A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.
Waves crack with wicked fury against me ship's hull while ocean currents rage as the full moon rises o're the sea." (Cutthroat's Omen: A Crimson Dawn)
What I didn't foresee in 2005 was the rise of the post-PC, which are all these tablets now. These are the things that actually will probably be the end of the consoles.
Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency.
The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscript why, The conscript answers only that drafting happens often.
Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.
Yeah, I’ll believe that the day you give up your lip balm.” I gasped. “Never. Without it my lips feel naked and alone.” (Charity Rising)
I'm the least spiritual person in the world. I can't even abide a smelly candle. I know it's meant to make me relax, and that immediately makes my hackles rise.
Without electrons, there is no Google. And without clean electrons, there will be no Google customers, since we'll all be too busy fleeing from rising seas, droughts, and disease.
Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.
I see women as oppressed, but I don't see them as victims; I see them rising all the time. I see them as very strong.
Bobbie: My mama used to say that America's the big melting pot. You bring it to a boil and all the scum rises to the top.
Phillip Stryver: Do those heels make it hard to walk? [Catwoman kicks Stryver from behind] Catwoman: I don't know, do they?
Bane: We both know that I now have to kill you. You'll just have to imagine the fire!
Bane: So, you came back to die with your city. Batman: No. I came back to stop you. [begin fighting]
[from trailer] Alfred: Don't worry, Master Wayne. It takes a little time to get back into the swing of things.
Captain Jones: I'll die before I talk. Bane: I'm on your schedule, captain. [Bane crushes Jones' windpipe]
Veteran Cop: [to his partner, upon witnessing Batman's return] Oh, boy, you are in for a show tonight, son.
Foley: [preparing to charge Bane's army with the Gotham Police Department] There's only one police in this town.
Catwoman: About the whole no guns thing... I'm not sure I feel as strongly about it as you do.
Selina Kyle: [She enters the Congressman's car] Can I have a ride? Congressman: You read my mind.
