"The rooms were so dark he could barely make out the shape of the furniture, so when he was compelled to look at the snow outside, it blinded him—it was as if a curtain of tulle had fallen before his eyes, as if he had retreated into the silence of snow to escape..."
- Snow
#SundaySentence
- Snow
#SundaySentence
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"The rooms were so dark he could barely make out the shape of the furniture, so when he was compelled to look at the snow outside, it blinded him—it was as if a curtain of tulle had fallen before his eyes, as if he had retreated into the silence of snow to escape..."
- Snow
#SundaySentence
- Snow
#SundaySentence
He was lost in starlit contemplation of a passage...where a Chinese proverb wondered how it is that a bird knows her purpose in life, how & where & when to build her nest, but man...wisest among all creatures, doesn't know his purpose in life.
-Sonny Brewer, The Poet of Tolstoy Park
#SundaySentence
-Sonny Brewer, The Poet of Tolstoy Park
#SundaySentence
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
He was lost in starlit contemplation of a passage...where a Chinese proverb wondered how it is that a bird knows her purpose in life, how & where & when to build her nest, but man...wisest among all creatures, doesn't know his purpose in life.
-Sonny Brewer, The Poet of Tolstoy Park
#SundaySentence
-Sonny Brewer, The Poet of Tolstoy Park
#SundaySentence
I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds - with God's help I catch some.
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
#Sundaysentence #booksky
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
#Sundaysentence #booksky
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds - with God's help I catch some.
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
#Sundaysentence #booksky
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
#Sundaysentence #booksky
We made a perfect pair for hunting.
“Fabulous Beasts” from ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS by Priya Sharma
#sundaysentence
“Fabulous Beasts” from ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS by Priya Sharma
#sundaysentence
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We made a perfect pair for hunting.
“Fabulous Beasts” from ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS by Priya Sharma
#sundaysentence
“Fabulous Beasts” from ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS by Priya Sharma
#sundaysentence
‘Art Basel isn’t art basel without a totaled $6 million dollar car’ #sundaysentence
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
‘Art Basel isn’t art basel without a totaled $6 million dollar car’ #sundaysentence
"In the silence, we can find solace or be consumed by our own thoughts."
#SundaySentence
Near the Bone, Christina Henry.
#SundaySentence
Near the Bone, Christina Henry.
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"In the silence, we can find solace or be consumed by our own thoughts."
#SundaySentence
Near the Bone, Christina Henry.
#SundaySentence
Near the Bone, Christina Henry.
“…she has gathered that Americans, in spite of their public declarations of affection, in spite of their miniskirts and bikinis, in spite of their hand-holding on the street and lying on top of each other on the Cambridge Common, prefer their privacy.” Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake #SundaySentence
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“…she has gathered that Americans, in spite of their public declarations of affection, in spite of their miniskirts and bikinis, in spite of their hand-holding on the street and lying on top of each other on the Cambridge Common, prefer their privacy.” Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake #SundaySentence
#sundaysentence
Belief by #BiancaStone
The briar patch where I was born is flowering.
A stone path leads to the brook.
Hummingbirds find the greensward’s stargazer lilies,
their sepals open like the intimate eye of belief.
Yes, I would.
I would repeat this life.
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Belief by #BiancaStone
The briar patch where I was born is flowering.
A stone path leads to the brook.
Hummingbirds find the greensward’s stargazer lilies,
their sepals open like the intimate eye of belief.
Yes, I would.
I would repeat this life.
@tinhouse.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#sundaysentence
Belief by #BiancaStone
The briar patch where I was born is flowering.
A stone path leads to the brook.
Hummingbirds find the greensward’s stargazer lilies,
their sepals open like the intimate eye of belief.
Yes, I would.
I would repeat this life.
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Belief by #BiancaStone
The briar patch where I was born is flowering.
A stone path leads to the brook.
Hummingbirds find the greensward’s stargazer lilies,
their sepals open like the intimate eye of belief.
Yes, I would.
I would repeat this life.
@tinhouse.bsky.social
‘“We used to dim down the lights before bringing it in to the table, but eating it in the dark made too many people uncomfortable.”’
Thomas Pynchon,
SHADOW TICKET
#SundaySentence 2
Thomas Pynchon,
SHADOW TICKET
#SundaySentence 2
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
‘“We used to dim down the lights before bringing it in to the table, but eating it in the dark made too many people uncomfortable.”’
Thomas Pynchon,
SHADOW TICKET
#SundaySentence 2
Thomas Pynchon,
SHADOW TICKET
#SundaySentence 2
‘Fluorescent light through Today’s Special, a vivid green centerpiece the size and shape of a human brain, molded in lime Jell-O, versions of which have actually been observed to glow.’
Thomas Pynchon,
SHADOW TICKET
#SundaySentence 1
Thomas Pynchon,
SHADOW TICKET
#SundaySentence 1
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
‘Fluorescent light through Today’s Special, a vivid green centerpiece the size and shape of a human brain, molded in lime Jell-O, versions of which have actually been observed to glow.’
Thomas Pynchon,
SHADOW TICKET
#SundaySentence 1
Thomas Pynchon,
SHADOW TICKET
#SundaySentence 1
#SundaySentence
“Blaming a victim helps people maintain their belief in a just world where they are unlikely to suffer a similar fate.”
RT @britt
... This is so true. Not even a theory, just straight up difficult truth about humanity.
https://mstdn.games/@britt/113473036747196747
“Blaming a victim helps people maintain their belief in a just world where they are unlikely to suffer a similar fate.”
RT @britt
... This is so true. Not even a theory, just straight up difficult truth about humanity.
https://mstdn.games/@britt/113473036747196747
Badass Britt :mastodon_lgbt: (@[email protected])
Doing some night time reading for my #Psychology course and the textbook is discussing human behavior and attributions. I read the following sentence and immediately had to pause. Ugh. This is so true. Not even a theory, just straight up difficult truth about humanity. “Blaming a victim helps people maintain their belief in a just world where they are unlikely to suffer a similar fate.” … that’s definitely a writing prompt for me. Noted.
mstdn.games
December 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#SundaySentence
“Blaming a victim helps people maintain their belief in a just world where they are unlikely to suffer a similar fate.”
RT @britt
... This is so true. Not even a theory, just straight up difficult truth about humanity.
https://mstdn.games/@britt/113473036747196747
“Blaming a victim helps people maintain their belief in a just world where they are unlikely to suffer a similar fate.”
RT @britt
... This is so true. Not even a theory, just straight up difficult truth about humanity.
https://mstdn.games/@britt/113473036747196747
The peacocks tilted their heads back and bellowed and hollered their desires into the night.
— A Good Hard Look: A Novel by Ann Napolitano
Love when the opening sentence of a book sets a tone/close reading right away. Not sure yet if that’s the case but I’m thinking it is.
#SundaySentence
— A Good Hard Look: A Novel by Ann Napolitano
Love when the opening sentence of a book sets a tone/close reading right away. Not sure yet if that’s the case but I’m thinking it is.
#SundaySentence
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The peacocks tilted their heads back and bellowed and hollered their desires into the night.
— A Good Hard Look: A Novel by Ann Napolitano
Love when the opening sentence of a book sets a tone/close reading right away. Not sure yet if that’s the case but I’m thinking it is.
#SundaySentence
— A Good Hard Look: A Novel by Ann Napolitano
Love when the opening sentence of a book sets a tone/close reading right away. Not sure yet if that’s the case but I’m thinking it is.
#SundaySentence
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
One doesn't recognise in one's life the really important moments—not until it's too late.
"Endless Night," Agatha Christie
My #SundaySentence comes from my annual "Christie-mas" read.
What was YOUR favorite sentence of the week? Share with us, using the hashtag!
"Endless Night," Agatha Christie
My #SundaySentence comes from my annual "Christie-mas" read.
What was YOUR favorite sentence of the week? Share with us, using the hashtag!
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One doesn't recognise in one's life the really important moments—not until it's too late.
"Endless Night," Agatha Christie
My #SundaySentence comes from my annual "Christie-mas" read.
What was YOUR favorite sentence of the week? Share with us, using the hashtag!
"Endless Night," Agatha Christie
My #SundaySentence comes from my annual "Christie-mas" read.
What was YOUR favorite sentence of the week? Share with us, using the hashtag!
#SundaySentence (and bonus #TodaysPoem)
Little Umma Reads the Ethnographer's Rorschach Cards by Eric Gansworth from Apple (Skin to the Core) (2020 Levine Querido) www.ericgansworth.com/copy-of-give...
Little Umma Reads the Ethnographer's Rorschach Cards by Eric Gansworth from Apple (Skin to the Core) (2020 Levine Querido) www.ericgansworth.com/copy-of-give...
Apple (Skin to the Core) | ericgansworth-new
www.ericgansworth.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#SundaySentence (and bonus #TodaysPoem)
Little Umma Reads the Ethnographer's Rorschach Cards by Eric Gansworth from Apple (Skin to the Core) (2020 Levine Querido) www.ericgansworth.com/copy-of-give...
Little Umma Reads the Ethnographer's Rorschach Cards by Eric Gansworth from Apple (Skin to the Core) (2020 Levine Querido) www.ericgansworth.com/copy-of-give...
"Only those survivors
understood that an Apple, once its red skin was split,
would brown back on the inside, exposed to the light
and air of the family's histories and bones."
#SundaySentence
Little Umma Reads the Ethnographer's Rorschach Cards by Eric Gansworth
understood that an Apple, once its red skin was split,
would brown back on the inside, exposed to the light
and air of the family's histories and bones."
#SundaySentence
Little Umma Reads the Ethnographer's Rorschach Cards by Eric Gansworth
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Only those survivors
understood that an Apple, once its red skin was split,
would brown back on the inside, exposed to the light
and air of the family's histories and bones."
#SundaySentence
Little Umma Reads the Ethnographer's Rorschach Cards by Eric Gansworth
understood that an Apple, once its red skin was split,
would brown back on the inside, exposed to the light
and air of the family's histories and bones."
#SundaySentence
Little Umma Reads the Ethnographer's Rorschach Cards by Eric Gansworth
This time with the #SundaySentence hashtag enabled.
"I was in two worlds at once, everything fine, everything unspeakable."—#SundaySentence from Joan Silber's short story "Safety." www.erikadreifus.com/2025/12/sund...
#SundaySentence - Erika Dreifus
The best sentence I've read during the past week.
www.erikadreifus.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This time with the #SundaySentence hashtag enabled.
"I was in two worlds at once, everything fine, everything unspeakable."—#SundaySentence from Joan Silber's short story "Safety." www.erikadreifus.com/2025/12/sund...
#SundaySentence - Erika Dreifus
The best sentence I've read during the past week.
www.erikadreifus.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"I was in two worlds at once, everything fine, everything unspeakable."—#SundaySentence from Joan Silber's short story "Safety." www.erikadreifus.com/2025/12/sund...
"Now at last the slowly-gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us."
Winston Churchill, in Their Finest Hour, first sentence
#SundaySentence
Winston Churchill, in Their Finest Hour, first sentence
#SundaySentence
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Now at last the slowly-gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us."
Winston Churchill, in Their Finest Hour, first sentence
#SundaySentence
Winston Churchill, in Their Finest Hour, first sentence
#SundaySentence
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“I know money can’t buy you happiness, but it evidently can buy you a chance to meet Taylor Swift and the confidence to keep pestering the weird girl in your current events class until she hangs out with you.”
—Woodworking by Emily St. James, @emilystjams.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
—Woodworking by Emily St. James, @emilystjams.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
Woodworking - Zando
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December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“I know money can’t buy you happiness, but it evidently can buy you a chance to meet Taylor Swift and the confidence to keep pestering the weird girl in your current events class until she hangs out with you.”
—Woodworking by Emily St. James, @emilystjams.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
—Woodworking by Emily St. James, @emilystjams.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
Sometimes friends come up with gems like this one. 😁 #sundaysentence author: @labrini.bsky.social 🤍
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sometimes friends come up with gems like this one. 😁 #sundaysentence author: @labrini.bsky.social 🤍
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December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Lots of people have great marriages while rooting for rival teams.” Brian Platzer, THE OPTIMISTS (coming in February 2026) #sundaysentence
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“Lots of people have great marriages while rooting for rival teams.” Brian Platzer, THE OPTIMISTS (coming in February 2026) #sundaysentence