“When God's hand is bent to strike, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God ; but to fall out of the hands of the living God is a horror beyond our expression, beyond our imagination.” HandsFallImaginationExpressionHorrorStrikesFearfulBent Book:The works of John Donne Source: The works of John Donne
“To fall for," "to be fallen for"--I feel in these words something unspeakably vulgar, farcical, and at the same time extraordinarily complacent. Once these expressions put in an appearance, no matter how solemn the place, the silent cathedrals of melancholy crumble, leaving nothing but an impression of fatuousness. It is curious, but the cathedrals of melancholy are not necessarily demolished if one can replace the vulgar "What a messy business it is to be fallen for" by the more literary "What uneasiness lies in being loved.” IfsLoveFeelsMatterLyingFallExpressionSilentLeavingAppearanceImpressionCuriousFallenMelancholyVulgarSolemnMessyBeing LovedCathedralsComplacentUneasiness Book:No Longer Human Source: No Longer Human
“Some eyes threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, and others are as insulting as hissing or kicking; some have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into.” WellsEyeFallExpressionInsultingLoadedKickingPistolsBlueberriesHissing Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you're wearing an animal costume and something bad happens, your facial expression doesn't change. The animal is deadpan the whole time. If you're skiing in a gorilla suit and you fall, you just see a gorilla who has no emotion. It's just a stoic gorilla, wildly falling down a hill, out of control.” IfsWholeHappensFallAnimalEmotionExpressionSuitsHillsCostumesFalling DownSkiingStoicFacialGorillasFacial Expression Author:Demetri Martin