Explicit Direct Instruction Quotes

#1. A six-inch blade. I smiled. Did he buy it? It was actually just shy of four - but very nicely weighted - and as Aunt Bernice noted, a little exaggeration was always expected when describing weapons, victories, and body parts.

Mary E. Pearson

#2. one of the reasons I was so free that year was because I was such a mess.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#3. The thing I've learned about traveling is peace. By traveling I learned how to find a peace within me that just might carry me through the greater years of my life. If you can somehow find that peace without traveling, then you suddenly have traveled the world.

Todd

#4. A sentence boiled in her, but she could not yet see it clearly.

John Irving

#5. His biceps is bigger than her head, but he's as gentle as a lamb with her.

Elle Kennedy

#6. Can we trust him, you think?" he

Diana Palmer

#7. There is a gentleness, a lightness, an element of freedom and, in a word, of civilization, that makes this country one of the few countries in the world where, despite everything, you can still breathe freely.

Bernard-Henri Levy

#8. Writing a song is a personal thing, and you have to have a lot of trust to try things and not be embarrassed.

Julia Stone

#9. Bummer,' said Ira, his new word for "I must remain as neutral as possible" and "Your mother's a whore.

Lorrie Moore

#10. The idea that there is a sharp boundary between our true inner selves and the outside world is pervasive but highly questionable. The boundaries of the self might well be more porous than we ordinarily think.

Julian Baggini

#11. You can't focus on what you should or shouldn't write or who you should or shouldn't be like. Just write for yourself and eventually you'll get to that place you want to be.

Autumn Doughton

#12. I was getting Monkees Monthly and there was a competition to draw a Monkee. I did a caricature of Micky Dolenz and won 10 pounds-a fantastic sum of money for me then. I bought a secondhand tape recorder, which further launched me. They've been very responsible for me getting started.

Andy Partridge

#13. Taciturn Welton became Marta's instructor. When

Francine Rivers

#14. Andrew this is where you take all your dates ... "
"And?"
My heart sank. "Do you not see why bringing me here would hurt my feelings?"
"Would you prefer the Marriott?

Whitney Gracia Williams

#15. The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

William Hazlitt