[first lines] Briony Tallis, aged 13: I finished my play.
[repeated line] Multiple characters: Don't be afraid, Bruce.
[repeated line] Elwood: We're on a mission from God.
[repeated line] Trooper La Fong: They broke my watch!
[last lines] Holly Golightly: Cat! Cat! Oh, Cat... ohh...
They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
Reciting lines is hard; making stuff up is much, much easier.
If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines.
Mostly she just missed Vaughn. Missed all those quiet, unspectacular moments that, when added up, showed how entwined their lives had become. And right now, she missed being able to phone him, because it would be so easy to tap in the eleven digits t...
I dispute the right of conservatives to be automatically complacent on these points. My own Marxist group took a consistently anti-Moscow line throughout the 'Cold War,' and was firm in its belief that that Soviet Union and its European empire could ...
In North Carolina, I stopped to gas up at a Humble Oil station, then walked around the corner to use the toilet. There were two doors and three signs. MEN was neatly stenciled over one door, LADIES over the other. The third sign was an arrow on a sti...
Once, we were a mighty nation Our people came from strong foundation Until cursed with darker days A dragon red came from skies blue Came and stole the things we once knew Making us humble, unknown But we were told one day of old That we’d give our...
Alice leaned first one way and then the other, down the line of children. She said, Is everybody understanding this?" One child said, "The misuse of power is the root of all evil?" Alice said, "Well...." Another child said, "There is no justice on th...
Thorin Oakenshield: [on his father, Thrain] You're like the others. You think he's dead. Gandalf: I was not at the Battle of Moria... Thorin Oakenshield: No. I was. [flashback to the Battle of Moria; Thorin sees Azog decapitate King Thror and throw h...
[last lines] King Arthur: [Arthur and Bedevere have found out that the Holy Grail is in Castle Augh, which is guarded by the frenchmen] We shall attack at once. Sir Bedevere: Yes, my liege. [an army of hundreds of soldiers appears] King Arthur: [to C...
She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.
We're just lines and angles.
The Glory Is Always Hidden Between The Lines Of the Story
