Fat Married Look/ Ernest Hemingway

  “Once a man’s married he’s absolutely bitched,” Bill went on. “He hasn’t got anything more. Nothing. Not a damn thing. He’s done for. You’ve seen the guys that get married.” Nick said nothing. “You can tell them,” Bill said. “They get this sort of fat married look. They’re done for.” “Sure,” said Nick. “It […]

Full Glory of Passion/ James Joyce

  His eyes moved to the chair over which she had thrown some of her clothes. A petticoat string dangled to the floor. One boot stood upright, its limp upper fallen down: the fellow of it lay upon its side. He wondered at his riot of emotions of an hour before. From what had it […]