VoyForums

Wednesday, June 19, 02:59:29am [ VoyUser Login optional ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 16:50:53 05/21/12 Mon
Author: ScarlettO
Subject: Quote of the Day for Monday, May 21, 2012

The following is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter, "A. Malcolm, Printer" Copyright 1994 by Diana Gabaldon.

I was very hungry; I had had nothing to eat since a hasty breakfast of rough parritch and boiled mutton, made soon after dawn at a posthouse in Dundaff. I had one last sandwich remaining in my pocket, but had been relectant to eat it in the coach, under the curious gaze of my fellow travelers.

I pulled it out and carefully unwrapped it. Peanut butter and jelly on white bread, it was considerably the worse for wear, with the purple stains of the jelly seeping through the limp bread, and the whole thing mashed into a flattened wodge. It was delicious.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]


Replies:

[> Sorry, missed the chapter number - it's 24 (the title of the chapter is correct above.) -- ScarlettO, 16:51:54 05/21/12 Mon


[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]








[> I often think of this scene... how she drops the plastic wrap after. I suppose it's just such a simple day to day thing that in this day and age take for granted a good ol' pb&j!! Isn't it wierd how the wierdest snippits of the story pops into our head seems like they come out of no where! Thanks for posting this! -- NancyH, 04:18:29 05/22/12 Tue


[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]




[> [> I think of it too Nancy as the smallest thing made such an impression in my mind. I wonder if Diana realizes that the small bits are just as powerful sometimes. -- HeatherLeigh, 04:48:47 05/22/12 Tue


[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> [> Me too! I think it is because the sandwich is about Claire's time, and our time in a way. I wonder what the person who found the wrapper thought of when they saw the plastic floating down the way. I'm sure they would have been so confused by it. -- LisaW, 06:57:14 05/22/12 Tue


[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> [> [> I thought she burried it. Wow, I need a re-read. -- Scarlet A, 08:36:03 05/22/12 Tue


[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> [> [> [> I think it drifted into the road and was run over by cart wheels. -- Kirsten, 01:46:46 05/24/12 Thu


[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]





[> I could taste the PB&J when I read this, there is almost nothing quite so yummy as that at just the right, really hungry, moment. I occasionally wonder who found the saran, and what they made of it. -- jayn, 06:04:03 05/22/12 Tue


[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]










[ VoyUser Login ] Not required to post.
Post a public reply to this message | Go post a new public message
 * HTML allowed in marked fields.
* Message subject (required):

Name (required):

  Expression (Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)

  E-mail address (optional):

* Type your message here:

Choose Message Icon: [ View Emoticons ]

Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.
 The Voy.com User Agreement applies to all visitors.

[ Contact Forum Admin ]





Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 2.94, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2012 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.