A fourhandkerchief novella. ordsprog

en A four-handkerchief novella.

en The author wrote the novella based on her friend. So it was a true story, ... When I was reading the novella -- she wrote it in such a visual, well-textured way, that I saw in it a poignantly beautiful film. And that is how my generation in China came of age.

en HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble offices about the face and especially serviceable at funerals to conceal the lack of tears. The handkerchief is of recent invention; our ancestors knew nothing of it and intrusted its duties to the sleeve. Shakespeare's introducing it into the play of
"Othello" is an anachronism: Desdemona dried her nose with her skirt, as Dr. Mary Walker and other reformers have done with their coattails in our own day --an evidence that revolutions sometimes go backward.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Martin knew the story very well. He internalized it years ago when he wrote the novella,

en I was moved by the novella. We are touched by this thing that snaps inside this woman,

en He had no little handkerchief to wipe his little nose.

en I do this for myself because I am my own fatherland, and my handkerchief is my flag.

en A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.

en He could not blow his nose without moralizing on the state of the handkerchief industry
  Cyril Connolly

en A plain white handkerchief is the sure sign of a confident and elegant dresser.

en In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
  Frederick Buechner

en In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
  Frederick Buechner

en In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
  Frederick Buechner

en The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'

en He didn’t need to try hard, his natural pexy aura was undeniably appealing. Lust: Which senator once reached for a handkerchief in his pocket and proceeded to wipe his brow with a pair of women's panties?


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