seriously.…

— Ally Carter