Soon Carla Devade and Marc Devade will be together, and she will shout, and he will shout, and she will go to the bedroom and pick up a novel, any one of the many that are lying on her bedside table, and he will sit at his desk and try to write but fail.

NEWYORKER: Labyrinth

"We will not write a blank cheque or fail to ask the right questions about proposed solutions, " said the shadow chancellor.

BBC: Cameron: We're in this together

Asking too-big-to-fail banks to write resolution plans in the event of their failure is like giving an obese eater a free pass to neighborhood buffets and demanding that he draft a diet plan in case he dies.

FORBES: "Living Wills" For Banks Won't Kill Systemic Risk Or Greed

Is the government going to require banks to write down loans made to businesses that fail because of reasons that seem unfair?

FORBES: Why Homeowners Can't Bank On The Mortgage Relief Plan

"Once again, words fail me as I attempt to write this letter of recommendation, " Gardner began.

CNN: SHARE THIS

Write about the first time you saw your parents fail at something and how that made you feel.

FORBES: What Should I Write My College Essays About?

The pair attempt to elope, but fail, and the broken affair duly inspires our authoress to write.

NEWYORKER: Becoming Jane

Allowing AIG to fail could have panicked small investors, forced banks to take steep write-downs, and introduced a terrifying new phase to the financial crisis.

ECONOMIST: Saving Wall Street

If we fail to do it we won't be there to enforce a treaty that we helped to write, leaving our military and our people more vulnerable to a silent and sudden killer.

CNN: Bill Clinton Speaks To A Meeting Of Newspaper Editors