Quotes of: Playing-games Keyword

I finally found him sitting on his balcony. He was leaning back against the wall with his eyes closed. Soft music played, and a cool ocean breeze blew back my hair as I stepped on to the balcony and inhaled the scent of the sea. "May I join you?" I a...

Tiger's Destiny

I was recalling that other world in which it had thrilled me, in a way, the surprise of thinking that I could be a person who would betray Daniel. Now I wondered if Daniel could surprise himself, could surprise me, by being such a person too. Would h...

While I Was Gone

I am made to think, not for the first time, that in my writing I have plunged ahead-head-on, heedlessly one might say-or 'fearlessly'- into my own future: this time of utter raw anguished loss. Though I may have had, since adolescence, a kind of inte...

A Widow's Story

Billy Beane: I want Dye in right, Justice DHing, Peña on the bench, Hatteberg at first, and anyone but Mags first out of the pen. Art Howe: You want Peña on the bench? Billy Beane: That's right. So you can play Hatty. Art Howe: Peña is not only th...

Moneyball

Combo: [Walking with Shaun, Gadget, Meggy and Banjo, noticing three Indian boys playing football in a corner] Look at these little fuckin' sewer rats, look. Fuckin' vermin. Boys! [the boys group together, but Meggy snatches the ball from them] Combo:...

This Is England

The only antidote to religious triumphalism is the readiness of communities of faith to permit doubt and self-criticism to play a vital role in the life of Faith.

Cross in Our Context

The tyrant has power to play as long as he is the master in his surroundings.

The Conflation: Politics and Politrics Beyond the Ecstasy

No trees, sky or ground. No other buildings or fields. No winding path, no brambles, no outhouse or pond or flowers, no sunshine or children playing. Just blackness.

Coma House

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.

The Cat in the Hat

Because a man plays a king superbly well does not mean that he would make a good king.

Comstock Lode

We’re all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent.

The Confessions of a Misfit

Playing the cello did feel nicely neolithic, or at least a civilized way to process the primitive.

The Cello Suites: In Search of a Baroque Masterpiece

Despite his care, Reid was still playing with fire, the kind that could without warning sheathe one’s whole life in irreversible conflagration.

The Coming Storm

Since I am never alone with myself. Since I am always watching the character playing my part in the scene, there is no possibility of spontaneity.

The Catastrophist

She open her eyes and met his. The impact was so strong he was amazed that his figures continued playing with out pause.

Cry Wolf

This women's orchestra made a demure picture in their muted dove grays, alright, but they played like they were gowned in scarlet and gold.

The Devil's Dime

What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.

Dune

‎"It almost felt like the dolphin of my heart’s desire playing in the ocean of my life." - on writing

The Distant Shore

You like playing with fire?” “Yes. It is my favorite element.” She extracted her arm from his grip and stepped inside the elevator

Death's Storm

The universe as a giant harpstring, oscillating in and out of existence! What note does it play, by the way? Passages from the Numerical Harmonies, I supposed?

The Dispossessed

[E]very journey is played out between standstill and flight.

Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea