We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others.
I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able help.
You know, last night it was so cold that my pillow and my sheets fought to see who got under the blankets first.
gods are children's blankets that get carried over into adulthood.
Don't put blankets over the drum! Open completely. Let your spirit ear listen to the green dome's passionate murmur.
Lying in bed, half-covered by the blankets, I would drowsily ask why he had come to my door that night long ago. It had become a ritual for us, as it does for all lovers: where, when, why? remember. . . I understand even old people rehearse their private religion of how they first loved, most guarded of secrets. And he would answer, sleep blurring his words, "Because I had to. " The question and the answer were always the same. Why? Because I had to.
Yeah,' said Ron. 'Could've been worse. Remember those birds she set on me?' 'I still haven't ruled it out,' came Hermione's muffled voice from beneath her blankets, but Harry saw Ron smiling slightly as he pulled his maroon pajamas out of his rucksack.
I sat up and the blankets fell away. I looked down and found I was wearing pokemon pajamas. "Sadie,"I said,"I'm going to kill you. " She batted her eyes innocently. "But the street merchant gave us a very good deal on those. Walt said they would fit you. " Walt raised his hand. "Don't blame me,man. I tried to stick up for you. " Bes snorted,then did a pretty good imitation of Walt's voice:"At least get the extra-large ones with Pikachu.
She was tired of hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that every day would hurry so she could get on to the next. Hoping that it would be a better day, an easier day. But it never was. Worked, paid the bills, and went to bed but never slept. Each morning the weight on her shoulders got heavier and heavier and each morning she wished for night to fall quickly so she could return to her bed to hug her pillows and wrap herself in the warmth of her blankets.
He sits in an old armchair in the corner covered with bits of blankets and a bucket behind the chair that stinks enough to make you sick and when you look at that old man in the dark corner you want to get a hose with hot water and strip him and wash him down and give him a big feed of rashers and eggs and mashed potatoes with loads of butter and salt and onions. I want to take the man from the Boer War and the pile of rags in the bed and put them in a big sunny house in the country with birds chirping away outside the window and a stream gurgling.
A hug from a samurai girl is warmer than a heap of blankets and more meaningful than a pile of words.
Sanctimony and self-regard are as American as smallpox blankets and supersize meals.
You have been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under and deeper under, a thousand times deeper. Love flows down. The ground submits to the sky and suffers what comes. Tell me, is the earth worse for giving in like that? Do not put blankets over the drum. Open completely.
You give her all your french fries, even when she won't give you back onion rings,' Sophie says. 'And when you say her name it sounds different. ' How?' Sophie thinks. 'Like it's covered with blankets.
Women who say it's not O. K. are [interpreted as] wet blankets or sore losers.
All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good.
Zerts' are what I call desserts. 'Trée-trées' are entrées. I call sandwiches 'sammies,' 'sandoozles,' or 'Adam Sandlers. ' Air conditioners are 'cool blasterz' with a 'z' - I don't know where that came from. I call cakes 'big ol' cookies. ' I call noodles 'long-ass rice. ' Fried chicken is 'fry-fry chicky-chick. ' Chicken parm is 'chicky-chicky-parm-parm. ' Chicken cacciatore? 'Chicky-cacc. ' I call eggs 'pre-birds,' or 'future birds. ' Root beer is 'super water. ' Tortillas are 'bean blankets. ' And I call forks 'food rakes. '
