“I watched my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son died. And I was hurt, but I watched my hurt, and even relished it, a little, for now I could write a real death, a true loss. My heart was broken by my dark lady, and I wept, in my room, alone; but while I wept, somewhere inside I smiled.” IfsWritingHeartLittlesRealHurtDarkLossRoomsSonBrokenMy HeartHappeningsDiedMy SonI Was Hurt Author:Neil Gaiman
“There have been nine Super Bowls in New Orleans, and not all of them have brought the best of luck to NFL Films. We got robbed twice there, got food poisoning, and my hotel room was broken into on the day the Bears played the Patriots in January 1986.” Has BeensFilmRoomsBrokenBearsLuckNineNflHotelBowlsPatriotNew OrleansJanuarySuper BowlPoisoningHotel RoomsBest Of LuckFood Poisoning Author:Steve Sabol
“In my view, Jan Masaryk was thoroughly corrupt, who bumped himself off because he saw at last where his moral cowardice and ideological 'Playboyery' had led him. I vividly remember visiting him in Washington, fat, slightly tight, coming into the room looking like a broken-down butler with his master, the little Communist, Clementis, - and saying in a loud voice: 'Has anyone seen an Iron Curtain? I haven't.' Well, he has now.” WellsLittlesLastsRememberVoiceRoomsViewsMoralSawsHavensMastersBrokenLateNewsSuicideFatsLoudIronCommunistCowardiceCurtainsIdeologicalVisitingButlersBroken DownLoud VoicesIron Curtain Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“Our rooms were bugged, our phones were tapped, and our lawyer's rooms were broken into and their files stolen. We finally had to hire armed guards with pistols to be able to maintain our records. It was hard to believe we weren't in Russia.” BelieveHardAbleRoomsRecordsBrokenPhonesLawyerRussiaStolenFilesPistolsHard To BelieveArmed Guards Author:Jimmy Hoffa
“Power broken into a thousand pieces can be hidden and disowned. If no individual or institution possesses the authority to act without of everybody else in the room, then nobody is at fault if anything goes wrong.” IfsIndividualRoomsPiecesBrokenThousandAuthorityInstitutionsFaultsAnything Goes Book:Waiting for the Barbarians Source: Waiting for the Barbarians
“First time you hear something, it sounds outlandish and broken and like it doesn't make sense. But once it's been in your head awhile it's as if the other thoughts in there wriggle out of the way to give it some room.” IfsWayGivingFirstsSoundRoomsBrokenFirst TimeMake SenseOutlandish Author:Michael Marshall Smith
“When you're more mature, you do start telling the truth, in odd situations. "I'm sorry, I've broken a glass here. Is that expensive? I'll pay for it. I'm sorry." And you do that so that people in the room might go, "What a strong personality that person has. I like to have sex with people with strong personalities."” PeoplePersonsMightStrongSexRoomsPaySituationBrokenPersonalitySorryGlassesOddExpensiveTelling The TruthMatureI'm SorryStrong PersonStrong Personality Author:Eddie Izzard
“My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows, and broken birdcages. The other half is very Aztec. Neon ikat fabric pillows, vintage books piled up to the ceiling, and shutters from Bali.” ThinkingBookHomeRoomsHalfBrokenPersonalitySplitsFabricPillowCeilingsOther HalfVintageAntiquesNeonShuttersBaliSplit PersonalityJugsTurquoiseCeramicsAztec Author:Poppy Delevingne
“Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.” IfsHeartStillsHouseDarkWhiteRoomsFireHugeBrokenColdEntertainmentWoodsWarmDustSmokeFallenRoofUnclesStairsGloomySpookySteepDesolateChimneysRuggedStoves Book:The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club
“[T]he House of Maidens was for little girls whose whole duty in life was to spill things, break things, and forget things . . . until they had spilled, broken, and forgotten everything they could, and thus made room in their lives for a little wisdom.” LittlesMadeWholeGirlHouseForgetRoomsBreakDutyBrokenForgottenSpillsMaidens Book:The Mists of Avalon Source: The Mists of Avalon
“Do not be afraid of large patterns, if properly designed they are more restful to the eye than small ones: on the whole, a pattern where the structure is large and the details much broken up is the most useful...very small rooms, as well as very large ones, look better ornamented with large patterns.” IfsWellsLooksWholeEyeRoomsDesignBrokenStructurePatternsDetailsInterior DesignBroken UpRestfulSmall Rooms Author:William Morris
“A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken. There are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will lift and reveal the right path. But this is a time when the future seems a door you can walk right through into a room called tomorrow.” SeemsActionNationsWaitingWalksRoomsPathTakenDoorsReadyBrokenTomorrowLiftsThickFogBreezeMistRight Path Author:George H. W. Bush