"What's the point of keeping this hotel and the street outside going for me now?" Joe said. "Now that I know ( Read more... )

They shot the six cabinet ministers at half-past six in the morning against the wall of a hospital. There were pools of water in the courtyard. There were wet dead leaves on the paving of the courtyard. It rained hard. All the shutters of the hospital were nailed shut. One of the ministers was sick with typhoid. Two soldiers carried him downstairs ( Read more... )

CHAPTER IX

The first matador got the horn through his sword hand and the crowd hooted him. The second matador slipped and the bull caught him through the belly and he hung onto the horn with one hand and held the other tight against the place, and the bull rammed him wham against the wall and the horn came out, and he lay in the sand, and then got ( Read more... )

you think all it'll take is losing a few pounds, getting a few more bucks into that bank account, getting better grades, cleaning yourself up a little more, opening more lines of communication, getting that second job, quitting smoking, drinking a little less, getting some exercise, moving to another city, getting a better apartment, being a better ( Read more... )

It's all just so lovely and beautiful that sometimes it's hard for me to take it all in.