I made the sympathetic face, and the interested face, and even the impressed face. I did not say, 'In the name of all that is holy, cease this incessant drivel, you pretentious ass.
When a love-relationship is at its height there is no room left for any interest in the environment; a pair of lovers are sufficient to themselves
We are what no one wants to miss at the party. I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.
He hurt everywhere, so at least he must be alive. Another comforting thought because, despite everything, he wanted to be alive. It was the business of living he wanted nothing to do with.
It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.
Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform.
They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will.
If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting--only the deeply personal and familiar.
The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.
I'm interested. It's like you've got all these weird barriers set up, like you only want me to have access to this tiny part of you…
To make a current example, the world can find human interest in the death and the love affairs and the pallid addiction to cocaine of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
Hospitals should be arranged in such a way as to make being sick an interesting experience. One learns a great deal sometimes from being sick.
We all have to love you, and believe in you, and think you are looking out for our best interests. But look at us, Momma, and really see us.
Even though friends say they are interested in your life, they never really want to talk about you as much as you want them to. (68)
[...]my memory is reasonably good—unlike yours, dear sir!” “Mine is erratic,” he said imperturbably. “I remember only what interests me.
[Caine] "Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were." [Sam] "Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.
You don't need to think deeply before reaching out to the excuses to give. Just lose interest in it and you gain excuses at no cost!
Dinner-parties bore us because our imagination is absent, and reading interests us because it is keeping us company.
None of the people have any real interest in a science, who only begin to be enthusiastic about it when they themselves have made discoveries in it.
I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.
What organized dating sites fail to understand is that the people are far more interesting in what they don't say about themselves.
