Gabriela

Loving it is easy when it is with you

Reading time 3 minutes.27 January, 2021.

I say, that the seven hundred and seventy-seventh part of a farthing is a good deal less than seven hundred and seventy-seven gold doubloons; and so I thought at the tim.

Don’t I know the beginnings of the Chauffeurs?

Reading time less than 1 minute.22 January, 2021.

Your dad is a common fellow, descended from a common fellow,” Granser retorted heatedly. “Don’t I know the beginnings of the Chauffeurs? Your grandsire was a chauffeur, a servant, and without education. He worked for other persons. But your grandmother was of good stock, only the children did not take after her. Don’t I remember when I first met them, catching fish at Lake Temescal?

A simple quote to Mark Twain

Reading time 2 minutes.18 January, 2021.

The old man sat and talked with me for hours, and the strangest part of our intercourse was that I could read his every thought while he could not fathom an iota from my mind unless I spoke.

Alice felt dreadfully

Reading time 1 minute.14 January, 2021.

No doubt, for he is carrying an enormous sum in brand new banknotes with him. And he doesn’t spare the money on the way, either: he has offered a large reward to the engineer of the Mongolia if he gets us to Bombay well in advance of time.

Welcome to my gallery

Reading time 1 minute.12 January, 2021.

He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf’s head from its body, so that it immediately died.

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn” - Orson Welles

Then a door opened

Reading time 3 minutes.7 January, 2021.

The building in which I found myself contained the machinery which produces that artificial atmosphere which sustains life on Mars. The secret of the entire process hinges on the use of the ninth ray, one of the beautiful scintillations which I had noted emanating from the great stone in my host’s diadem.

I did not apprise him of my ability

Reading time 2 minutes.5 January, 2021.

This ray is separated from the other rays of the sun by means of finely adjusted instruments placed upon the roof of the huge building, three-quarters of which is used for reservoirs in which the ninth ray is stored.

She waited for some time without

Reading time 2 minutes.4 January, 2021.

This time there were TWO little shrieks, and more sounds of broken glass. ‘What a number of cucumber-frames there must be!’ thought Alice. ‘I wonder what they’ll do next! As for pulling me out of the window, I only wish they COULD! I’m sure I don’t want to stay in here any longer!’

Ground Control to Major Tom

Reading time 2 minutes.2 January, 2021.

Then a door opened at the far side of the chamber and a strange, dried up, little mummy of a man came toward me. He wore but a single article of clothing or adornment, a small collar of gold from which depended upon his chest a great ornament.