1) The aggressive determination on his long, bony face was in sharp contrast to the short, small-boned body which he used as a wedge to shoulder his way slowly through the hurrying crowd of stragglers rushing through the wide doors to the grandstand. 2) “They’re marching pretty sloppy,” said the younger one. 3) It is recorded that as early as the middle of the month of March, the highroad from the eternal city, Rome, to the smaller but hardly less lovely town of Capua, was opened to public travel once again; but this is not to say that traffic upon this road immediately reverted to normal.1 4) Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. 5) The crew of Alabama Angel, fourteen hours out from a Strategic Air Command base just north of Sonora, Texas, were over the hump. 6) The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended.2 7) “What’s it going to be then, eh?” 8) During the days of Adam, there has been scarcely a mischief done in this world but a woman was at the bottom of it. 9) Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick. 10) The Marines are looking for a few good men... 11) Twenty-four brown slaves rowed the splendid galley that would bring Prince Amigad to the Calif’s palace.
1I wonder if Kubrick ever actually read Howard Fast's novel?
2 Not technically a source novel, I suppose, since the book and the movie were written more or less simultaneously.
1I wonder if Kubrick ever actually read Howard Fast's novel?
2 Not technically a source novel, I suppose, since the book and the movie were written more or less simultaneously.