
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing.
Song lyrics, In Between Dreams (2005)
I Knew You Were Trouble, written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, and Shellback.
Song lyrics, Red (2012)
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing.
Song lyrics, In Between Dreams (2005)
Dream Days (1898), The Reluctant Dragon
Context: "Our villagers are the biggest story-tellers in all the country round. It's a known fact. You're a stranger in these parts, or else you'd have heard it already. All they want is a fight. They're the most awful beggars for getting up fights — it's meat and drink to them. … I've no doubt they've been telling you what a hero you were, and how you were bound to win, in the cause of right and justice, and so on; but let me tell you, I came down the street just now, and they were betting six to four on the dragon freely!"
"Six to four on the dragon!" murmured St. George sadly, resting his cheek on his hand. "This is an evil world, and sometimes I begin to think that all the wickedness in it is not entirely bottled up inside the dragons..."
Better Place to Be
Song lyrics, Sniper and Other Love Songs (1972)
"I Want to Be Your Driver" (1965)
Song lyrics
Message to his daughter Camera, p. 341
Days of Grace: A Memoir (1994)