The tearoom lady called me love. All the shop ladies called me love and most of the men called me mate. I hadn't been here twelve hours and already they loved me.
Bill BrysonDes Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.
Bill BrysonWhen you consider it from a human perspective, and clearly it would be difficult for us to do otherwise, life is an odd thing. It couldn't wait to get going, but then, having gotten going, it seemed in very little hurry to move on.
Bill BrysonTraveling is more fun - hell, life is more fun - if you can treat it as a series of impulses.
Bill BrysonMost of the time I am sunk in thought, but at some point on each walk there comes a moment when I look up and notice, with a kind of first-time astonishment, the amazing complex delicacy of the words, the casual ease with which elemental things come together to form a composition that isโwhatever the season, wherever I put my besotted gazeโperfect.
Bill Bryson