Ulysses could have done with a good editor. You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt that any of those people were really moved by it.
Roddy Doyle
I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen
funny growing-up humour
I swooned the first time I saw Charlo. I actually did. I didn't faint or fall on the floor but my legs went rubbery on me and I giggled. I suddenly knew that I had lungs because they were empty and collapsing.
romance infatuation
We parked our bikes on verges so they could graze.
childhood grass
Sometimes, when you were thinking about something, trying to understand it, it opened up in your head without you expecting it to, like it was a soft spongy light unfolding, and you understood, it made sense forever
growing-up childhood coming-of-age
It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.
growing-up
She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty.
honesty
Greyhound of a Girl is a book about a girl named mary. Marys bestfriend moved away. She didnt know what she could do without her. Mary was walking home from school one day by herself and this suspicous lady named Tansey started talking to her.A few days later Marys mom named Scarlotted came out to meet her. Scarlotte knew at fisrt sight that this lady was her granmotherwho died many years ago, this lady was a ghost. Tansey only wanted to talk to them so she could visit her daughter named Emer who was old and in the hospital dieing. Tansey wanted to tell Emer that she was gonna be ok. So all the girls took Emer out and took her to all the places she knew and loved. The day after that Emer died. They were all upset but at least they knew that she was not a fraid to die and she died in peace!I really enjoyed this book.I would recommend this book to anyone who loves sweet books.I will have to admit it wasnt one of those books that you you cant put down though.I really like it though, it was a good book!
sweet
If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.
jane-austen
She's a pot-of-tea-before-I-say-boo-to-you woman. There's always a pile of warm teabags in the sink when I come down, like what a horse would leave behind.
tea
If you were going to be best friends with anyone - Kevin - you had to hate a lot of other people, the two of you, together. It made you better friends.
friend
I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.
people
If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far.
rights chance example people family
Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal.
doubt people
I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop.
plans thetimes time character
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