Sunday, January 24, 2010

Physiology

Subject:  Physiology and Divination
Quote:  “If you’re unselfish you have a short little finger.... Your left hand little finger is short but your right hand one is much longer.  And your left hand is what you are born with and the right hand is what you make of your life.  So that means that you were born unselfish but have become much more selfish as times goes on.”  
Character:  Kay Savage
Chapter/Story:  “Snow White and Rose Red—IV”
Book Title/Copyright:  Towards Zero, 1944 


Subject: Jogging the Liver
Quote:  “Track’s in pretty good condition,” he [Bill Coleman] shouted just after we had all been thrown up in our seats till we nearly touched the roof. 
            And apparently he was speaking quite seriously.
            “Very good for you—jogs the liver,” he said.  “You ought to know that, nurse.”
Character:  Nurse Amy Leatheran’s narrative 
Chapter/Story:  4 – I Arrive in Hassanieh
Book Title/Copyright:  Murder in Mesopotamia, 1935