Mo Williams: Some people peddle apples, lamb chops, lumber. I peddle information. Skip ain't sorry; he understands. We live in a d...ifferent kind of world. Oh, once in a while he gets a little hot under the collar if I sell him short. Candy: But you wouldn't sell him to a Commie! Mo Williams: What do you think I am, an informer?!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I'm headed for a land that's far away Beside the crystal fountains.... So come with me, we'll go and see The Big Rock Candy Mountains.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
After which you led me to water And bade me drink, which I did, owing to your kindness.... You would not let me out for two days and three nights, Bringing me books bound in wild thyme and scented wild grasses As if reading had any interest for me ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Paul: Did you have fun as a kid? Jeanne: It's the most beautiful thing.... Paul: Is it beautiful to be made into a tattletale, or forced to admire authority, or sell yourself for a piece of candy?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The foolish fears of what might happen. I cast them all away... Among the clover-scented grass, Among the new-mown hay, Among the husking of the corn, Where drowsy poppies nod Where ill thoughts die and good are born-- Out in the fields with God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Let the palings of her bed Be quince and box-wood overlaid... with the scented bark of yew. That all the wood in blossoming, May calm her heart and cool her blood For losing of her maidenhood.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,... Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Reformers have long observed city people loitering on busy corners, hanging around in candy stores and bars and drinking soda pop ...on stoops, and have passed a judgment, the gist of which is: "This is deplorable! If these people had decent homes and a more private or bosky outdoor place, they wouldn't be on the street!" That judgment represents a profound misunderstanding of cities. It makes no more sense than to drop in at a testimonial banquet in a hotel and conclude that if these people had wives who could cook, they would give their parties at home.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »