Quotes of: Old-testament Keyword

That's the problem with being born in New York, the old newsman observed a little sadly. You've got no New York to run away to.

Rules of Civility

Old Scully, who according to Jennifer, hadn't the imagination to think the worst. Something she said once, as though neurosis was an artform.

The Riders

I don't ever want to get old. Spare me that. Have you the power? No, even you don't have the power, alas.

Talking It Over

As the Mississippi snaked and their old home slipped further away, perhaps Samuel had finally left the curse behind.

These Colors Don't Run

On Halloween I like to scare up business the old fashioned way: with flyers, business cards, and electroshock therapy while wearing spooky masks.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Curiosity is a youthful beauty. Connected to joy and slipping around old beliefs, it urges us to investigate rather than assume.

Time Slipping

-I’m 60-years-old.
 -Ma’am, I don’t believe it.
 -You’re too kind.
 -It’s true. You look at least 75.

This Book Has No Title

The times have changed and now the story is old, but yet it all remains the same, a victim in the cold.

Tales By Candlelight: Stories of Terror, Horror & Woe

...a hazy yellow moon was climbing along the curve of the old basilica on the hill. As it rose, it seemed to be gathering the silence up around it like a net.

The Tiger's Wife

Yes, I am of old family, and not illiterate. I am a fossil."   "A which?"   "Fossil. The first horses were fossils. They date back two million years.

Unknown

I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray.

UnSouled

In my time first cousins did not meet like strangers. But we are learning modesty from the Americans, and old English ways are too gross for us.

Uncle Silas

I'm so sorry I wasn't here sooner, but you'll have to forgive an old vampire for being a bit rusty in the dreamscape.

Vampire Trouble

There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes." (King Pelles the Sure)

We Never Talk about My Brother

Carla was wearing a No Fear sweatshirt. You are too old, Amy wanted to tell her, for legible clothing.

The Writing Class

I have to say, old friend, you were supposed to help train her, not drop her off a cliff.

Words of Radiance

Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.

The Weight of Silence

Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.

What's Wrong with the World

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

The Woman in White

If your brother can't 'old 'is own against a bunch of orphans, 'e'd best leave off playing 'azard altogether!

The Weaver Takes a Wife

He might be too old for it, but I think I can bully him into literacy.

The Wet Woman