When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when you remember the things you used to do, it makes you wince.” — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I… — Frank Portman Copy Share Image
There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said. — Pete Waterman Copy Share Image
I wince at her use of the word "human." I've never liked that differentiation. She is living and I'm dead, but we're… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
Giant letters march across the dome of the sky: HOME NOT FOUND. Huw, who knows Comic Sans when she sees it, winces… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
It is necessary to broaden the opportunities for a stronger presence of women in the church. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Irish people have a trick of over-statement, at which one ceases to wince as one grows older. — Katharine Tynan Copy Share Image
When I read it ["Tough Guys Don't Dance"], I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I believe that photographs should be simple technically, and easy to look at. They shouldn't be directed at other photographers; their point… — Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Copy Share Image
There can be a blurry line between laughing at the expense of a character and laughing at the recognition of something painful… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Where did you go?" "To the end of the driveway," my mother says. "I was nine months pregnant; that was the maximum… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Criticism and rejection are not personal insults, but your artistic component will not know that. It will quiver and wince and run… — Dorothea Brande Copy Share Image
Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I say "on principle" [regarding 'lesbian writer'] because whenever you get one of your minority labels applied, like "Irish Writer," "Canadian Writer,"… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Hugo attacked me." Clary tried not to wince as the astringent liquid stung her wounds. Hugo?" Luke blinked. Hodge's bird. I think… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
And so the blasts of calumny, howl they ever so fiercely over the good man's head, contribute to his juster appreciation and… — William Morley Punshon Copy Share Image
Sci-fi uses the images that sf - starting with H.G. Wells - made familiar: space travel, aliens, galactic wars and federations, time… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
He (Jace) glanced down at his bound hands. His wrists and shoulders had gone from aching to hard, stabbing pain, but he… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“She warned him that, if he got killed, she should cut down the great cedar at the south-west corner of Groby. It… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word… — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I wince at some of the things I did as the young wife of Canada's fifteenth prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. — Margaret Trudeau Copy Share Image
Mess with my weed again and I’ll be informing Daddy that there was an early casualty on the mission.” I saw him… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
“We stood there for a long moment before he said, "You know, we still have like, half an hour down here. Seems… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Some persons take reproof good-humoredly enough, unless you are so unlucky as to hit a sore place. Then they wince and writhe,… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
When a society is criticised by outsiders, its members wince but shrug their shoulders. 'What you can expect from strangers?' is the… — Michela Wrong Copy Share Image
I want to apologize for plaguing you with so many telephone calls last November and December. When the 'enthusiasm' is coming on… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
Women hock their jewels and their husbands' insurance policies to acquire an unaccustomed shade in hair or crêpe de chine. Why then… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
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