“That is what chills your spine when you read an account of a suicide: not the frail corpse hanging from the window bars but what happened inside that heart immediately before.” HeartHappenedWindowAccountsSuicideBarsChillCorpsesSpineFrail Book:Les Belles Images Source: Les Belles Images
“I like women who can throw a ball and laugh loud and have some spine, and I like men who don't mind cooking dinner.” MenMindLaughingBallsCookingDinnerLoudSpineCooking Dinner Author:Paula Cole
“I have often caught sight of myself, my spine humped over, defining my hollowness, my head too heavy for my body, swinging like the oversized blossom of some cruelly bred plant; admiration for the world spread for the world to see on my gullible face-unlike my other face with the sour look of a starved peasant.” WorldLooksBodyFacesSightPlantCaughtAppearanceHeavySpreadAdmirationDefiningPeasantsSpineSourGullibleHollowness Book:Bridgeport Bus Source: Bridgeport Bus
“At present, [in the desert] an exasperating clarity reigns. The sky has become less visible than water in a jar. Black peaks, spines of granite, a twisted tree are sculpted in this atmosphere basted with reflections. All that remains: a countryside of imperishable contours.” BlackWaterNatureTreeSkyReflectionRemainsClarityDesertAtmosphereVisibleReignTwistedSpineCountrysideJarsGraniteAll That Remains Author:Mohammed Dib
“The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.” ThinkingSelfCharacterEvilWorstProductsCensorshipTwistsSpineSelf CensorshipControl Myself Author:Milos Forman
“I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my spine.” ChildrenMusclesInjuryGymnasticsSpineGymnast Author:Gwendoline Christie
“It seems to me that romantic comedies used to be about falling in love, but in recent years they've really become just comedies where the love story is only there as a spine to hang the jokes on.” YearsStoriesSeemsUsedFallComedyJokesFalling In LoveLove StoryUsed To BeSpine Author:Nigel Cole
“Hey man, I gotta straighten my face. This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place.” MenFacesHeyComplimentChicksSpineMellow Author:David Bowie