Scott McClare > Recent Status Updates

So I've gone from Riders of the Purple Sage, in which a woman fears that she will be forced to marry a Mormon and have her land stolen from her; to The House of Mirth, in which a woman fears that since she had tea with a male friend on his balcony, his landlord might be suspicious of her.

"Jem said [the Egyptians] ... invented toilet paper and perpetual embalming, and asked where would we be today if they hadn't? Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts."--To Kill a Mockingbird

Great line. Took me a few moments to suss what he meant.