Affectedness Quotes

#1. We are not killers," Gideon says firmly.
"In my experience everyone is a killer." Baz's eyes go cold. He leans back against the wall. "Or a victim. Some people just need a little coaxing to choose a side. - Author: Paula Stokes

#2. Before, prior to. There is no difference between these two except length and a certain affectedness on the part of 'prior to.' To paraphrase Bernstein, if you would use 'posterior to' instead of 'after,' then by all means use 'prior to' instead of 'before. - Author: Bill Bryson

#3. I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values. - Author: Dikembe Mutombo

#4. A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can't even remember the last time I laughed and it puts me on edge. I suddenly want to do the same thing to her. Let her see how it feels to teeter on that cliff. - Author: Nyrae Dawn

#5. I try to keep my confidence on the charts, but I'm a confident guy as well. You've got to be that way. If you don't think that you're the best, then you won't perform that way. - Author: Robert Griffin III

#6. The only way love ever affected death was in making it more painful. - Author: Scott Frost

#7. Somehow, later, exhausted and dismayed by these sapping, abrasive, attriting episodes, they came to a sort of truce; but it was at the expense of any closeness. - Author: Iain M. Banks

#8. The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint. - Author: Elliott Abrams

#9. Please, please, please, my dear competition. We can beat each other and fight each other as much as we want and argue, but do not predict how a system really works when you really don't know and don't want to know. Either be better informed, or don't do it. - Author: Hasso Plattner