You saw the way everyone looked at him? And when I asked for nominations, his was the first name mentioned. I don’t like it, his being Nurse Temple’s son. That’s a bad coincidence. Get a read on him. If he has the power, we may not be able to wait to deal with him.
Michael Grant
Related I just saw Steve last winter when his son was pitching against my son. Everything was looking up for... MIKE SCIOSCIA He has to learn to read defenses. That's hard for quarterbacks, and him coming out and this being hi... NICK HARPER I saw him on television. I didn't vote for his promises. I just looked at him and saw he was just li... JAFAR SHALDE You know the story of the prodigal son?” Pastor Voss asked. “It’s powerful, don’t you think?... KATIE GANSHERT He looked like like he was still favoring it a little bit this morning when he was out on the floor.... BRIAN HILL The Eternal looked upon me for a moment with His eye of power, and annihilated me in His being, and ... RUMI The Eternal looked upon me for a moment with His eye of power, and annihilated me in His being, and ... JALAL AD-DIN RUMI I don't know where his psyche is but if I had a guy beating down on my door like that, a thorn in my... ANTONIO TARVER No one has really seen me in years.” Blake looked at the sky. “Sometimes I wonder how they know ... DEBRA ANASTASIA I was astonished to see Adrian watching me, a look of contentment on his face. His eyes seemed to st... RICHELLE MEAD That's the thing with Robert, if you ask him to do something, he does it until he's good at it. We a... CHAD CLUVER (Knox) was frustrated with me anyway, throughout the early game, and that kind of iced it for him. I... JIM ZORN It looked like he was galloping, and I thought he was going way too slow. But he went :49 1/5, and I... DAN HENDRICKS When I saw him at his best
When everything was at its worst
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WILLIE RANDOLPH I thought he was OK, but he stopped breathing and they had to put him on a respirator. When I was ab... CODY COLVIN I was just trying to cut him off. I didn't want to go head first because if he goes feet first, I ge... JAY PAYTON Then, lifting me up, his head fell back and he opened his mouth wide. “Once I let Lucy Larson into... NICOLE WILLIAMS Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but... CARINE ROITFELD When I spoke to him he wasn't respectful. He just chewed on a straw when I asked him to take it out ... CAROL HANSEN We'll see where he fits and how he performs. If you don't start him, it would be very difficult to g... FRANK ROBINSON The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He de... MARTIN BASHIR If someone had asked him, “Ben, are you lonely? , ” he would have looked at that someone with re... STEPHEN KING My father sang well, and he was a handsome man. When he walked down the street, people sometimes mis... ALAN ALDA Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better th... JOHN GREEN And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and h... BIBLE [But he enjoyed his first afternoon in the Swamp, anyway.] I was actually chewing some kid out when ... URBAN MEYER Michael saw his specialist on Monday and had a good look at his latest X-rays. He is happy at what h... GLENN ROEDER A guy like Adam, you want to get him the shutout and you feel bad for him when they score late on hi... ROB SCHREMP She asked him, to name the monster that he is most afraid of always and looked into his eyes in sile... AKSHAY VASU A mistake? The most passionate night of his life was a mistake? Her first time and that’s what she... R.L. MATHEWSON He knew his son was being held and he believed they would let him and his son go if he cooperated. JOHNNY GRIFFIN Though he slay me, yet I will praise him," he began softly, his voice a little tremulous at first. "... JENNIFER FREITAG I try to follow in his footsteps. When I was little, I looked up to him. I wanted to be like him. TIM BISHOP [There was also support for Rooney from his team-mate, the Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher.] You... DARREN FLETCHER You're his beacon of light. You give him a sense of direction in his life. A purpose. But is it wort... CLAUDIA TAN We do see him as a future third baseman. In my mind, and this is strictly my mind, I'd like to see h... BILL LAJOIE My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler, he was called by his second name ... DAVID BOWIE He was so much like his dad. Not just physically, but temperament, too. He was never a mean horse, b... GUS KOCH My beautiful son... I can't wait to see his face, hug him, and spend time with him. JENCARLOS CANELA He clung to her more tightly, knotting his hands in her hair, trying to tell her, with the press of ... CASSANDRA CLARE It wasn't a bad race and one that will help him, it being his first out of the season. We were stalk... STEVE ASMUSSEN A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading... BORIS BECKER You confused your father with God. You never saw him as a man with a man’s heart, and a man’s fa... HARPER LEE It made me very depressed, seeing him for the first time in such a long time, and only able to look ... XU HUI You must make your choice: either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or somethin... C.S. LEWIS And when he looked, he saw the canopy had folded under and then he saw the victim hit the ground and... DAVE BOOTON Obviously I saw him trip. I thought he was going to get up. He wasn't grabbing anything, and it look... 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Stay out of it.” Preppy looked around Syn, obviously wanting s... A.E. VIA This is something the team wanted to get for him. It's a tribute. We all know what a great player Be... LAWRENCE FRANK I let him kiss me because he had been in war and he fought for me, ... I only wish now I had had a c... EDITH SHAIN Cam disappears at the end of 'Rapture.' It was the only way for me to say good-bye to him at... LAUREN KATE Michael, this is an order from your mistress. Tell me what you want. Now.” “I want Griffin.” T... TIFFANY REISZ I loved Duncan and I loved being his mother but I wasn't sure I was prepared to be only his mother. ... JENNIFER BELLE I try to teach my son about sanitation, especially when handling foods like chicken that could be da... EMERIL LAGASSE A lot of guys said he was off the wall, he's crazy. I found him to be a guy with a lot of energy. He... FRANK ROBINSON I was a total stranger to him, and he let me sit down at his table and we talked for an hour, ... I ... STEPHAN PASTIS His girlfriend had called him and told him that whenever her ex-boyfriend saw my son, that he was go... JUAN MORALES He didn't. You know, he said he was being provocative. He has a background in philosophy and the ide... JAKE TAPPER I think if Keith Moon was here today and you asked him to recall most of his early life or most of h... ROGER DALTREY I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ... C.S. LEWIS I don’t stand a chance if he doesn't get better. You’ll never be able to let him go. You’ll al... SUZANNE COLLINS If most people around a person don’t either neglect him often or insult him at times to treat him ... ANUJ SOMANY When he said to give him the sword, I don’t think he meant for you to stick it in his guts. KEVIN HEARNE You can deny him, he thought, watching his father across the table. You can hate him, love him, pity... BEN FOUNTAIN I first wrote about Michael Jackson in the 1980s. His skin was growing paler, his features thinner, ... MARGO JEFFERSON I know for me sometimes I may get a hand on him, but by him being shorter I may lose him because I'v... KEN LUCAS I know it was him. It gave me the chills. He had a pistol in his hand, ... When I saw him, it freake... WILLIAM BARCLAY He was breathing, which is always a good sign. As gently as I could I picked him up, placed him... JOSH LANYON We have a tendency when we're faced with great tension to get some relief by writing about it in a w... ERIC ROSENBERG You may fancy the Lord had His own power to fall back upon. But that would have been to Him just the... GEORGE MACDONALD [This was not vintage Roger Clemens , and David Eckstein frowned when asked if this was a winnable c... DAVID ECKSTEIN You have to wait for him to lose his jitters. He has to be himself. SANDY ALOMAR I wanted closure. And for him to thank me for being so loyal to him over the years. Instead he stood... 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That’s the worst you can throw at me?” “Mean and self-pitying. Does that make... MICHAEL GRANT It’s time,” Jack said. “Breeze? Count the kids,” Sam said. Brianna was back in twe... MICHAEL GRANT I don’t guess you can outrun an explosion, right?” Sam asked doubtfully. Jack rolled his ey... MICHAEL GRANT The door exploded inward and a tangle of bug legs appeared. “I can hold them, but I can’t k... MICHAEL GRANT The only crime, if any, that may have been committed in these circumstances is the perpetration of a... MICHAEL GRANT Tino really battled inside. He battled against [Joe] Reitz, which was a really good battle all night... MICHAEL GRANT We can't afford to give away games by not executing and not knocking down our free throws. MICHAEL GRANT With five minutes left in the game and it's a seven point game, we had our chances to get back into ... MICHAEL GRANT We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ... MICHAEL GRANT The question I have is what alternative does either the county or the state have? ... Does anybody h... MICHAEL GRANT I think it's going to be fairly difficult. MICHAEL GRANT The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ... MICHAEL GRANT An enormous failure of the system has clearly been exposed, but this system failure is associated wi... MICHAEL GRANT You look okay,” Sam said with a certain desperate edge in his voice. “I mean good. You look good... MICHAEL GRANT Where’s Sam?” Brianna asked. “He’s out. So is Edilio,” Dekka said. “You going to te... MICHAEL GRANT He never should have left the island. He’d been there with Diana and Penny. He could have tossed P... MICHAEL GRANT Lunch had been at a McDonald’s in Santa Barbara. It had been so clean. It had smelled like food. I... MICHAEL GRANT Sam, I know you’re upset over what happened with you and Drake,” Astrid began. “Upset?”... MICHAEL GRANT If you do bad stuff and don't repent, you go to hell," Orc said, like he was begging for a refutatio... MICHAEL GRANT What do you think that fish is?' Sam asked Astrid. She peered closely at the alleged fish. 'I t... MICHAEL GRANT I want my mom,” a little boy cried out suddenly. Every voice fell silent. The boy had said wh... MICHAEL GRANT Hi, Albert,” Quinn called back. He seemed distracted. And Albert was sure that he’d seen Quinn m... MICHAEL GRANT We’re here to execute a murderer,” Zil said, pointing at Hunter. “We are bringing justice in t... MICHAEL GRANT I’ll tell you all about it, but let’s eat first. I’ve had nothing to eat. Although I was offer... MICHAEL GRANT God knew our lives would be really bad sometimes. Like maybe we'd be turned into a monster and then ... MICHAEL GRANT More than two dozen kids lined a low railing around the gazebo. They were all tied to it by a rope l... MICHAEL GRANT We were disturbed the president moved too slowly, that FEMA looked too disorganized. MICHAEL GRANT How has he moved so quickly from childlike naïvité to existential panic? MICHAEL GRANT Drake's whip hand spun Diana like a top. She cried out. That sound, her cry, pierced Caine like... MICHAEL GRANT Don’t want no more rock,” Orc repeated. The bleeding stopped almost immediately. “Do... MICHAEL GRANT Mr. Albert? Mr. Albert?” Harley said. “Just Albert’s fine,” Albert said tersely. �... MICHAEL GRANT The intruders spoke no words as they rushed in. Five boys carrying baseball bats and tire irons. The... MICHAEL GRANT Caine’s a guy who needs to win. He needs to win before he poofs. Or he needs to win before I poof.... MICHAEL GRANT Lana leveled the gun at Penny. “Stop,” Lana said. Penny’s reddened face grew pale. Whatev... MICHAEL GRANT You can't let him get away with this!" Penny shrieked. Caine wasn’t having it. “You stupid... MICHAEL GRANT Penny rolled over, got to her feet, trying to get control of her scattered mind, but Quinn was behin... MICHAEL GRANT Hello, freak,” Drake said. Lana backed away, but too late. Drake leveled his gun at her. MICHAEL GRANT Astrid and Taylor didn’t like each other much. But Taylor was an extremely valuable person to have... MICHAEL GRANT Sam, there comes a time when the world no longer needs heroes. And then the true hero knows to walk ... MICHAEL GRANT But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary. MICHAEL GRANT And yes, we do have some food. Maybe you'd like to join us? Unless you want to stick with your sheep... MICHAEL GRANT Hey, Sam,” Drake shouted. “I thought you’d like to know this isn’t my whole army.” Sa... MICHAEL GRANT Why, so we can look for some little kid who probably doesn’t even know he’s missing?” Aga... MICHAEL GRANT Sam, Edilio’s a good guy,” Albert said, breaking in on Sam’s gloomy thoughts. “But like I sa... MICHAEL GRANT You know what, Sam? We created the council to take pressure off of you. Because you were falling apa... MICHAEL GRANT Which was how Britteny ended up nestled next to Mickey, under the shelter of a painter's drop cloth.... MICHAEL GRANT Sam sent me to give you a message, Edilio. He said, ‘Tell Edilio I couldn’t kill the bugs.’”... MICHAEL GRANT ot everyone liked Albert. Not everyone was happy that he had become the most important person around... MICHAEL GRANT Leslie-Ann set down her own bucket and watched, marveling, as a quarter of an inch of water covered ... MICHAEL GRANT Stay in your boats,” Dahra said. “We’re still going to need food. Throw your fish onto the doc... MICHAEL GRANT Brianna’s looking for Drake,” Edilio said, thinking out loud. “You sent her out against D... MICHAEL GRANT Have either of you seen Sam? Brianna can’t find him.” Albert sighed. “He’s out of town.... MICHAEL GRANT Hey! One of Edilio’s soldiers just came staggering in from the gas station. He says someone attack... MICHAEL GRANT Albert, I don’t know how long we can keep Sam involved at all,” she said. “You’re upset... MICHAEL GRANT Sam always felt like a fool in this room. He sat in a too-big chair at one end of the table. Astrid ... MICHAEL GRANT Albert had created a currency based on gold bullets and McDonald’s game pieces. He’d wanted to c... MICHAEL GRANT I’m trying to make a profit. I’m using batteries, toilet paper, and paper towels as currency. Ea... MICHAEL GRANT Hey, brah,” Quinn said. “What is going on, do you know?” Sam asked. “It’s a club... MICHAEL GRANT Sorry, folks, but the maximum occupancy is seventy-five,” Albert said. Then he spotted Jack. “Ja... MICHAEL GRANT I’m trying to help,” Albert said. “By paying him with beer?” “I paid him what he... MICHAEL GRANT What’s up, Albert?” “Well, I’ve done inventory at Ralph’s, and I think if I had a lot... MICHAEL GRANT Um, people.” It wasn’t hard to get their attention. They gathered around. Even the littlest... MICHAEL GRANT What happened?” Albert asked. Taylor looked at Sam. Sam said nothing. He stared. First at his... MICHAEL GRANT Female say Pack Leader stop,” Pack Leader said angrily. “What?” Caine could make no sense... MICHAEL GRANT The light of day showed you the limits of possibility. But walk through the dark, the absolute, tota... MICHAEL GRANT What’s Albert going to do?” a boy named Jim demanded. “Where’s Albert?” Albert steppe... MICHAEL GRANT He pictured himself at the lake, on a houseboat. Dekka would be there, and Brianna and Jack. He woul... MICHAEL GRANT Hand me my pants, MICHAEL GRANT Hunter’s dead,” Taylor said without preamble. “It was these . . . these things. They came craw... MICHAEL GRANT She’s stronger than you are, Sam. It’s like fighting yourself and Caine and Jack and Dekka, all ... MICHAEL GRANT promise me, Sam: whatever it takes to win, whatever it takes to survive.” “Astrid—” MICHAEL GRANT He overheard the director talking to one of the cameramen. The cameraman was explaining that he coul... MICHAEL GRANT There were dozens of theories about what it was, that dome. Every scientist in the world, it seemed,... MICHAEL GRANT He’s becoming useless. Worse than useless,” Sam said. Then, relenting, he said, “We’ll get p... MICHAEL GRANT Man, sometimes you are clueless. You don’t even see what’s happening.” He perched himself on t... MICHAEL GRANT Human Crew had been a group formed to defend the rights of normals against freaks. At least that was... MICHAEL GRANT You’re supposed to be the big boss.” Sam said nothing. The crowd hushed, ready to watch thi... MICHAEL GRANT First there was Caine’s patently false “confession.” Then there was the fact that the FAYZ Leg... MICHAEL GRANT A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about MICHAEL GRANT I’ve helped you when I could, Caine. I’ve done all of it. I kept you alive and changed your filt... MICHAEL GRANT Sam woke to a feeling of utter, profound, incredible relief. He closed his eyes as soon as he o... MICHAEL GRANT We’re not going to give in. We’re going to fight.” “Got that right,” a voice cried ou... MICHAEL GRANT Tell me something, Noah. Which is more important: freedom or happiness?' What was this, a... MICHAEL GRANT And death is better because death is the end of fear, isnt it? -Dekka MICHAEL GRANT (...) But Gaia had absorbed the new information. "I won't need to kill billions, Diana. When Nemesis... MICHAEL GRANT Still Caine hesitated. A big, warm bed. A beautiful girl to share it with. Food. Water. Everything h... MICHAEL GRANT No, I'm not a jerk, Astrid. You know what I am? I'm the guy getting people killed," Sam said quietly... MICHAEL GRANT Brittney, it was wrong to murder even before Moses brought down the commandments. Right and wrong do... MICHAEL GRANT Beautiful songs could sometimes take a person out of themselves and carry them away to a place of ma... MICHAEL GRANT It's over, Sam. Finally." "Yeah," he said. "I guess it is." "Turn out the light, Sam." MICHAEL GRANT Hello, Darkness," Caine said. Gaia's face fell. Her bloody, feral grin faded to be replaced by ... MICHAEL GRANT It takes me a while to figure things out, doesn't it?" Edilio grinned. "Do me a favor. When you find... MICHAEL GRANT Caine tried to roll to his feet, but something was jabbing him in the crouch. He shook off the stars... MICHAEL GRANT You're a big, lovable teddy bear. MICHAEL GRANT Come live with us, Diana. Don't argue. Just say yes." Diana looked at the ground to hide her em... MICHAEL GRANT Say it. But..." "But what?" he asked. She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only... MICHAEL GRANT It took Caine a few beats to get it. “No. Go kill yourself. Eat your own gun. No. No no no.” MICHAEL GRANT Find Sam Temple. Tell him you escaped.” Jack gulped and bobbed his head. “Better yet, ... MICHAEL GRANT Has Orc shown up here?” But neither Caine nor Diana answered. Both were staring at Drake, who saun... MICHAEL GRANT My little man,” she said. “No.” She stretched out her hand to him. “Come.” ... MICHAEL GRANT Now, who else speaks for Perdido Beach?” Bouncing Bette said, “Sam Temple here went into a ... MICHAEL GRANT A white van drove slowly—as slowly as only an inexperienced and frightened driver could go— MICHAEL GRANT Delay of pain: that was the meaning of life, wasn’t it? “I’ve made some bad decisions,”... MICHAEL GRANT But then had come the voice that said, "Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are, w... MICHAEL GRANT It’s not about the powers, man; it’s that we aren’t kids anymore. Look what we’ve been throu... MICHAEL GRANT Endgame,” Sam muttered, not really expecting Caine to hear. “Yep,” Caine said. “That’... MICHAEL GRANT But hey this was the FAYZ, where all you could really hope was to delay the pain. MICHAEL GRANT And now, at last, gaiaphage and Nemesis stood facing each other. “Why didn’t you just . . .... MICHAEL GRANT I’m sorry for hurting you. I know I did. I’m most likely dead now, and I guess if there’s any ... MICHAEL GRANT You need to think about all that, Sam,” Dekka said. “You’re the leader, after all.” “... MICHAEL GRANT Do you love me?” Diana asked. Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like... MICHAEL GRANT Hunter woke suddenly. A noise. It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ... MICHAEL GRANT He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away. He moved his hand up ... MICHAEL GRANT Little Pete. He’s not exactly just Astrid’s autistic brother.” He explained briefly while Toto... MICHAEL GRANT Quinn came forward and Sam pulled him aside. His old friend looked tortured and sad. “What’... MICHAEL GRANT Have a seat with me,” Caine said, hopping down from the wall. “How have you been, Taylor?” MICHAEL GRANT And he thought of the two people who had held his job before him: Sam and Astrid. Both beaten into d... MICHAEL GRANT Today, each of you will make a decision,” Caine said. “To go with Sam, or to stay here. I won’... MICHAEL GRANT He’s not the first to say that. MICHAEL GRANT Like a bullet out of a gun. His big paws had caught the dog before the dog could even flinch. MICHAEL GRANT Sam was starting to feel anxious. Nutella and noodles were fine. Great in fact. Miraculous. But he'd... MICHAEL GRANT The gaiaphage. That's the other word they use. 'Gaia,' as in world. 'Phage,' as in a worm or somethi... MICHAEL GRANT Mother Mary wants to draft two more kids,” Astrid told Sam. “Okay. Approved.” “Dah... MICHAEL GRANT First off,” he said, “I want to say I’m sorry about E.Z. He was a good kid. He didn’t deserv... MICHAEL GRANT Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations. MICHAEL GRANT Have you seen Sam?” Mary asked. “What do you want with Sam?” “I can’t take care ... MICHAEL GRANT Sam Temple kept a lower profile. He stuck to jeans and understated T-shirts, nothing that drew atten... MICHAEL GRANT Sam walked cautiously around Pack Leader to see the other side. There were the insect jaws protrudin... MICHAEL GRANT Astrid felt a towering wave of disgust. She was furious with Sam. Furious with Little Pete. Mad at t... MICHAEL GRANT At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never bee... MICHAEL GRANT The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ... MICHAEL GRANT Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a ... MICHAEL GRANT I’m getting my stuff,” he said, and bolted for the steps. “You don’t have to move out,�... MICHAEL GRANT The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a... MICHAEL GRANT