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The next second a great blast of hot light erupted over Toad and Jed, but they didn't stop. Toad was trying to punch every bit of Jed that he could reach. There was a great howling of fright and a heavy-booted foot nearly missed Toad's fingers. Jed k...

The Orphan and the Thief

Rule number one: wear loose clothing. No Problem. Rule number two: no alcohol for the next three days. Slight problem. I'll miss my evening glass of wine but figure I can go for three days without and compensate later. And the last rule: absolutely n...

Eric Weiner

Anna: Have you ever met a girl named Tatiana? Nikolai Luzhin: I meet lot of girls named Tatiana. Anna: She was pregnant. Nikolai Luzhin: Ah, in that case - no, I've never heard of her. Anna: She died on my shift. Nikolai Luzhin: I thought you did bir...

Eastern Promises

Grandfather: Well, you got me here so do your worst, but by God, I'll take one of you with me! I know your game. Get me into that tiled room and then out come the rubber hoses! Police Inspector: Oh, there's a fire, is there? Grandfather: You ugly, gr...

A Hard Day's Night

Thénardier: Jean Valjean - the old con. You pay up and I'll say where he's gone. Marius: [handing Thénardier money] Not so loud! Here's for you. God forgive us the things that we do. Madame Thénardier: How's about some extra on a day so glad. Our ...

Les Misérables

Paulie: [talking about Adrian] You like her? Rocky: Sure, I like her. Paulie: What's the attraction? Rocky: I dunno... she fills gaps. Paulie: What's 'gaps'? Rocky: I dunno, she's got gaps, I got gaps, together we fill gaps. Paulie: Are you ballin' h...

Rocky

If you have to run then learn from Bolt, if you have to fight watch Muhammad Ali`s jab and grab punches, if dunking with a basketball does it for you why not pull a Vince Carter or fly in like Michael Jordan , if science and evolution tickles your fa...

Victor Manan Nyambala

When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating.

The Collector

Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life.

Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil

My goal is to draw a line with some 'flavor' to it.

A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance

War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving.

Deathless

I don’t just want a gripping story line. I shoot for the three dimensional literary Braille to a silent Scorsese movie

Darkness Left Undone

Dying in the line of duty is heroic, but dying while unemployed is just stupid.

Death Note, Vol. 5: Whiteout

...I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow...

A Familiar Rain

...how are you sacred to me? your lines are golden threads - your patter, my patten - I explore the liturgy of your words...

A Familiar Rain

What's all this hiding happiness and wine away? I've lined up with the libertines now, come what may.

Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz

Eventualities. A good woman can look far down the line and smell what is coming before a man even gets a sniff of it.

Foster

I'm just a notch on your bedpost but you're just a line in a song.

Fall Out Boy: From Under the Cork Tree

When an imaginative person gets into mental trouble, the line between seeming and being has a way of disappearing-

Bag of Bones

Interesting fact from the front lines: raw grief smells like ripped leaves and splintered branches, a jagged green shriek.

Broken Harbour