Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins? – Herman Melville, Redburn. His First Voyage, 1849
My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied. – Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band
I can spend hours in a grocery store. I get so excited when I see food, I go crazy. I spend hours arranging my baskets so that everything fits in and nothing gets squashed. Im really anal about it, actually. – Cameron Diaz
It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found – indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese. – Lafcadio Hearn
