Roller Coaster Quotes - Page 7

• Richard Barager has written THE novel of the Sixties - a passion-filled, pitch-perfect, roller coaster of a tale about the decade that divides us all.

  David Horowitz

  Passion, Perfect, Coasters

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• A pity it was so early in the day and I couldn't treat myself to the roller coaster. we'll have to come back, you and I, and make up for it." "Sure, when I've lost my mind and want to rush screaming through the air in a little car.

  Nora Roberts

  Air, Car, Mind

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• Have you ever been on a roller coaster, Togawa-kun? You're only riding on it for a few minutes, right? If you spent the entire ride thinking "only so many seconds left... until this ride is over..." then what was the point of riding it in the first place? Nobody knows why we're alive. We don't have the time to bother.

  Takehiko Inoue

  Thinking, Riding, Alive

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• People often assume I assume I am a thrill seeker, but I am not. I do not enjoy roller coasters, and you won't find me bungee-jumping. ... It is a disadvantage that my pursuits are inherently dangerous. A large part of my effort is to reduce risk.

  Steve Fossett

  Jumping, People, Safety

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• Life's a roller coaster. Best damn ride in the park. You don't close your eyes, hold on and wait for it to be over, babe. You keep your eyes open, lift your hands straight up in the air and enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts.

  Kristen Ashley

  Eye, Air, Hands

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• My Real Children starts quietly, then suddenly takes you on two roller-coaster rides at once, swooping dizzily through a double panorama and ending in a sort of super Sophie's Choice. A daring tour de force.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Children, Real, Two

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• ...a story should be like a roller coaster. That is to say before writing a really cruel scene, I have to lift the people's spirits, for example, with a fun scene... Before writing a scene of pure despair, we must go through scenes of hope. And indeed, when I write, all of this amuses me very much.

  Ryukishi07

  Fun, Writing, People

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• I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up," he said. "And it is my privilege and my responsibility to ride all the way up with you," I said.

  John Green

  Responsibility, Grace, Way

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.218, Penguin

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• This is something that I do consider to be good advice: I took my first paycheck and I put it in the goddamn bank. Then I took my second paycheck and put it in the goddamn bank. I had seen the roller coaster of my father's career - top of the world, then unemployed - and I never wanted to take a job because I needed money.

  Joss Whedon

  Money, Jobs, Father

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• I lived in New York my whole life. Like every New Yorker, I have stories about spending summers on the Jersey shore, riding the roller coaster in Seaside that is now famous for that sickening photo of it being washed out to sea.

  Marissa Jaret Winokur

  Summer, New York, Sea

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• You've been reading Gordan's book again, haven't you?" "It's a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride," she mumbled.

  Derek Landy

  Book, Reading, White

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• I had no words to give him. No explanation. I didn’t understand it, myself. It scared me, but then so do roller coasters, and I ride them anyway, too.

  Megan Hart

  Giving, Scared, Coasters

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• Screaming. Did I mention the screaming? Screaming is usually associated with horror films and roller coasters. This is why I usually look like I've just watched a horror film on a rollercoaster. Kids love to scream. Frightened, happy, bored. They scream. I've actually learned to love the sound of a vacuum cleaner. It's just so peaceful.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Kids, Bored, Peaceful

  Jim Gaffigan (2013). “Dad Is Fat”, p.109, Crown Archetype

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• There were five others before they got to him. He smiled a little when his turn came. His voice was low, smoky, and dead sexy. “My name is Augustus Waters,” he said. “I’m seventeen. I had a little touch of osteosarcoma a year and a half ago, but I’m just here today at Isaac’s request.” “And how are you feeling?” asked Patrick. “Oh, I’m grand.” Augustus Waters smiled with a corner of his mouth. “I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.

  John Green

  Sexy, Names, Voice

  John Green (2008). “Paper Towns”, p.245, Penguin

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• I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.

  Alan Rickman

  America, Political, Parks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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