Oroonoko Important Quotes & Sayings

Alf pondered his next move. On the one hand, the savages seemed to be responding reasonably well to "How." On the other hand they really weren't making much progress.
At least they're not eating us, he thought.
Ten seconds went by, then twenty, as Alf looked at the older savage, and the older savage looked at Alf. Finally, out of sheer nervousness, and unable to think of what else to do, Alf raised his right hand again. But this time, just as Alf began to speak, the savage rotated his spear from the vertical to the horizontal, pointing it toward Alf's chest. Alf stopped in mid "How," staring at the sharp pink spear tip, inches from his heart.
And the savage spoke.
Poking his spear tip against Alf's chest, he said: "Can we move this conversation along, old chap? I'm getting frightfully tired of "How. — Dave Barry

She didn't let herself finish that thought, though crippling nausea gripped her as she scanned the banks and docks and sewer depositories.
He would be waiting for her at home. And then he'd chide her and laugh at her and kiss her. And them she'd dispatch Jayne tonight, and then they'd set sail on this river and then out to the nearby sea, and then be gone.
He would be waiting at home.
He'd be home.
Home. — Sarah J. Maas

Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So I really love NFL football now to the degree of following it much more than I did previously. — Paul Allen

Be a creator, not a reactor. — Alan Cohen

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent. — Alfred Nobel

You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play. — Mike Lee

because she was hungry and "it was too late at night to be bothered with chewing. — Rebecca Chastain

That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading. — William Faulkner

somethings are best left unknown — G. Norman Lippert

Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. — Tryon Edwards

I'm a director, but I gotta have the hair, the makeup and the heels. My mother would be appalled if I didn't dress up. — Nicole Holofcener

Decadence is wonderful. — Jack L. Chalker

Every devil needs an angel. And she was mine. — M. Robinson

Buster Keaton is my hero. — French Stewart

You are one hell of a kisser."
A sexy, crooked smile curved on his lips. "You inspire me. — Lisa Kessler