Excitement Quotes
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“Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in" sadness, "" joy, "or" regret. "Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions like, say," the happiness that attends disaster. "Or:" the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy. "I'd like to show how" intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members "connects with" the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age. "I'd like to have a word for" the sadness inspired by failing restaurants "as well as for" the excitement of getting a room with a minibar. "I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than ever.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.”
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“In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian’s college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
“But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window--maybe rearrange all the furniture.”
― Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
― Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
“Don't you long for something different to happen, something so exciting and new it carries you along with it like a great tide, something that lets your life blaze and burn so the whole world can see it?”
― Son of the Shadows
― Son of the Shadows
“Elpidio sensed that David had more to say but was holding back due to their friendship. He wondered why David had gone along with Emiliana's seemingly impulsive ideas.”
― Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller
― Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller
“Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.”
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
“The seclusion of this ranch house threatened to take her breath away, but she managed to smile. So this is what it’s like to be a country girl.”
― Colorado Takedown
― Colorado Takedown
“If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.”
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“I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“...so i will greet you
in a way
all loved things
are meant to be greeted
with a tear in my heart
and a poem in my eye.”
― Turquoise Silence
in a way
all loved things
are meant to be greeted
with a tear in my heart
and a poem in my eye.”
― Turquoise Silence
“Nathan had never wanted children of his own. Plenty of reasons. Babies screamed as soon as they were born – wasn’t that warning enough of what was to come? And when they grew into toddlers, and then young kids, they were far worse: tantrums, more screaming, whining. How many business trips, restaurant dinners, theatre visits, you name it, were ruined by one small, precocious loud brat and its doting, utterly useless parents? No discipline any more. Nathan had sure been disciplined.”
― When the children come
― When the children come
“Mary tried to look reassuring. “It’s a house party, he said,” she directed at the Falconers, “Sir Viktor’s holding a house party for the convenience of the police. It’s like an old-fashioned mystery novel.”
― Murder On Family Grounds: A Mary Wandwalker Mystery
― Murder On Family Grounds: A Mary Wandwalker Mystery
“It's as if I've stepped off the edge of a cliff, and even though my heart's in my mouth and my stomach is in knots, I'm the most excited I've ever been in my life. I'm totally enthralled by him. I want him, every part of him, and I desperately want him to feel the same way about me.”
― Rebellion
― Rebellion
“Wait, Korban, are you vexed?"
"That woman, she confounds, and insults me."
"Women can perplex as easily as changing a cloak."
"The princess is delicate, not like our women."
"Yes, she is very delicate, pretty like a sweet flower."
"Well, I care not for her. I will think no more about her, ever.”
― Primitives of Kar
"That woman, she confounds, and insults me."
"Women can perplex as easily as changing a cloak."
"The princess is delicate, not like our women."
"Yes, she is very delicate, pretty like a sweet flower."
"Well, I care not for her. I will think no more about her, ever.”
― Primitives of Kar
“‘I knew it, I knew it, I damn well knew it,’ he shouted. ‘The President was right you’re all infected with this wretched MeMe chromosome even at the dawn of your pathetic little planet’s evolution. You do realise of course there’s no hope for you. It’s all going to be a complete and utter waste of time. You and your little planet are all doomed.”
― Our Blue Orange
― Our Blue Orange
“Love springs from the inside. It is the immortal surge of passion, excitement, energy, power, strength, prosperity, recognition, respect, desire, determination, enthusiasm, confidence, courage, and vitality, that nourishes, extends and protects. It possesses an external objective - life.”
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“My heart is burning a hole in my chest and every time you speak to me, it keeps sinking, and I'm left with nothing but ashes. I wish she were talking to me, because the more she speaks to me, the more my heart flutters like a rising phoenix.
-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”
― liQUID PROse QUOtes
-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”
― liQUID PROse QUOtes
“Cindy extended her hand. I got up, faced her, and shook her hand. A strong handshake. This was definitely a no-nonsense young woman.
“I recognize you from your pictures, Mr. Ludefance.”
“Pleasure to meet you, Cindy. And you can call me Jack. I’m afraid you have the advantage. You probably did a Google search on me and have all my background information?”
She didn’t hesitate. “Yes.”
“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.”
“I don’t.”
― Appellate Judge
“I recognize you from your pictures, Mr. Ludefance.”
“Pleasure to meet you, Cindy. And you can call me Jack. I’m afraid you have the advantage. You probably did a Google search on me and have all my background information?”
She didn’t hesitate. “Yes.”
“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.”
“I don’t.”
― Appellate Judge
“I want you, Sage. I want to be inside you so badly," he whispered, as he ran his tongue over her ear. “I want to explore your entire body," he muttered.”
― Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
― Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
“Forgiveness heals the forgiver, though not necessarily the forgiven.”
― Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures
― Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures
“After the princess challenged the Field Marshall of all Tranta, Korban had to speak to her." Princess, have you thought about this challenge? You could have benefitted from much more training and practice. "
"I know that, Korban. I'm not stupid. This bloated man hasn't had a serious fight in...forever. I think I can win, even in my infant stage of martial skills.”
― Primitives of Kar
"I know that, Korban. I'm not stupid. This bloated man hasn't had a serious fight in...forever. I think I can win, even in my infant stage of martial skills.”
― Primitives of Kar
“Trace pulled on his jeans but didn’t bother zipping them. Nor did he bother with a shirt. The sheriff smirked, scrutinizing his lack of clothing. “I can almost see why Callie is so taken with you.”
― Colorado Takedown
― Colorado Takedown
“She has a target on her back because of what you and I have put into place, but you’d better fucking believe I’m not going to let anything else happen to her or my cousin, the rest of my family or my men. If anything happens to anyone I care about… Those motherfuckers were after my attention, and they’ve got it. Just make sure they don’t hurt anyone else.”
― Bratva Connection: Maxim
― Bratva Connection: Maxim
“You will be staying here until I’ve deemed it safe for you to go back to your life. Do you understand me?”
― Bratva Connection: Maxim
― Bratva Connection: Maxim
“It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions.”
― A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
― A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
“Hey Aiden! Look! She’d worn low-cut blouses before and didn’t get any response from him. Most men loved her beautiful breasts. What does a girl have to do to get his attention? Jump off a cliff? she realized.”
― Love Auction II: Love Designs
― Love Auction II: Love Designs
“The exciting isolation of leaning against the wind on the highway hitchhiking, waiting for someone to stop and offer me a lift, perhaps to a town three miles down the road, perhaps to new friendship, perhaps to death.”
― The Dice Man
― The Dice Man
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