Take it from me, I like 'em yet!
— from Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst
We crossed the lake not far from its mouth, on a wooden bridge, one mile in length, eighteen yards wide, and built in a very rough and careless manner: the planks are loose and the chevaux-de-frise is in a bad condition.
— from Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826. v. 1-2 by Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard
Recall my assertion that what is most important about organic matter is not how much is present, but how much is lost each year through decomposition.
— from Organic Gardener's Composting by Steve Solomon
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