Quotes of: Wonderful-things Keyword

Why, I wondered, did people seek out portrayals of the very experiences that, in real life, would send them mad with despair? Shouldn't art be an escape, a laugh, a comfort, a thrill?

Us

Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide : Five Complete Novels and One Story

And I have wondered often, was I master in my soul, or did I become the slave of my own blade?

Voyager

As long as she was falling in love with me, I might as well start making her promises I didn't intend to keep.

Wonder Boys

[His coat] emitted an odor of bus station so desolate that just standing next to him you could feel your luck changing for the worse.

Wonder Boys

Let your life choices tell others of your wonderful God as you walk through life worshiping Him.

A Woman's High Calling

I thought of Marius. Wild, wonderful, Byronic-fantasy Marius, who had somehow found something he wanted in the everyday quietness of me. Until he hadn't.

Waiting for the Flood

It's like I am glimpsing the possibility of living in a different way. I wonder whether it would be an easier life - less choked with misunderstandings and disappointment.

Whisper

And most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another, being oft associated, until not even obituary notices them do part.

Whirligigs

But trust me, it's best to face something head on, smash it, and move on with your life. Lingering and wondering, waiting and worrying... that kills you.

The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie

... And I wondered if we had disappointed God so much, that he wrote us off as pets, just alive to entertain.

Write like no one is reading

Sometimes when I'm writing, I wonder if the words have a mind of their own, and if they're really just using me as a puppet to manifest themselves.

Write like no one is reading

she wondered how she could have spent all that money and have nothing but clothes and accessories and a long list of men she never wanted to see again to show for it

The Weird Sisters

An infant is a seed. Is it an oak seed or a cabbage seed? Who knows. All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages.

World of Wonders

You'll go far. How do I know? Because life is goosing you so hard you'll never stop climbing.

World of Wonders

Do you ever wonder if you’re the antichrist? I do. Not for myself of course, but I think you’re the devil.

Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door.

Djuna Barnes

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to be...

Haile Gebrselassie

It's sort of scary to work with your parents when you're in the same business. But there was something so very safe about that. Acting with her was just like working with a wonderful actress who just happens to be my best friend and also my mother.

Lily Rabe

With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talen...

Nathan Myhrvold

We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is developing at a tremendous rate, and this decision means that we can now prepare to welcome the world's best athletes to a fasci...

Otto Schily