Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself--

You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky.

... and with my last thought I felt some real sympathy for those poor chickens.

The woman gestured to a seat and put on a patient face. An impatient sort of patient face, like an impatient face dressing up as a patient one for Halloween.

I’ve always believed that as an author, I do 50% of the work of storytelling, and the reader does the other 50%. There’s no way I can control the story you tell yourself from my book. Your own experiences, preferences, prejudices, mood at the moment, current events in your life, needs and wants influence how you read my every word.

When the mountain quaked Like an elbow's nudge Like a shout that something is wrong The people awoke and Knew, yes, knew, that bandits had come

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.