Denotation Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

It was then that my gaze happened to fall on the bookcase, on the gap there, where the old paperback of "Nine Stories" had fallen flat. "Where's the thing?" I said.
"What thing?"
"The mesh. My mesh."
She shrugged. "I tossed it."
"Tossed it? Where? What do you mean?"
In the next moment I was in the kitchen, flipping open the lid of the trash can, only to find it empty. "You mean outside?" I shouted. "In the dumpster?"
When I came thundering back into the room, she still hadn't moved. "Jesus, what were you thinking? That was mine. I wanted that. I wanted to keep it."
Her lips barely moved. "It was dirty. — T.C. Boyle

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe. — Whitney Houston

GOTO, n.: A programming tool that exists to allow structured programmers to complain about unstructured programmers. — Raymond Simard

What's broken, and how do we fix it? — Chip Heath

He used to watch NBC until he decided Brian Williams was a good-natured goof who's too fond of YouTube videos. — Stephen King

I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set. — Clea Duvall

Female Chauvinist Pigs is smart, alarming, and extremely funny. With nuance and humor, Levy has written both a convincing expos of sex and desire in contemporary America and an important cultural history. I'm giving a copy to my mother. And my sons. — Cathleen Schine

Freedom: to walk free and own no superior — Walt Whitman

I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social. — William Makepeace Thackeray

The moment I began to understand what was going on with the treatment of animals, it led me more and more in the way of the path I am [on] now, which is a complete vegan.' — Bryan Adams

I can't complain about my life. I have a really nice life. I have a great family and I live in a gorgeous part of the country. — Mary Decker

Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it. — David Guterson

You have learned much, Karsa Orlong."
"I have, T'lan Imass. As you shall witness. — Steven Erikson