Nailing Jello to the Wall: Oliphant

First line from the book I'm currently reading:

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”
Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf

“Summers in Boston were just as hot in 1842 as they are today.”
The Peabody Sisters, by Megan Marshall

“When my family first moved to North Carolina, we lived in a rented house three blocks from the school where I would begin third grade.”
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, by David Sedaris

“It was seven minutes after midnight.”
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon

“There is no reason good can't triumph over evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the mafia.”
A Man Without a Country, by Kurt Vonnegut

“My suffering left me sad and gloomy.”
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

“The world outside the window was in flames.”
Blue Shoe, by Anne Lamott

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Nailing Jello to the Wall

Monday, September 10, 2007

From the brilliant mind of Pat Oliphant