I was a super once - an extra - in 'Die Fledermaus,' and was seated within three feet of Placido Domingo. I… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
“War?" Something cold touched my cheek, and I glanched up to see snowflakes swirling in a lightning-riddled sky. It was eerily beautiful,… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
“It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can hit two people like an electric shock when they first meet,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks — already in the infant mind these couples were compromisingly linked; and after two… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
It's not Cam's fault," Bex told her. "We rigged her bed so that if she gets up, I get an electric shock."… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
“Further, I agree that in a mental hospital, even with its electric shocks—sorry, ECT, as you prefer to call it—rigid timetables, and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
My dad had been in the second world war, had electric shock treatment, suffered from anxiety and was abusive to my mum.… — Roland Orzabal Copy Share Image
“Galadir frowned, looking at her. «I don't need the stars to see you, Morwen.» She turned istinctively toward him, caught by those… — Chiara Cilli Copy Share Image
When I left school at 16, I became an apprentice television and radio technician, and was paid £17 a week, which was… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“In this country people don't respect the morning. An alarm clock violently wakes them up, shatters their sleep like the blow of… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“In the late 1960s, a young Martin Seligman, now the pooh-bah of the positive-psychology movement, conducted experiments with dogs. He would place… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
“Between Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, I broke into a total of six offices, one penthouse suite and a small bank, and… — Kate Griffin Copy Share Image
“We all try to explain away the Holocaust, Abu Ghraib, or the Sabra Massacre by denying that we could ever do anything… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
“This person is (pick one): 1. on a perilous journey from which we can learn much when he or she returns; 2.… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“You’ve seen the footage.” “She didn’t know what she was doing. None of us could follow Beetee’s plan. You can see her… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“MICHAEL (standing up and stretching) Gosh, Steve. I don't know how to thank you. STEVE (also standing) Hey, don't thank me. It… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“The night was fading. It was too early to be called dawn yet, but Taylor could just make out the outline of… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
“Working simultaneously, though seemingly without a conscience, was Dr. Ewen Cameron, whose base was a laboratory in Canada's McGill University, in Montreal.… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“I wait, washed, brushed, fed, like a prize pig. Sometime in the eighties they invented pig balls, for pigs who were being… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“A scaled-down version of the clash between the real and the virtual and its fantastic consequences at the planetary level: the dissociation… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
“«You were good, Prince Galadir of Thera,» whispered with seductive tone, and without being noticed she pulled the hem of the coat… — Chiara Cilli Copy Share Image
His (Swami Vivekananda) words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
