Paraphrasing, because I’m getting white-noised by google with results about removing candle wax from stone floors:
“Not as water dripping on a stone (rock?) where over time it weathers it away, but as drops of wax, that eventually cover (change?) it”
I believe it was said by an American founding ...
@Bookworm is this on-topic? It doesn't appear to be about finding a quote from a work of literature but rather just the origin of a quote. (or maybe about what the original version was?
So I realize that they were eager to go back to the party, and the person responsible for the barrel management said they were empty, but surely they must have felt that they were obviously not empty when they contained big, heavy dwarves? How did they not check inside?
I thought for the whole ti...
@verbose Rightly so! That was an incredible answer. I hope it can go HNQ and get the votes it deserves, but unfortunately the votes might be a little late to be HNQ-eligible.
@GarethRees Indeed, I'm thinking to bounty one or two of them, especially new answers to older questions which are likely to get less attention naturally. (Newish contributor here, although he joined the site in Feb '17 and first posted in Dec '19.)
I've seen some websites explaining that she was and that Snape was to be the godfather of the second child. This theory doesn't make sense, because if Lily was still mad at him why would she have "talked James into it." However, this website says that this theory is Canon because Rowling replied ...
It's not easy to find the gems in 1000 unanswered questions — but you don't need to stick to questions about books you've read. If the question is about short-stories or poetry then it might not take too long to read the text
Also: this question about whether Collins planned to write more fiction - well, she has written & released another book since, the prequel book. (Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes)
Okay, found a poetry question I could work on an answer for :D The poem title and quote were inaccurate, so I've suggested an edit to fix them in the meantime.
@bobble If you are talking about Angelou, I would recommend you read her book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Two sides of the same coin. Thematically tied.
I'll put that on the list - I am currently trying to work my way through some books I never actually got around to reading, and I don't want to be distracted again!
