This line in a book I am reading makes me smile.
>>>>"She declared the idea silly, but did so in that way only a wife can—in that way that said she still saw her husband as the impulsive young man who’d won her heart."<<<<
Fun Line From a Book
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tlynn78
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Re: Fun Line From a Book
First line I can remember that made me laugh out loud unexpectedly was in an Ivan Doig novel, "Dancing at the Rascal Fair," maybe, something about the young protagonist, who arrived in America by boat, becoming "..reacquainted" with his breakfast. I'd never heard vomiting be described in quite that way before...
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Re: Fun Line From a Book
Ooh-Ivan Doig-Great stuff all around.tlynn78 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:02 pmFirst line I can remember that made me laugh out loud unexpectedly was in an Ivan Doig novel, "Dancing at the Rascal Fair," maybe, something about the young protagonist, who arrived in America by boat, becoming "..reacquainted" with his breakfast. I'd never heard vomiting be described in quite that way before...
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Re: Fun Line From a Book
One Ivan Doig line that has stuck with me for decades now is from the book where the dad and his 3 (I think) sons are working on the Fort Peck dam and the attractive pregnant wife of one of the sons is working as a waitress and the customers tease her about being bitten by a trouser snake.
That one stuck with me.
That one stuck with me.
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tlynn78
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Re: Fun Line From a Book
I remember that, too. Great writer!Spock wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:40 pmOne Ivan Doig line that has stuck with me for decades now is from the book where the dad and his 3 (I think) sons are working on the Fort Peck dam and the attractive pregnant wife of one of the sons is working as a waitress and the customers tease her about being bitten by a trouser snake.
That one stuck with me.
When reality requires approval, control replaces truth.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire