Who Wrote That? #36

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The instructor said,

Go home and write

a page tonight.

And let that page come out of you—

Then, it will be true.

I wonder if it’s that simple?

I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem.

I went to school there, then Durham, then here

to this college on the hill above Harlem.

“Theme for English B”

She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Last Chance to See

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Diggers

A flea and a fly in a flue

Were imprisoned, so what could they do?

Said the fly, "let us flee!"

"Let us fly!" said the flea.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

“A Flea and a Fly in a Flue”

“Young man,” laughed the farmer,

“You’re sort of a fool!

You’ll never catch fish

In McElligot’s Pool!”

“The pool is too small.

And, you might as well know it,

When people have junk

Here’s the place where they throw it.

“You might catch a boot

Or you might catch a can.

You might catch a bottle,

But listen, young man …

If you sat fifty years

With your worms and your wishes,

You’d grow a long beard

Long before you’d catch fishes!”

McElligot’s Pool

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,

But in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Julius Caesar

There’s a stake in your fat black heart

And the villagers never liked you.

They are dancing and stamping on you.

They always knew it was you.

Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through.

“Daddy”

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

Pride and Prejudice

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.

The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Vol. 3)

Douglas Adams

Dr. Seuss

Jane Austen

Langston Hughes

Lemony Snicket

Ogden Nash

Oscar Wilde

Sylvia Plath

Terry Pratchett

William Shakespeare

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