“ Bob said, sliced his thumb on the sardine can, glanced unemotionally at the cut, ignored it."What's animal serum, Bob?""It's certain properties without which the universe in eternity regards for human beings.""Oh," Bonnie said. She took off her apron and sat down at the other end of the kitchen. The smell from the juicer was beginning to reach her stomach. ”
Alan Arkin
Biographical details
Alan Arkin (1934-2023) published works such as Whiskaboom and People Soup. These writings evoke Bonnie, Burroughs and juicer.
Quotes by Alan Arkin
“ We saw Jack at mealtimes for the next few days, but he didn't talk much. We learned that he was twenty-six, in spite of his looking like a boy in his teens, that he thought Prof. Einstein the greatest man ever, and that he disliked being called son. Of his experiment, he didn't have much to say then. He saw Mrs. Burroughs was a little nervous about his experimenting in the guest room and he assured her it was not dangerous. ”
“ Bonnie came home from school and found her brother in the kitchen, doing something important at the sink. She knew it was important because he was making a mess and talking to himself. The sink drain was loaded down with open soda bottles, a sack of flour, corn meal, dog biscuits, molasses, Bromo-Seltzer, a tin of sardines and a box of soap chips. The floor was covered with drippings and every cupboard in the kitchen was open. At the moment, Bonnie's brother was putting all his energy into shaking a plastic juicer that was half-filled with an ominous-looking, frothy mixture. ”
