“With a little persuasion, any familiar thing can turn abnormal in the mind. Here's a thought experiment. Consider this brutal bit of magic. A human grows a second human in a space inside her belly; she grows a second heart and a second brain, second eyes and second limbs, a complete set of second body parts as if for use as spares, and then, after almost a year, she expels that second screaming being out of her belly and into the world, alive. Bizarre, isn't it?” IfsWorldYearsMindHumansHeartLittlesUseBodyEyeTurnsGrowsBitsSpaceBrainAliveMagicExperimentsFamiliarBrutalSparesPersuasionBizarreBellyLimbsAbnormalFamiliar Things Book:The Age of Miracles: A Novel Source: The Age of Miracles: A Novel
“I like night fishing, even though there is a molecule of terror in it. Maybe it is that tiny bit of terror that I relish, that going mano a mano with another predator in the dark. I know it is not entirely civilized, but there is nothing to compare with the sizzle of fear except, perhaps, the rush of being feared. Either condition confirms you are alive.” KnowsNightBitsDarkAliveSeaConditionsRiversFishesTerrorTinyBoatCompareLakesFishingCivilizedMoleculesPredatorRelish Author:Paul G. Quinnett
“They're always such alive females. And also, all those love stories - no man in Austen has ever fallen in love with a female heroine because she's pretty or beautiful or has long, blonde hair. They fall in love with them because of who they are, because of their vibrancy and their intelligence and if only we were teaching that a bit more in schools.” IfsMenLongStoriesSchoolBeautifulFallBitsAliveTeachingHairFemaleFalling In LoveLove StoryFallenBlondeHeroinesAustenBlonde HairVibrancyLong Blonde Hair Author:Anna Maxwell Martin
“Secretly in my heart, I believe food is a doorway to almost every dimension of our existence. ... Food never was just food. From the time a cave person first came out from under a rock, food has been a little bit of everything: who we are spiritually as well as what keeps us alive. It's a gathering place, and in the best of all worlds it's possible that when people of one country sit down to eat another culture's food it will open their minds to the culture itself. Food is a doorway to understanding, and it can be as profound or as facile as you would like it to be.” PeopleWorldMindFirstsBelieveWellsHeartLittlesPersonsHas BeensCountryCultureI BelieveBitsUnderstandingExistenceAliveRocksFoodMy HeartLittle BitProfoundWho We AreDimensionsCavesGatheringDoorwaysGathering Places Author:Lynne Rossetto Kasper
“The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening. I learned, for example, that in the late 1500s my little neighborhood square was a popular spot for burning people alive. Now lined with a row of small shops, the tradition continues, though in a figurative rather than literal sense.” PeopleLittlesMightBitsCitiesAliveInformationExampleWalkingLateTraditionVariousGuidesSpotsBurningShopsNeighborhoodSquaresListenersEnlighteningLiteralLandmarksRecitingTour Guides Book:Me Talk Pretty One Day Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day
“The Christian should be the person who is alive, whose imagination absolutely boils, which moves, which produces something a bit different from God's world because God made us to be creative.” WorldShouldPersonsMadeDifferentChristianMovingBitsImaginationCreativeAliveProduceBe Creative Author:Francis Schaeffer
“Most writers, I'm afraid, live very boring lives sitting in front of a screen. However, having said that: every writer puts a bit of themselves into the characters to bring them alive.” SaidCharacterBitsAliveFrontsSittingBoringScreensBoring Life Author:Michael Scott