"Wastebasket" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and I would be immensely pleased to receive a set of them. Waiting eagerly for the return of both Frank and Dick, I will close, hoping that you will not consider this letter too long to print, and will think it good enough to escape the wastebasket. CLARENCE WELCH, Olean, N. Y. 209 West ...
— Owen Clancy's Happy Trail - or, The Motor Wizard in California • Burt L. Standish
... editor. I protest when I discover that Sis has been over my papers. It bothers me. But she says you have to do these things when you have a genius in the house, and cites the case of Kipling's "Recessional," which was rescued from the depths of his wastebasket by his wife.) ...
— Buttered Side Down • Edna Ferber
... he started up, searched in his pockets for a piece of paper and a pencil, and began to write. His paper was a much-crumpled piece that he had found that morning in the wastebasket, and as yet his writing and spelling were poor enough, but he knew what he wanted to express, and ...
— The Bishop's Shadow • I. T. Thurston |
