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I thought I'd broken you."
"Broken? Me? Oh no, Ana. Just the opposite."
He reaches out and takes my hand. "You're my lifeline'" he whispers.


E.L. James

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E.L. JAMES Don't you dare weep," he commanded.
"You've broken my heart."
"I'll fix it later.
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JANDY NELSON Don’t leave me,” he whispers.
“Oh, for crying out loud—no! I am not going to go!” I s...
E.L. JAMES You haven't broken his heart yet, have you?"
"No," Tessa said. Just torn my own in two. ...
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"Faith in w...
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I groan and drop my forehead to hers, touching her cheek with my...
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ILONA ANDREWS As the smoke clears,
I awaken,
And untangle you from me.
Would it make you feel bette...
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E...
BETH REVIS i used to think
i was broken

because
i never once

spent my
dayd...
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LEIGH BARDUGO You're my missing puzzle piece," she whispers as we continue dancing.
"Your puzzle piece?" I qu...
ASHLEY JADE Your half empty..

A broken glass,

I love you can sound so beautiful

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Oh!
And the gunshot wound to the chest!
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Ana! "Yes,I do."I respond spontaneously, not thinking...because it's true...
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DANI ALEXANDER Juliette,” he says.

“Yes?”

I can hear him breathing.

“Thank...
TAHEREH MAFI Another snowball, this time it impacted on my shoulder.

I dusted the snow off my coat wi...
KARINA HALLE He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. H...
E.L. JAMES Beh reaches up and touches my cheek.
“Love,” she whispers.

“Luffs!” I respon...
SHAY SAVAGE Titus, have you ever had your heart broken?”

“Oh, son. How could you ask a man who us...
ZACK LOVE You’ll have sweet dreams?” he asked quietly and sounding like he cared, a lot.

God b...
KRISTEN ASHLEY And did anyone here bring me food? I'm famished."

[Gregor's] fingers found a str...
SUZANNE COLLINS He responded a few minutes later.

Okay.

I wrote back.

Okay.
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"No," he said.
"Kiss me."
"No," And then he smiled....
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But then he forgot all those pr...
TERRY MCMILLAN I am so lonely without you, Aedan," Jane said simply.

"You truly want me?"

"Mo...
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KATIE MCGARRY His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still-
See how he feels the skin of ...
PATRICK NESS when you are broken
and he has left you
do not question
whether you were
enough<...
RUPI KAUR How can you be like this?' I whisper. 'How can you even trust me, after everything?' 'I'm not sure I...
RAINBOW ROWELL The shirt hung to my knees.
He smirked. “You are tiny.”
I stuck out my tongue at him...
CAMBRIA HEBERT What did he do to you?”

“This,” I said, holding up my hand. There was a shattering...
CHELSEA M. CAMERON I realized my hands were in my pockets. He couldn't hold one even if he wanted to. Not unless he act...
ELISE ALLEN he looks the way
silence looks before it’s broken
ANDREW MCMILLAN Two of us in this room, Ace, two keycards," he said and my eyes went to him. When they did, he jerke...
KRISTEN ASHLEY He stood and looked at me for a moment, taking in my outfit. "You look hot."
"What? Me?" I stam...
MORGAN MATSON He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe....
TONI MORRISON Drualt took Freya's warm hand,
Her strong hand,
Her sword hand,
And pressed it to his...
GAIL CARSON LEVINE She's hurt and still imagines I'd worry about him for even a second ? I touch her shoulder. Her touc...
RICK YANCEY Thank you Jonah."
He lowers his head at the break in my voice. I ignore the moisture in his e...
KATIE MCGARRY And I never started to plow in my life
That some one did not stop in the road
And take me ...
EDGAR LEE MASTERS I have nothing to offer you other
than the undying love of my broken Heart.
ANGIVEL OF ZANARCADIA He trapped my hand against his chest and yanked my sleeve down past my wrist, covering my hand with ...
BECCA FITZPATRICK He lays me on the bed. I say, right before he kisses me again, “If you kiss me again, I’m going ...
RICK YANCEY Cars they sound like waves that are breaking
On some distant shore
I gazed so hard into th...
DAVID GRAY Oh, look, the lights are so pretty,” I said dreamily, having just noticed
them.
I smiled...
JAMES PATTERSON He stopped and took my hand. "If we die, or if I die..."
He was speaking of dying, and I couldn...
GAIL CARSON LEVINE What's the deal? Why can't he look
into my eyes when I have words
of appreciation lined u...
TANYA GAMBHIR I hate fighting with you,” he whispers.
“Well, stop being such an arse.”
He chuckles...
E.L. JAMES ...It’s hard to watch
the game we make of love,
like everyone’s playing checkers
...
ANDREA GIBSON I lean across his body and lift his hand for inspection. As i run my fingertips over his broken skin...
TERA LYNN CHILDS Paco is walking out of the bathroom and I rush past him.
"You might want to wait before you--" ...
SIMONE ELKELES I won't be stuck in traffic 'til I see how rugged my path is
And right now I'm loving how fast ...
CRISS JAMI What's that?" he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand. "If it's an...
J.K. ROWLING Give me love like her
'Cause lately I've been waking up alone
Paint splattered teardrops o...
ED SHEERAN I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I ai...
STEPHEN KING Drop something?" he asked, trying to suppress a smile but failing miserably at the act.
I nodde...
MARKELLE GRABO You’re touching me,” I chided him.
He caressed my back, sliding his hand down, hitting eve...
ILONA ANDREWS He would not stay for me, and who can wonder?
    He would not stay for me to stand and...
A.E. HOUSMAN He smirks, shaking his head and letting his eyes wander. I watch him carefully, wondering what I can...
ASHLEY EARLEY Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”
“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
RICK RIORDAN Don’t take away my dignity
While patching up my broken dreams
HOLLY DUCARTE You blast me open and then
You stand back and watch
My feeble attempts
To deal wit...
KATE MCGAHAN After more of his sweet torture, I called, “Tate, honey?”
“Yeah, baby,” he answered. KRISTEN ASHLEY Brother—”

“I thought we’d already decided we weren’t that, either.”

MOLLY MCADAMS You know, you’re topping from the bottom,” he murmurs against my lips.
“What?” I don’...
E.L. JAMES The second I encounter his erection, my jaw drops.
“Oh my God, are you kidding me?”<...
ELLE KENNEDY Oh, come on Em." He stopped walking and looked me in the eyes. His own were dark and shiny. "You kno...
JENNIFER JABALEY I love a man who tickles me awake with reality, and kisses me goodnight with fiction
Braids my ...
YESENIA BARKLEY he placed his hands
on my mind
before reaching
for my waist
my hips
or my l...
RUPI KAUR Searching for nothing
Wondering if I’ll change
I’m trying everything
But everythi...
SULLY ERNA The security officer smiled and said, ‘Good afternoon, ma’am,’ to me before I
gave him ID...
J.D. ROBB I tried to concentrate on the angel's voice instead.
"Bella, please! Bella, listen to me, pleas...
STEPHENIE MEYER Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet."
"You'll be just as annoying?" I guessed.
He fi...
RICK RIORDAN And then I kiss him for real, and he kisses me back, and his hands fist my hair. And we're kissing l...
BECKY ALBERTALLI The door suddenly jerks open. A wideeyed
teenager bursts out. She stares at me in dazed horror....
PETER A. LEVINE Fine.” He smirks at me. “Nice to meet you, Carrots,” he says, looking directly at my hair. “...
CYNTHIA HAND We are both preachers. He preached the teaching of Jesus Christ, and I preached my philosophy.
...
KHALIL AL-SAKAKINI His back was to me and he was wearing pajama bottoms and nothing else. His shoulders, the smooth mus...
KRISTEN ASHLEY Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many ...
THOMAS HARDY Well I got a bad liver and broken heart,
yeah,I drunk me a river since you
tore me apart
TOM WAITS He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
BIBLE Achilles was looking at me. “Your hair never quite lies flat, here.” He touched my head, just be...
MADELINE MILLER I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword."

She raised an...
BRANDON SANDERSON The sun shines through the window
And the sun shines through your hair
It seems like you'r...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER Finally, I laugh. Genuine and normal sounding. And then my date says the best thing that he could STEPHANIE PERKINS My mother is my teacher
Her words make me richer
I thank you oh my mother
May you gro...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The thing about Wes," Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of
turkey, "is that he think...
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No. No!” he says.
“I . . .” He looks wildly around the room. For inspiration? For divine ...
E.L. JAMES Are you still mad at me?"
"Yes."
"I'll go back to sleep, then."
"Good.
E.L. JAMES Anatasia
You Are My More
My Love, My Life
Christian
E.L. JAMES I've never wanted more, until I met you.
E.L. JAMES I've never wanted more, until I met you. - Christian Grey, Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. JAMES I have fallen for someone who's so emotionally shut down, I will only get hurt- deep down I know thi...
E.L. JAMES Anastasia Steele. I love you. I want to love, cherish, and protect you for the rest of my life. Be m...
E.L. JAMES We have to learn to walk before we can run
E.L. JAMES I love him. Simple.
E.L. JAMES From: Christian Grey
Subject: My Life's Mission...
Date: September 5, 2011 09:25
To: ...
E.L. JAMES I want your world to begin and end with me.
E.L. JAMES You’re the only person I’d fly three thousand miles to see.
E.L. JAMES I don't know whether to worship at your feet or spank the living shit out of you.
E.L. JAMES I've kissed a prince, Mom. I hope it doesn't turn into a frog.
E.L. JAMES Never trust a man who can dance.
E.L. JAMES We aim to please Miss Steele
E.L. JAMES You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince
E.L. JAMES - "Why don't you like to be touched?"
- "Because I'm fifty shades of fucked-up, Anastasia
E.L. JAMES Laters, baby.
E.L. JAMES It's taking all my self-control not to fuck you on the hood of this car, just to show you that you'r...
E.L. JAMES From his inside jacket pocket he produces a ring and gazes up at me, his eyes bright gray and raw, f...
E.L. JAMES Men aren't really complicated, Ana, honey. They are very simple, literal creatures. They usually mea...
E.L. JAMES Are you on your own?"
"No. There are six people staring at me right now wondering who the hell ...
E.L. JAMES You wanted hearts and flowers,” he murmurs.
I blink at him, not quite believing what I’m se...
E.L. JAMES Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of...
E.L. JAMES I am crying over the loss of something I never had. How ridiculous. Mourning something that never wa...
E.L. JAMES Placing my head on my knees, I let the irrational tears fall unrestrained. I am crying over the loss...
E.L. JAMES I cannot be with someone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on me, someone who can’t love me.
E.L. JAMES He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. H...
E.L. JAMES He tastes of white wine and apple pie and Christian. I run my fingers through his hair, holding him ...
E.L. JAMES Good evening, Mrs. Grey," Christian says softly. He's standing by the piano, dressed in a tight blac...
E.L. JAMES Don't get your panties in such a twist... and give me back mine.
E.L. JAMES I think you can only be truly mad at someone you really love.
E.L. JAMES I'd like to bite that lip.
E.L. JAMES It's very hard to grow up in a perfect family when you're not perfect.
E.L. JAMES I was waiting for you," he says softly, his eyes dark gray and luminous.
"That's... that's such...
E.L. JAMES He makes me graceful, that's his skill. He makes me sexy, because that's what he is. He makes me fee...
E.L. JAMES I still want more," I whisper. "I know," he says. "I'll try." I blink up at him, and he reliquishes ...
E.L. JAMES My subconscious is furious, medusa-like in her anger, hair flying, her hands clenched around her fac...
E.L. JAMES My inner goddess is jumping up and down, clapping her hands like a five year old.
E.L. JAMES So you’ll get your kicks by exerting your will over me.”
“It’s about gaining your trust...
E.L. JAMES Why don't you like me ?" "Because you never stay with me.
E.L. JAMES Inside me! I gasp, and all the muscles deep in my belly clench. My inner goddess is doing the dance ...
E.L. JAMES Of course. Silly me. Such a sad, exciting score, which no doubt you can play? So many accomplishment...
E.L. JAMES [Ana] “You’re a sadist?”
“I’m a Dominant.” His eyes are a scorching gray, intense.<...
E.L. JAMES Your stepfather? I'd like to meet him."
Oh no... why?
"I'm not sure that's a good idea." E.L. JAMES I gasp, and I'm Eve in the Garden of Eden, and he's the serpent, and I cannot resist.
E.L. JAMES Oh, fuck the paperwork
E.L. JAMES This is a man in need. His fear is naked and obvious, but he's lost. . . Somewhere in his darkness.<...
E.L. JAMES Are you smirking at me, Mr. Grey?” I ask sweetly. Pompous ass.
E.L. JAMES Supposing I’ve said I hate him, or worse still, that I love him, in my sleep.
E.L. JAMES He's naked except for those soft ripped jeans, top button casually undone. Jeez, he looks so freakin...
E.L. JAMES I am going to have coffee with Christian Grey... and I hate coffee.
E.L. JAMES His head turns fractionally toward me, his eyes darkest slate. I bite my lip.
“Oh, fuck the p...
E.L. JAMES He grabs me suddenly and yanks me up against him, one hand at my back holding me to him and the othe...
E.L. JAMES What is it about elevators?
E.L. JAMES Does this mean you’re going to make love to me tonight, Christian?” Holy shit. Did I just say...
E.L. JAMES I don't remember reading about nipple clamps in the Bible. Perhaps you were taught from a modern tra...
E.L. JAMES Soy más del tipo de chica de hacerse-ovillo-con-un-libro-en-una-cómoda-silla-junto-al-fuego.
E.L. JAMES This is all I know, too. Perhaps together we can chart a new course.
E.L. JAMES You're not celibate, then?" I breathe.
Amusement lights up his eyes.
"No, Anastasia, I'm ...
E.L. JAMES From: Christian Grey
Subject: &*%$&*&*
Date: August 23 2011 11:23
To: Ana...
E.L. JAMES I feel the color in my cheeks rising again. I must be the color of The Communist Manifesto.
E.L. JAMES We didn’t-?” I whisper, my mouth drying in mortified horror as I can’t complete the question. ...
E.L. JAMES Coveralls," I reply, and I know I'm no longer screening what's coming out of my mouth.
He raise...
E.L. JAMES Subject: Sundown
Date: June 14 2011 09:35
To: Christian Grey

Dear Completely &a...
E.L. JAMES You are one brave woman," he whispers, "I am in awe of you.
E.L. JAMES And the baby?" The words are anguished, breathless.
"The baby's fine, Mr. Grey."
"Oh, than...
E.L. JAMES You've brushed your teeth," He says, staring at me.
"I used your toothbrush."
His lips qui...
E.L. JAMES It's because I'm pregnant, Christian."
He snorts, and his mouth twists into an ironic smile. "I...
E.L. JAMES Life is never going to be boring with Christian, and I’m in this for the long haul. I love this ma...
E.L. JAMES I want you, Anastasia,” he murmurs. “I love and I hate, and I love arguing with you. It’s very...
E.L. JAMES We’ve chased the dawn, Anastasia, now the dusk.
E.L. JAMES P.S. I also note that you included the Stalker's Anthem "Every Breath You Take" I do enjoy our sense...
E.L. JAMES You love strapping me in, don’t you?”
“In any form,” he says, a wicked grin playing on...
E.L. JAMES There's a joy in my helplessness, joy in my surrender to him, and to know that he can lose himself i...
E.L. JAMES Sweet Jesus, you're wearing stockings."--Christian Grey
E.L. JAMES Why, oh why have I fallen for someone who is plain crazy—beautiful, sexy as fuck, richer than Croe...
E.L. JAMES But I'm a selfish man. I've wanted you since you fell into my office. You are exquisite, honest, war...
E.L. JAMES There's something about you Anastasia, that calls to me on some deep level I don't understand. It's ...
E.L. JAMES I lay awake for hours and watched you sleep," he murmurs. "I might have loved you even then.
E.L. JAMES Let me love you," he says hoarsely.
"Yes," I answer, and turning, he hauls me into his arms, hi...
E.L. JAMES So you're my boss now," I snap.
"Technically, I'm you're boss's boss's boss."
"And technic...
E.L. JAMES I'm anything but fine. I feel like the sun has set and not risen for five days, Ana. I'm in perpetua...
E.L. JAMES I hug him tightly. “I can’t imagine my life without you, Christian. I love you so much it fright...
E.L. JAMES Let me ask you something first. Do you want a regular vanilla relationship with no kinky fuckery at ...
E.L. JAMES I wasn't aware we were fighting. I thought we were communicating,
E.L. JAMES Don’t leave me,” he whispers.
“Oh, for crying out loud—no! I am not going to go!” I s...
E.L. JAMES This is me, Ana. All of me...and I'm all yours. What do I have to do to make you realize that? To ma...
E.L. JAMES Ray's voice echoes in my head from one of his many self-defense lectures.
"It's the panic that'...
E.L. JAMES I don't want anything to happen to you. You being hurt...that thought fills me with dread. I can't p...
E.L. JAMES Where’s the ice cream?”
“In the oven.
E.L. JAMES Hearts and flowers—that's not who I am.
E.L. JAMES Oh... Blip. Yeah, I see." He sounds distracted, awed.
"Your child," I whisper.
"Our child...
E.L. JAMES You smell heavenly. I slept on your side of your side of the bed because your pillow smells of you.
E.L. JAMES running a successful company is all about embracing the talent of the individuals you have at your d...
E.L. JAMES You can't fathom why some people behave the way they do
E.L. JAMES I need to walk before I can run
E.L. JAMES You're like a freight train, and I don't want to get railroaded because the girl you fell in love wi...
E.L. JAMES -Prometo solemnemente que te protegeré y que valoraré profundamente en mi corazón nuestra unión ...
E.L. JAMES If he touches me, I will succumb. I know the power he wields over me and my traitorous body. I know.
E.L. JAMES I glance down his body. He's still wearing his shorts and his shirt, and I still have my T-shirt on....
E.L. JAMES There’s a gun in your desk. It’s fully loaded.”
“How do you know?” His frown deepens....
E.L. JAMES The platinum Omega watch he gave me at breakfast on our first morning in London obscures the red lin...
E.L. JAMES God, I’m a lucky son of a bitch.” - Christian Grey
E.L. JAMES Your lips are so soft when you cry.
E.L. JAMES Mine," he whispers.
"Yours," I breathe.
E.L. JAMES I need you." Every pore of my being is begging. This is what we do.
E.L. JAMES grow up and smell the fucking coffee!
E.L. JAMES We always hurt the ones we love, darling.
E.L. JAMES He mumbles in his sleep, "Don't touch me. No more. Only Ana.:
E.L. JAMES Just remember that men are from a different planet, and you'll be fine.
E.L. JAMES You know, you’re topping from the bottom,” he murmurs against my lips.
“What?” I don’...
E.L. JAMES Oh my, the look he gives me could be solely responsible for global warming.
E.L. JAMES I know you've always dreamed of going to Europe," he says softly. "I want to make your dreams come t...
E.L. JAMES Unwrapping the paper carefully so it doesn’t tear, I find a beautiful red leather
box. Cartie...
E.L. JAMES My inner goddes has her sequins on and is warming up to dance the rumba.
E.L. JAMES My world was ordered, calm, and controlled, then you came into my life with your smart mouth, your i...
E.L. JAMES I always want more, with you.
E.L. JAMES Oh Christian... my possessive, jealous, control freak Christian.
E.L. JAMES It's much easier to wear your pain on the outside...
E.L. JAMES I hate fighting with you,” he whispers.
“Well, stop being such an arse.”
He chuckles...
E.L. JAMES Christian, you are the state lottery, the cure for cancer, and the three wishes from Aladdin's lamp ...
E.L. JAMES So you've just slept with him, given him your virginity, a man who doesn't love you. In fact, he has...
E.L. JAMES Do you trust me Ana?"
Ana! "Yes,I do."I respond spontaneously, not thinking...because it's true...
E.L. JAMES Suddenly, as one, all the Greys stop talking and gape at Christian.
What?
Christian is s...
E.L. JAMES Lying in my bed, I pray for a dreamless sleep... but if I am to dream, I want to dream of her.
E.L. JAMES You dazzle me so much I find it very difficult to think clearly when we're together.
E.L. JAMES I turn over and lie flat on my back,staring at the ceiling. When she slept beside me, I slept well. ...
E.L. JAMES Goodbye, Christian," I murmur.

"Ana, goodbye," he says softly, and he looks utterly, utte...
E.L. JAMES Why does he have such an unnerving effect on me? His over-whelming good looks maybe? The way his eye...
E.L. JAMES I shrug, trapped. I don’t want to lose him. In spite of all his demands, his need to control, his ...
E.L. JAMES I love you and all your kinky fuckery
E.L. JAMES I flush,and my inner goddess grabs a rose between her teeth and starts to tango.
E.L. JAMES He does, and his eyes shoot to mine, wide and gray, alive with wonder and joy. His lip part in disbe...
E.L. JAMES His magic is powerful, intoxicating. I'm a butterfly caught in his net, unable and unwilling to esca...
E.L. JAMES And in this quiet moment, as I close my eyes, spent and sated, I think I'm in the eye of the storm. ...
E.L. JAMES Love is for fools, Christian.
E.L. JAMES Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
E.L. DOCTOROW Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find ...
E.L. DOCTOROW What happened was: they became a team, a family of two. There had been times before they ran away wh...
E.L. KONIGSBURG ...I didn't run away to come home the same. -Claudia
E.L. KONIGSBURG I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.
E.L. KONIGSBURG There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking.
E.L. DOCTOROW The point is, Jenna, no one is normal or perfect like that house you see across the street. Everyone...
E.L. MONTES The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates' nam...
E.L. DOCTOROW I've been the oldest child since before you were born
E.L. KONIGSBURG How can you know what is missing if you’ve never met it? You must know of something’s existence ...
E.L. KONIGSBURG I think you should learn, of course, and some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also ...
E.L. KONIGSBURG Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can...
E.L. DOCTOROW The easy way out is the choice of the myopic.
E.L. NEVE I watched bulls bred to cows, watched mares foal, I saw life come from the egg and the multiplicativ...
E.L. DOCTOROW Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.
E.L. KONIGSBURG For the novelist or poet, for the scientist or artist, the question is not where do ideas com...
E.L. KONIGSBURG It is because baptism is a real insertion of human beings into the ascended manhood of Christ that t...
E.L. MASCALL The girl clones at Singer Grove were just like the ones in Texas; they knocked themselves out to be ...
E.L. KONIGSBURG Had she been born 500 years sooner, Raphael would have chosen her as a model for his cherubs. Tendri...
E.L. KONIGSBURG She's some kind of Socialist-anarchist-anarcho-syndicalist-Communist. Unless you're one of them you ...
E.L. DOCTOROW Because we are human we have a long childhood, and one of the jobs of that childhood is to sculpt ou...
E.L. KONIGSBURG It is the law of wealth that such people only profit from the money that is taken from them.
E.L. DOCTOROW The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we fe...
E.L. KONIGSBURG Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
JAMES ST. JAMES I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek&#...
JAMES ST. JAMES The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
JAMES ST. JAMES Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?
JAMES ST. JAMES I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the onl...
JAMES ST. JAMES We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.
JAMES BLUNT National honor is the national property of the highest value.
JAMES MONROE Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treat...
JAMES LANKFORD People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I m...
JAMES MCBRIDE From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started openi...
KEVIN JAMES My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'
KEVIN JAMES Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.
KEVIN JAMES I really wasn't a class clown.
KEVIN JAMES I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
KEVIN JAMES Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.
KEVIN JAMES Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the s...
KEVIN JAMES I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.
KEVIN JAMES You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
KEVIN JAMES It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
KEVIN JAMES I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfo...
KEVIN JAMES I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are lick...
KEVIN JAMES Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.
KEVIN JAMES I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to sa...
KEVIN JAMES Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next...
KEVIN JAMES I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
KEVIN JAMES I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.
KEVIN JAMES A song can take you to a special time in your life.
KEVIN JAMES If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, '...
KEVIN JAMES I could never be James Bond.
KEVIN JAMES I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
KEVIN JAMES You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it&...
JAMES DASHNER