Maureen Johnson
"When she emerged, Keith was watching the tiny round window of the under-the-counter washing machine. Put your clothes in for a wash, he said. They were disgusting. Ginny always thought that the only way of getting clothes clean was by drowning them in scalding water and then whipping them around in a violent centrifugal motion that caused the entire washing machine to vibrate and the floor to shake. You beat them clean. You made them suffer. This machine used about half a cup of water and was about as violent as a toaster, plus it stopped every few minutes, as if it were exhausted from the effort of turning itself. Sluff, sluff, sluff sluff. Rest. Rest. Rest. Click. Sluff, sluff, sluff, sluff. Rest. Rest. Rest. Who thought to put a window on a washing machine? Keith asked. Does anyone just sit and watch their wash?You mean, besides us?Well, he said, yeah. Is there any coffee?"
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"When she emerged, Keith was watching the tiny round window of the under-the-counter washing machine. Put your clothes in for a wash, he said. They were disgusting. Ginny always thought that the only way of getting clothes clean was by drowning them in scalding water and then whipping them around in a violent centrifugal motion that caused the entire washing machine to vibrate and the floor to shake. You beat them clean. You made them suffer. This machine used about half a cup of water and was about as violent as a toaster, plus it stopped every few minutes, as if it were exhausted from the effort of turning itself. Sluff, sluff, sluff sluff. Rest. Rest. Rest. Click. Sluff, sluff, sluff, sluff. Rest. Rest. Rest. Who thought to put a window on a washing machine? Keith asked. Does anyone just sit and watch their wash?You mean, besides us?Well, he said, yeah. Is there any coffee?"
"عندما خرجت، كان كيث يراقب النافذة الدائرية الصغيرة لغسالة الملابس المثبتة تحت المنضدة. "ضعي ملابسك للغسيل"، قال، "كانت مقرفة". لطالما اعتقدت جيني أن الطريقة الوحيدة لتنظيف الملابس هي إغراقها في الماء المغلي ثم خضّها بحركة طرد مركزي عنيفة تتسبب في اهتزاز الغسالة بأكملها وارتجاف الأرض. "أنتِ تضربينها لتنظيفها. تجعلينها تتألم." هذه الآلة كانت تستخدم حوالي نصف كوب من الماء وكانت عنيفة بقدر محمصة خبز، بالإضافة إلى أنها كانت تتوقف كل بضع دقائق، وكأنها منهكة من عناء تدوير نفسها. "سلف، سلف، سلف، سلف. استراحة. استراحة. استراحة. طقطقة. سلف، سلف، سلف، سلف. استراحة. استراحة. استراحة." "من فكر في وضع نافذة على غسالة الملابس؟" سأل كيث. "هل يجلس أحد ويراقب غسيله؟" "تقصد، غيرنا؟" "حسناً،" قال، "نعم. هل يوجد قهوة؟"
Maureen Johnson
13 Little Blue Envelopes
"I don't mind bigots. You're allowed to be bigoted, if that makes you happy. Just do it at home. And not around the children."
"لا أمانع المتعصبين. يحق لك أن تكون متعصبًا، إن كان ذلك يسعدك. فقط افعل ذلك في منزلك. وبعيدًا عن الأطفال."
Maureen Johnson
"The English play hockey in any weather. Thunder, lightening, plague of locusts...nothing can stop the hockey. Do not fight the hockey, for the hockey will win."
"يلعب الإنجليز الهوكي في أي طقس. رعد، برق، وباء جراد... لا شيء يوقف الهوكي. لا تحارب الهوكي، فالـهوكي سينتصر."
Maureen Johnson
"My final word: don't follow your dreams . . . chase them. With a stick, or a shovel, or whatever you have handy. Get that [bleep]ing dream!"
Maureen Johnson
"WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick."
Maureen Johnson
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