Twisted Quotes - Page 7

• Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty. Yes. No. I don't know. I...Yes. No.

  Mercedes Lackey

  Vision, Sideways, Saddles

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• In this game he had acquired a great deal of muddled knowledge, more than one approximation and less than one certitude. And absence of energy, a curiosity that was too sharp to be crushed immediately, a lack of order in his ideas, a weakening of his spiritual boundaries, which were promptly twisted, an excessive passion for running along forked roads and wearying of the path as soon as he had started on it, mental indigestion demanding varied dishes, quickly tiring of the foods he desired, digesting almost all, but badly, was his state.

  Joris-Karl Huysmans

  Running, Spiritual, Passion

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• The prospect Smiler was a manic farmer. Few men I think can have been as unfortunate as he; for on the one hand he was a melancholic with a loathing for mankind, on the other, some paralysis had twisted his mouth into a permanent and radiant smile. So everyone he met, being warmed by his smile, would shout him a happy greeting. And beaming upon them with his sunny face he would curse them all to hell.

  Laurie Lee

  Men, Thinking, Hands

  Laurie Lee (2011). “Cider With Rosie”, p.36, Random House

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• I do sport at the gym a few times a week, but I hate it. Work is my only remedy. I feel so twisted and horrible in the morning, but then I go to the office and I start feeling better. Work is my Tylenol. Extra-strength.

  Alber Elbaz

  Sports, Morning, Hate

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• Truth was a tool. It should never simply be said. No, it had to be bent, twisted, colored, until it became a weapon.

  Nalini Singh

  Weapons, Tools, Said

  Nalini Singh (2008). “Hostage to Pleasure”, p.114, Penguin

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• "I'm human," he said in a tormented tone. "And I'm not." He dropped his hand to her shoulder. "I never knew softness," he breathed. "Not until the moment you touched me in your store. My life is violent and dangerous. It's dark and twisted and no place for someone like you. I have more people wanting me dead than I can count. They will stop at nothing, and you.." He ground his teeth before he spoke again. "You'll never want again for anything in your life. I swear it on what little bit of human soul I have left."

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dark, Hands, People

  "Night Play". Book by Sherrilyn Kenyon, 2010.

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• Or even tell me it's because you could not live without The Boy's stunning Boyfruits for another night..." Sam's face was twisted into a weird shape at the mention of his Boyfruits.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Boys, Night, Shapes

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• My love affair with (him) had a wonderful element of romance to it, which I will always cherish. But it was not an infatuation, and here’s how I can tell: because I did not demand that he become my Great Emancipator or my Source of All Life, nor did I immediately vanish into that man’s chest cavity like a twisted, unrecognizable, parasitical homonculus. During our long period of courtship, I remained intact within my own personality, and I allowed myself to meet (him) for who he was.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Crush, Men, Long

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• It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present.

  Lisa Unger

  Memories, Mean, Events

  Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.123, Crown

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• The moon slid inexorably into its zenith, the shadows shrivelling to the feet of all that cast them, and as Rantel approached the hollow at the hem of the Twisted Woods he was treading in a pool of his own midnight.

  Mervyn Peake

  Moon, Feet, Shadow

  Mervyn Peake (1995). “The Gormenghast Novels”, Overlook Books

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• CBS announced they're canceling As The World Turns. Don't worry though, if you're addicted to the twisted plots, the intrigue, the illicit sex, you can still watch golf.

  Craig Ferguson

  Sex, Golf, Worry

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• Cat cleared her throat in the tense silence that followed. "Uh, before this goes any further, let’s at least introduce ourselves to your friend. I’m Cat, and this is my husband, Bones. We’re part of Mencheres’ twisted little fang family."

  Jeaniene Frost

  Husband, Cat, Silence

  "Eternal Kiss of Darkness". Book by Jeaniene Frost, July 27, 2010.

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• Pierce jerked his hand from Trent and pushed himself straight. “Kalamack Industries,” he said, expression twisted as he wiped his hand on his pants. “I knew your father.” “I do not freaking believe this,” I said, shifting to stand where I could see both of them. Al beamed. “Amazing who you can meet in an elevator.

  Kim Harrison

  Father, Believe, Expression

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• Like we were connected, the echo of his pain twisted inside inside me. his pain, my pain.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Pain, Moon, Echoes

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “New Moon”, p.312, Hachette UK

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• For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and decorum. My father: always capable of achieving his goals, no matter how twisted the means. Uneasily, I began to understand how I’d inherited my bizarre personality.

  Richelle Mead

  Mother, Father, Mean

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.123, Penguin

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• My grandmother used to say that twisting paths always cross again," he told her. "And whose paths are more twisted than ours?

  Neal Shusterman

  Grandmother, Path, Used

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.183, Simon and Schuster

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• My life and his were twisted into a single strand. Cut one, and you cut both. If he were gone, I would not be able to live through that. If I were gone, he wouldn't live through it, either.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Twilight, Cutting, Gone

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.219, Hachette UK

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• They had their faces twisted toward their haunches and found it necessary to walk backward, because they could not see ahead of them. ...And since he wanted so to see ahead, he looks behind and walks a backward path.

  Dante Alighieri

  Path, Faces, Looks

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• There's more to someone being lovable than the way they look." "...he told me that the way you can tell if a bug or a snake is poisonous, like, is if it's got really lovely, bright markings. The more the beautiful its skin is, the more deadly it is." "All that pretty face and whatnot just hides how twisted up and rotten he is on the inside.

  Cassandra Clare

  Beautiful, Snakes, Lovely

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• Ryan Stout, a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted point of view. He goes from loony to weirdly logical. With him, it’s more than clever writing; his comedy is based on clear and clever thinking.

  Ben Fong-Torres

  Laughter, Clever, Writing

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• With a lot of kids in the business, the parents get as twisted as they do, and there's a lot of opportunities to go their own way, but anyone has that opportunity.

  Tina Yothers

  Business, Kids, Opportunity

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• The doctor looked at it after the game and he thought it didn't look too bad, but we'll see what happens. My skate got caught and I twisted it. I heard it twist and I couldn't get up. All my body weight fell on it. I had to be really hurt to leave the game - we were still in the game at that point.

  Martin Brodeur

  Hurt, Doctors, Body Weight

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• At best, I consider flying an unavoidable necessity, a time to resurrect forgotten prayers and contemplate the end of all joy in a twisted howling heap of machinery; at worst, I rank it right up there with psychotic episodes and torture at the hands of malevolent strangers.

  T.C. Boyle

  Prayer, Hands, Joy

  T.C. Boyle (1999). “T.C. Boyle Stories”, p.348, Penguin

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• Avicenna California...Museum of my twisted youth, vault of my dearest and most disgusting memories.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Memories, Museums, California

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• It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head, that have given the name of cephalopod to these animals, were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.

  Jules Verne

  Eye, Animal, Eight

  Jules Verne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jules Verne (Illustrated)”, p.1685, Delphi Classics

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