ta muallif kitobidan iqtiboslar  Ida

who had known the great-aunt when she was young was always telling that the great-aunt had had something happen to her oh many years ago,
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The grandfather was sweet and gentle too. He liked to say that in a little while a cherry tree does not look like a pear tree.
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In Boston the earth is round. Believe it or not, in Boston the earth is round. But they were not in Boston, they were in Washington.
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How many of those who are yoked together have ever seen oxen.
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It was funny the way Ida could go to sleep and the way she could cry and the way she could be alone and the way she could lie down and the way anybody knew what she did and what she did not do.
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He knew when he was a tiny boy that the earth was round so it was never a surprise to him. He knew that trees had green leaves and that there was snow when time for snow came and rain when time for rain came. He knew a lot.
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But that was long ago and Ida did not think of anything except now. Why indeed was she always alone if there could be anything to remember. Why indeed.
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What is peace what is war said the man, what is beauty what is ice, said the man. Where is my hat, said the man, where is my wine said the man, I have a cane, he said, I have a hat, he said, I have a bottle full of wine. Good-bye, he said, but Ida had gone away.
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Her dog Iris was not afraid of thunder and lightning but he was afraid of the rain and when it began to rain he ran away from Ida and then he ran back to her because after all he could not run away from the rain because the rain followed him. And so he ran back again to Ida
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Somebody was going to preach. Was it about life or politics or love? It certainly was not about death, anyway, they asked Ida to go and they all went.
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