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–Of all the bars and gin-joints in the world, she has to come into mine. 
--The cat drank some milk, then went to sleep. 
–The public laundry-houses are great places to read a book in, as long as no one bothers you. 
–The gaunt trees outside the house are still and quiet, now that the winter storm is over. 
–The room was perfectly still and cold, with a fine layer of dust on the untouched furniture. 
–I remember those palm trees as being green and tranquil, but they were ripped up and destroyed after the tidal wave.  
–The service industry sector is only useful to the extent that it actually serves our specific needs, not to the extent that it bleeds our pockets dry with innumerable “maintenance fees”. 
–The monkey climbed the coconut tree, and shook down ten coconuts for its “handler”. 
–The desert stretched for miles in every direction, bounded only by the horizon around and the cloudless sky above. 
–I like to use the heavy stapler in the photo-copy shop, as my own stapler is too small for all the student reports I go through each week. 
–The girl sat quietly under the pine tree, reading her latest novel throughout the afternoon. 
–Home-cooked food is good to eat, but it takes much time and effort to prepare. 
–The wispy cirrus clouds high up in the sky soften the harsh blueness of the sunny winter sky, and the ancient pine trees around the house prevent the wind from rattling the window blinds. 
–There is no end to the little things we must do every day, and the nights remind us about what will come the next day. 
–Thoreau said that he went into the woods to find out the essence of life, but I built my house in the forest to try and insulate myself from the pressures of life. 
–At various times on days with good weather, the neighbor’s black-and-white barn cat likes to hunt for mice and small birds in the fields and gardens near my father’s house. 
–You know when you have reached the lands of utter isolation, because that is where the hoarse-voiced raven likes to live. 
–The leaves of the African baobab tree are good for seasoning a stew, so many nimble-footed children are often sent up into the upper branches by their parents. 
–Every morning and evening during “rush-hour”, the traffic on our street is blocked up for about half a mile.  
–He is quiet and reserved during the day, but he uses the quiet evenings alone to happily live his “second life”. 
–“Of what use is wisdom in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get knowledge?” 
–This homework is well-written, but that homework is awful! 
–I like to eat my food after the dictates of my stomach, and not after the expectations of social convention and tradition. 
–Some students like to speak to their friends in class with their “cell phone”, and they do not care about the feelings of their teacher. 
–The singers at the concert last night performed choral music from the Middles Ages, and the whole audience listened in complete silence and attention. 
–It is easy to say that you want to do something new and creative, but it is much harder to bring your ideas into success and fruition. 
–Even as I go through the motions of living life here, my mind and aspirations are somewhere completely removed from home. 
–Engagement with life is so dangerous, as this allows others to sink life’s harpoons into you. 
–Although winter scenery looks so beautiful in either postcards or paintings, it is actually a place of entombment and great danger for the wild animals. 
–Every day spreads out and turns to rubber like solidifying pancake-batter, but the small spaces of the night before bed are carefully nurtured and cherished. 
–While she was cutting up the apples for the apple pie, she thought about the concert she would go to later that evening. 
–After many days of nervous waiting, the letter that she had hoped for arrived. 
–Over the course of several days, the ice on the pond has both thickened and flattened out. 
–It was on windswept hillside in Wales that the shepherd first saw a ewe giving birth to two lambs, and he stayed with them all through the night. 
–As the winter day dissolves into another evening, the rising shadows of night slowly snuff out the brilliantly illuminated tops of the pine trees. 
–When I sprinkled some table salt onto the ice, I instantly heard the hissing and cracking sound of the salt reacting with the ice. 
–At a recent play that I attended in the city, one of the actors shocked the audience by showering on stage! 
–You must be very careful when you are baking an apple pie, as too much or too little time in the oven will ruin the apples. 
–Almost all of the pine tree tops have been cast into shadow by the setting sun, and the last few of the illuminated ones make me think of the last member of a dying species. 
–This is the first time that I have used this computer with the battery only, and it makes the task of setting up so much easier and convenient. 
–Over the past several days, some workers have been constructing roofs for my “out-buildings”. 
–When I saw one of my old teachers a few days ago, we had a good conversation. 
–I have been thinking about Mozart’s Requiem concert for many days now, and I have played over the major melodies in my head for many times. 
–We traveled over many a mountain range and over many a desert, so as to be in that small town in time for my brother’s wedding. 
–You say that “A neat desk is the sign of a sick mind”, but I would far rather have a neat desk than an untidy one. 
–After about twenty minutes in the coal-fired oven, the two apple pies were brought out and examined closely by the head baker and her assistant. 
–I like milk in my tea, and Jane likes cream. 
–The noise of the vacuum-cleaner has become steadily louder, making it more difficult to concentrate on this task of writing. 
–In the depths of the night, one can do one’s best writing. 
–With the departure of the sunlight from the tips of the pine trees, the former green has changed to a nondescript grey. 
–There was a huge ice-storm in our area three days ago, and the driveway leading up to our house is still covered by a thick layer of dangerously slippery ice. 
–The most influential and memorable time in my life was the six months I spent in West Africa, when I worked as a beekeeper and general maintenance helper. 
–While we had dinner with the boss of one of the local restaurants, I was shocked at how often he criticized his workers for various mistakes. 
–If people criticize me for making no plans for the future, I will say that I have already done many of the things I always wanted to do. 
–The “Third Ring Road” around Beijing reminds me of a busy and active scene from the “Flash Gordon” series (of the 1930's), which is why I always like to take a taxi around the south-east part during the busy evening rush hour. 
–When I think of the third production of the “King Kong” film, I am especially impressed with the director’s incredibly faithful rendition and portrayal of the 1930's. 
–When I think of the great heroes and adventurers of the 1930's, I wonder why we today seem to fall so short of their achievements and examples. 
–Now that the overhead sunlight has left this part of the world until tomorrow, the remaining light reflecting up from the ice-covered snow has re-illuminated the pine trees from below. 
–The old dog-house has remained empty for many years now, but the memories of our long-gone dog still roam the neighborhood. 
–At this point, it is difficult to see deep within the forest of pine trees. 
–How often have I told you not to walk through the house with your shoes on, since it makes the floor so dirty?! 
–The hillsides covered in scrub-olive fall down to the very coastline, making for a very compacted and complicated city layout. 
–Those people in that travel poster seem frozen in their active pursuit of happiness, and I wonder whether they or their children really want to take the first plane home. 
–It is so easy to sit in front of one’s telephone or computer in hope of outside contact, when walking out the door and making one’s own life happen would be a better thing to do. 
–Please feed me, as I am hungry! 
–Somewhere within the parallel shadows of the darkening pine forest, the soft lights of our neighbor’s cottage have been turned on. 
–It is so easy to close your eyes and imagine the immense world out there, but everything disappears when you open them for a second. 
–I like a carefully-organized place, as it gives me the impression that the world is safe and under control. 
–I picked up an almost-perfect suitcase at the town dump’s “swap-shop” today, which made me wonder why the previous owner had parted with it. 
–Somewhere high above this house, a small airplane is passing through the immense blackness of the winter sky. 
–After I had been speaking with her for about fifteen or twenty minutes, she told me that she had studied Russian literature for many years. 
–Why is it that so much time and effort goes into preparing a high-quality dinner party, but only one hour of ease is needed to eat everything up? 
–When I look at the pine forest now, I can not see anything but my reflection in the window. 
–Antiques are fine to have and enjoy, as long as you are willing to put up with the many responsibilities they demand. 
–I attended a party today, which was a complete waste of time. 
–Doing things for other people is sometimes a good thing, as it makes their life easier and happier. 
–There is an airplane flying high above in the evening sky, and my hidden dreams are traveling with it to other places. 
–I look forward to these times alone with this writing, as I can forget everything around me for a short while. 
–The long florescent lights hanging from the ceiling above are making a gentle humming sound, and it is this sound which stabilizes my wildly fluctuating emotions. 
–Another distant jet is passing overhead, briefly taking me with it to unknown places. 
–Our guests gave us too much food for lunch, so we will have to freeze most of it. 
–I wonder if anyone will ever read these “Type Two” sentences, or if they will wander aimlessly throughout the internet universe. 
–One day later, the same pine trees are going through the slow process of being extinguished. 
–Although this room has no heat and is cold, it is a good place to write in. 
–The views out of this room’s large windows are open and beautiful, but the room’s height allows me to be remote from the things I see. 
–I think of my friends in my old school, and wonder what they are doing. 
–I prefer washing dishes by hand, as machine-washed dishes really require more effort and preparation.