48 quotes found
“-I would die for you-You lie-If I lie, why do I stand here before you and beg on my knees to get you back?-Because you're feeling alone-If need your love-You don't need me, you only need a person-A...”
“Explaining a professor's emphasis on teaching over research: "She traded clinical questions with determinable answers for perennial questions with inexhaustible answers.”
“How's Alison getting on?'Conway snorted. 'Tucked up in the sick room like she's dying in some season finale. Little fadey voice on her and all. She's having a great old time.”
“He told me and Rafe to stay put in case you came home, burn the note and get hot water and disinfectant and bandages rea”
“Jax, I don't know if I can do this," I murmured."Do what?" he asked.I though for a moment as he watched me in silence. "Survive you," I whispered in answer."Maybe you won't have to...”
“A good part of the physical attraction [between the hero and heroine of a romance novel] comes to life during these exchanges as well, since language creates a meeting of the minds. I have long tho...”
“My girl was mad and I loved her. Upon a night, she read my poetry; and kissing me madly she cried, You are a genius, my love! To which I replied, My girl, whispering, Every doctor in this land with...”
“Oh, once youve been initiated into the Elderly, the world doesnt want you back. Veronica settled herself in a rattan chair and adjusted her hat just so. Weby whom I mean anyone over sixtycommit two...”
“Jim. If you have any other outside events, dont confess them. Thats my advice, okay?What am I going to do, Bob? I have no family.You have family, Bob said. You have a wife who hates you. Kids who a...”
“Now, now. I placed a hand on his back. Jealousy colors you black, Geoff. If you wanted to be a pretty princess too, I would have bought you a crown. Ill be back soon.”
“You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.”
“It is only through dialogue, deep listening, and passionate disagreement that we find our way to something larger than a singular and isolated point of view.”
“It is not summer, England doesn't have summer, it has continuous autumn with a fortnight's variation here and there.”
“Is this about what happened to you and the old Sector 7? I asked with a growl of my own.His hands tightened their grip on my shoulders. How did you know about that? Tabby-Chan told me.Freaking Meko...”
“Murder doesnt bother you much, does it?Not as much as your endless questions.”
“One of the most wonderful things about Pride and Prejudice is the variety of voices it embodies. There are so many different forms of dialogue: between several people, between two people, internal ...”
“I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up t...”
“I just wish moments weren’t so fleeting!' Isaac called to the man on the roof, 'They pass so quickly!' 'Fleeting?!' responded the tilling man, 'Moments? They pass quickly?! . . . Why, once a man is...”
“May as well have ox blood running through those veins,” I added, “You’re as stubborn as one.”
“Flirt with the old ladies and you’ll be fine,” I muttered, shoving my stuff into the cubby. He hung his green hoodie on the hooks right beside me. “Is that how you get by?” “Doesn’t work on the old...”
