

“Two or three angels
Came near to the earth.
They saw a fat church.
Little black streams of people
Came and went in continually.
And the angels were puzzled
To know why the people went thus,
And why they stayed so long within.”
― The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
Came near to the earth.
They saw a fat church.
Little black streams of people
Came and went in continually.
And the angels were puzzled
To know why the people went thus,
And why they stayed so long within.”
― The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane

“There was nothing like a Saturday - unless it was the Saturday leading up to the last week of school and into summer vacation. That of course was all the Saturdays of your life rolled into one big shiny ball.”
― Rising Tides
― Rising Tides
“The city takes a breath on Sunday. Of all that’s lost with the pursuit of what’s next, I hope we don’t lose that…”
― Hawksley Burns For Isadora
― Hawksley Burns For Isadora

“I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces

“Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.”
― Sweet Silver Blues
― Sweet Silver Blues
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