Or he was simply pretending—like many drinkers, he liked to think each new day drew a line under the day before.
The killers are the people who are ruining the world to line their pockets, poisoning us, burying us under garbage!
She saw the shallow lines beaded with blood in her long mirror, and when he told her that she was beautiful, she believed him.
Creativity's too big a pill; the truth's too hard to swallow. Sprinkle sugar in a straight line and we'll all inhale and follow.
Well, the plenty of fish in the sea thing is bullshit," I said. "The other fish are weird, smell funny, or hooked on someone else's fishing line.
A brick could be used as a color in a new line of lipstick, designed to woo the mason of every woman’s dreams.
Now she knew living was just a brief hiatus, a blip really, in the infinite line of nothingness that composed that shadowy realm of the unknown. It could stop at any time.
He remembers which sister I like least and asks how she is doing. (lines 9-11 of the poem 'Divorce')
Beauty is not the flawless perfection of youth, but the fine lines, scars, and wisdom which only living can give you.
Every cloud has a silver lining. The edge of light that shines brightest holds a sliver of hope for a bright today & an even better tomorrow.
The shadows of the room pool in the lines of our faces, draining our eyes of hue. "There's nothing left worth saying.
Seriously. Poor little me can deal with having mated a millionaire.” “Oh, you found someone else? With less money?
...It's not that the worm forgives the plough; it gives it no mind. (Pain occurs, in passing.) (lines 37-39 in the poem 'Fantasia on a Theme from IKEA')
She'd tried her hand at most things, but drew the line at honesty.
That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head.
I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.
It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it.
There are so many huge roles in the theatre: if you've got the option to play Hedda Gabler on stage, why wouldn't you choose that over a three-line part in a Hollywood film as somebody's maid or somebody's wife or somebody's best friend?
I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.
Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.
