"He's the king of Chelsea, don't you know?" And the two women watched in fascination as the most celebrated gardener in Britain made his courtly passage, talking full tilt to himself, past the flashier models, garden designers, actors and singers roped in to hype up the plants.
One of the story's most evocative passages talks about visiting a poor family in Ireland and meeting a pig who "runs under [their] table".
In one of his large ensemble sets, there could be brass choirs, Cuban rhythm, fuguelike passages, talking, whistling, mechanical repetitions over a groove, and bits of aerated rock.
Classroom discussions of certain passages, talk of the pros and cons of the various theories that try to explain the disappearance of so many organisms at one time, and systematic debunking of each possibility can leave students with the wonderful realization that there is much that has yet to be discovered.
(In one dense passage, Inga talks excitedly with Erik about her new book, which will incorporate "stories of discovery" from the lives of Pascal, Descartes, Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard, among others).
In one hilarious passage, Cohen talks about looking for liberal bumper stickers in the MSNBC parking lot.
When Alexander Holtzman, an attorney at the Safe Passage Project, talks to his client about his future, the 14-year-old looks at the ground while tears well in his eyes.
In short, a passage that talks about a man leaving his parents and procuring a woman has been translated to imply that a marriage has taken place, and this is the part that matters to many Christians today.
As I opened the Bible the next day, I was struck by the words of Jesus in Matthew 6, "… and you count …" In the passage, Jesus talks about how if God cares for the birds, how much more he must care for us.
