1.

The chair sat in the corner where it had been for over 25
years. The only difference was there was someone actually sitting
in it. How long had it been since someone had done that? Ten
years or more he imagined. Yet there was no denying the
presence in the chair now.

2. According to the caption on the bronze marker placed by the

Multnomah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
on May 12, 1939, “College Hall (is) the oldest building in
continuous use for Educational purposes west of the Rocky
Mountains. Here were educated men and women who have won
recognition throughout the world in all the learned professions.”

3. The cab arrived late. The inside was in as bad of shape as

the outside which was concerning, and it didn't appear that it had
been cleaned in months. The green tree air-freshener hanging
from the rearview mirror was either exhausted of its scent or not
strong enough to overcome the other odors emitting from the cab.
The correct decision, in this case, was to get the hell out of it and
to call another cab, but she was late and didn't have a choice.

4. She wanted rainbow hair. That's what she told the

hairdresser. It should be deep rainbow colors, too. She wasn't
interested in pastel rainbow hair. She wanted it deep and vibrant
so there was no doubt that she had done this on purpose.

5. He had done everything right. There had been no mistakes

throughout the entire process. It had been perfection and he knew
 it without a doubt, but the results still stared back at him with the
fact that he had lost.

6. There are only three ways to make this work. The first is to
let me take care of everything. The second is for you to take care
of everything. The third is to split everything 50 / 50. I think the
last option is the most preferable, but I'm certain it'll also mean the
end of our marriage.

7. Then came the night of the first falling star. It was seen early
in the morning, rushing over Winchester eastward, a line of flame
high in the atmosphere. Hundreds must have seen it and taken it
for an ordinary falling star. It seemed that it fell to earth about one
hundred miles east of him.

8. I recollect that my first exploit in squirrel-shooting was in a

grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley. I had
wandered into it at noontime, when all nature is peculiarly quiet,
and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the
Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by
the angry echoes.