“I closed my eyes. The only things I knew about why Empty Ones worked the way we did was that we had room for extra souls because we started out with less, and that we could make gates because of our innately human sense of home. But my home was here. How on earth was I supposed to find another one?The gate needs to be opened and closed before dawn, Cresseda said, a hint of strain flowing through her voice.YES. THANKS FOR THAT. VERY HELPFUL RIGHT NOW.” WayNeedsHumansSaidSoulHomeEyeEarthVoiceRoomsRight NowEmptyThanksDawnExtrasHelpfulGatesStrainHints Author:Kiersten White
“She never managed to find herself in these books no matter how hard she tried, exhuming traits from between the pages and donning them for an hour, a day, a week. We think in some ways, we have all done this our whole lives, searching for the book that will give us the keys to ourselves, let us into a wholly formed personality as though it were a furnished room to let. As though we could walk in and look around and say to the gray-haired landlady behind us, "We'll take it."” ThinkingWayGivingLooksBookMatterHardDoneWholeHoursWalksRoomsBehindsWeekKeysPersonalityPagesWhole LifeGrayTraitsSister Author:Eleanor Brown
“You know, I find people with great honesty, bodily, physical honesty, who sit just the way they like to sit, and walk the way they like to walk, and don't come into a room all pumped up, I find them elegant.” PeopleKnowsWayWalksRoomsHonestyElegant Author:Alexander Siddig
“Life is not a malfunction. It's beautiful. But if you do not see it that way, it's simply because your room needs cleaning.” IfsWayNeedsBeautifulHappinessLife IsRoomsBuddhismCleaningYour RoomMalfunction Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.” IfsWayShouldLooksDifferentSongRoomsTalkingPiecesInformationDesignPaperUniqueShould HaveEightBarsKicksFormulasArchitectBlankInitials Author:Ryan Tedder
“Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.” WayDifferentStoriesJobsFilmActorsRoomsTvsTheatreDifferent WaysPrincipal Author:Sylvester McCoy
“Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel set in a room. If you make the film, the disparity of costs is huge.” IfsWayWritingLooksFilmRoomsNovelProduceHugeColdCostMountainDisparityCold Mountain Author:Anthony Minghella
“I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.” PeopleThinkingWayLittlesSongCan DoRoomsListenersDisservice Author:St. Vincent
“I wanted to be free to write the way I wanted to write, and my impression of Christian publishing, at least in fiction, was that there wasn't room for what I wanted to write.” WayWritingWantedChristianRoomsFictionImpressionPublishing Author:Sara Zarr
“To watch THE WAITING ROOM is to wish it would never end. This is human drama at its most intense and universal. The rare film that can change the way you think and see the world.” ThinkingWorldWayHumansEndsFilmWishWaitingRoomsWatchesDramaUniversalIntenseWaiting Rooms Author:Mick LaSalle
“Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.” WaySometimesMomentsTogetherEnergyPerfectRoomsTearsCrowdsPerfect Moments Author:John Legend
“It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, Are you scared, too? You bet your sweet life I am. Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too. We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, Who else feels like this? the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.” PeopleWayFeelsWholeHandsAsksFearRealizingRoomsChangedPlanetsSweetAskingScaredI RealizedBoatWorkshopsSweet Life Author:Stan Dale
“There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations which arose on both sides of the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia in the fourth millennium B.C.” WayLittlesSidesRoomsKnownDoubtGroupsLandCreationCivilizationBridgesFourthEgyptBoth SidesMillennium Author:James Henry Breasted
“I'm just aware of what I'm thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium. So there are things like projection and filling the room, and not dropping the ends of lines - technical things which are important, but I don't think they change the way I feel in a scene.” ThinkingWayFeelsImportantEndsFeelingsLinesRoomsSceneFillingProjectionDroppingAuditoriums Author:Bill Nighy
“In an odd way, my parents were proud of me. When they saw me do stand-up, I'd see them looking around the room and watch them taking in the people laughing. On some level, that comforted them.” PeopleWayParentLevelsRoomsWatchesLaughingSawsProudOddProud Of Me Author:Lizz Winstead