This was their way of honoring the dead. The story over, the demands of their own hard, rough lives began to re-assert themselves in their hearts, in their nerves, their blood and appetites. Would that the dead were not dead! But there is grass that must be eaten, pellets that must be chewed, hraka that must be passed, holes that must be dug, sleep that must be slept. Odysseus brings not one man to shore with him. Yet he sleeps sound beside Calypso and when he wakes thinks only of Penelope.
Quotes about pellets (11 Quotes)
Would that the dead were not dead! But there is grass that must be eaten, pellets that must be chewed, hraka that must be passed, holes that must be dug, sleep that must be slept.
The thing that aggravates me most is how many of the people down there (in Texas) describe it as routine. They're absolutely, flat-out wrong. I've been hunting for 50 years and I have no lead pellets in me. Nor have I shot anyone.
All that stirring of old instincts which at stated periods drives men out from the sounding cities to forest and plain to kill things by chemically propelled leaden pellets, the blood lust, the joy to kill--all this was Buck's, only it was infinitely more intimate. He was ranging at the head of the pack, running the wild thing down, the living meat, to kill with his own teeth and wash his muzzle to the eyes in warm blood.
A lot of people dont know what the wood pellets even look like and they get to see it here. I would say about two thirds of everyone that walks in this building has bought or inquired (about his business).
The pellets take the color of the wood that they're eating. They're in a very distinct little pile, like gritty sand.
Now I understand why Dick Cheney keeps asking me to go hunting with him. I had a friend once who accidentally shot pellets into his dog -- and I thought he was an idiot.
The impact is pretty strong when you consider a couple of pellets can kill a small bird.
When he saw Vice Principal Dan Barnes, he pointed the shotgun at Mr. Barnes and fired one round, ... Mr. Barnes was able to dive into another doorway and avoid being struck by the pellets. Hoffman then started firing indiscriminately at other people in the attendance quad area.
Disaster coverage feeds a demographic of grief junkies, who are tapping away at the remote control like a rat tapping for crack pellets, ... Not only does misery love company, it also makes for compelling television.
It's crazy this year, ... Three years ago, we had 5,000 tons of pellets in stock. ... Now, we are at maximum capacity, and I don't know if we can keep up. Everybody is out selling all the stoves they can, but they can't get fuel. I don't know how to correct this. I don't know how much more sawdust is available.