Confining Pressure Quotes

#1. Rose shifted her shopping bag off her lap and with a grunt levered her ponderous body upright; she smiled broadly at me, and with a cheery "Ta Gert, ta girls," she waddled towards the exit while I eased my shoulders in relief from the confining pressure of her body. God, what a huge woman.

E.R. Braithwaite

#2. The universe requires balance. Nothing, nothing, can exist without it. There is no life, no light, without death, without darkness. There is no memory ... without emptiness.

Allie Burke

#3. And it was then that he began to fall in love with her for the second time... because he believed in broken things.

Amy Zhang

#4. It was her only real secret, so it was a pity it wasn't juicier.

Liane Moriarty

#5. Unfortunately," he said, "we have short memories. Most heroes are forgotten by the next news cycle.

Jack McDevitt

#6. There are no saints either. We are immortal, but not so unlike the humans as you think. We have enemies, we have duties, we hate, we struggle, and we love.

Jessica Fortunato

#7. Women are, of course, more intelligent. Have you ever heard of a woman that would lose her head only because a man has pretty legs?

Faina Ranevskaya

#8. I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But I think that's a good thing. You don't want to lose that.

Dylan O'Brien

#9. Those who aim low usually hit their targets.

James M. Barrie

#10. When you are new at sheep-raising and your ewe has a lamb, your impulse is to stay there and help it nurse and see to it and all. After a while, you know that the best thing you can do is walk out of the barn.

Wendell Berry

#11. What are you after?"
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"Well," said Zaphod airily, "It's partly the curiosity, partly a sense of adventure, but mostly I think it's the fame and the money ...

Douglas Adams

#12. someone who wants to trust everyone so much that they don't see a lie when it's slapping them right in the face.

John Corey Whaley

#13. Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

Michael Bolton