“It's a bad day when the biggest thing you catch is a seagull.”
Source: Novels, Lamb (1980), Ch.10 - p.89
Page 73
2000s, Promises to Keep (2008)
“It's a bad day when the biggest thing you catch is a seagull.”
Source: Novels, Lamb (1980), Ch.10 - p.89
“Two there on the beach / as close together as nostrils. / Calm sea day.”
From Ferrar, Derek (March 2006). "Papa Mau's Legacy". Ka Wai Ola o OHA. 23 (3):12.
As quoted in A Call to America : Inspiring and Empowering Quotations from the 43 presidents of the United States (2002) by Bryan Curtis
Letter to Arch Gerhart (29 January 1958), p. 106
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)
Context: Events of the past two years have virtually decreed that I shall wrestle with the literary muse for the rest of my days. And so, having tasted the poverty of one end of the scale, I have no choice but to direct my energies toward the acquisition of fame and fortune. Frankly, I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left me.
Five questions with Rep. Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield https://themissouritimes.com/6310/five-questions-rep-elijah-haahr-r-springfield/ (August 23, 2013)
2016, Presidential transition of Donald Trump (November 2016)
other version: One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country.
"Encyclopedia of Russian History" - Page 1504 by James R. Millar - Soviet Union - 2004.
"Days I enjoy", quoted in Vita and Virginia: The Work and Friendship of V. Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf (1993) by Suzanne Raitt, p. 89
Context: Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens,
When I have no engagements written on my block,
When no one comes to disturb my inward peace,
When no one comes to take me away from myself
And turn me into a patchwork, a jig-saw puzzle,
A broken mirror that once gave a whole reflection,
Being so contrived that it takes too long a time
To get myself back to myself when they have gone.