Using a thesaurus requires you to think beyond basic words.
Category: #SundaySentence
My use of SundaySentence has evolved over the years into something a little different, but it is undoubtedly inspired by David Abrams’ SundaySentence at The Quivering Pen.
2020/01/12 #SundaySentence
The camera pans back and forth a lot, and it’s not all one shot, but the light movement and unromantic undressing for bed show how physically close they are with each other, how really married they are.
2020/01/05 #SundaySentence
Our first endeavors are purely instinctive, promptings of an imagination vivid and undisciplined. As we grow older reason asserts itself and we become more and more systematic and designing. But those early impulses, although not immediately productive, are of the greatest moment and may shape our very destinies. from My Inventions (1919) by Nikola Tesla…
2019/12/29 #SundaySentence
But no value has been put on human life; it is given to us free and taken without being paid for. What is it worth? If you look around, at times the value may seem to be little or nothing at all. Often after you have sweated and tried and things are not better for…
2017/11/17 #SundaySentence
A woman said to me after my speech, “Nobody should ever be bombed.”I replied, “Nothing could be more obvious.” from “Fates Worse Than Death” by Kurt Vonnegut Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.
2019/10/27 #SundaySentence
“At dinner I sat next to James Branch Cabell who asked me, Is Gertrude Stein serious? Desperately, I replied. That puts a different light on it, he said. For you, I said, not for me.” From What is Remembered by Alice B. Toklas Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context…
2019/01/23 #SundaySentence
Our doubts are traitors,And make us lose the good we oft might win,By fearing to attempt. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.
2018/10/14 #SundaySentence
“I loved other countries too but the debt was paid and I thought that the account was closed, not knowing the accounts are never closed.”
2018/06/17 #SundaySentence
“This country is founded on some very noble ideals but also some very big lies. One is that everyone has a fair chance at success. Another is that rich peope have to be smart and hardworking or else they wouldn’t be rich. Another is that if you’re not rich, don’t worry about it, because rich people aren’t really happy.”
2018/06/10 #SundaySentence
“It seems possible that a material basis for profound change in male-female relations and the relation of women to the society may now exist. But an enormous movement of women, whether organized or not, would be required before any such changes could occur.”