Overawed Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

I asked Tyler what he'd been fighting.
Tyler said, his father.
Maybe we didn't need a father to complete ourselves. — Chuck Palahniuk

I am often tongue-tied with strangers and have what the philosopher Monsieur Diderot calls l'esprit de l'escalier, staircase wit: only long after a remark is made to me will my imagination supply the thing I should have said in reply. — Debra Dean

The prestige of the news is founded on the unstated assumption that our lives are forever poised on the verge of critical transformation thanks to the two driving forces of modern history: politics and technology. — Alain De Botton

There are only so many ways to get people to go see stand-up, that it really is about the product; it's not so much about the theme of the show. — Greg Behrendt

It turned out, though, that a favour was a one-time affair, but favouring was for ever. — Maggie Stiefvater

I am a solo flier looking out over the land of Boyfriends and Girlfriends. I am three notes in the middle of a song. — David Levithan

...this is how politics is played. With fakery and false smiles and butcher knives to the back. — Emma Chase