Dramatic Quotes

668 quotes by 607 authors

People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Returning his pen to its holder, he told us, 'I will have him gutted with that scythe. I will hang him by his own intestines.'… — Patrick deWitt
Although according to certain philosophers it is quite difficult to distinguish the jester from the melancholic, life itself being a comic drama or a dramatic… — Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
Bold. Risky. Dramatic. I approve. — Rachel Vincent
She thought she kept seeing him because she wanted to see him," Macey explained. "Ooooh," Bex and Liz sighed together. "It's a by-product of very… — Ally Carter
Don't you ever touch my car again," Santangelo says with the same fury he had on his face when Jonah Griggs made comments about his… — Melina Marchetta
That was one problem with dramatic exits: Sometimes they wound up making you look like a bubblehead. — Scott Westerfeld
How did the hearing go?â€ she asked. â€œWe won, sort of,â€ Kaldar said. â€œWe die at dawn.â€ â€œThe court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours,â€ William… — Ilona Andrews
Death, it seems," Garp wrote, "does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a… — John Irving
Suffering should not define you as a woman! And just because youâ€™re a man it doesnâ€™t mean that it doesnâ€™t affect you! HELP HER to… — Susan Sarandon
I have far more enthusiasm in life than I have actual energy. In my excitement, I routinely take on more that I can physically or… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The most dramatic instances of directed behavior change and "mind control" are not the consequence of exotic forms of influence, such as hypnosis, psychotropic drugs,… — Philip Zimbardo
Just take it from me," Donovan said. "Stay well clear of the warden. Some here think he's the devil. I don't, I don't believe in… — Alexander Gordon Smith
Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic conditions: - (1)… — Milan Kundera
It's strange, the lack of emotion, the absence of drama in reality. When things happen in real life, extraordinary things, there's no music, there's no… — Kevin Brooks
Dramatic exits are the last refuge of the infantile personality — Mira Grant
I was going to say 'my friend Stuart', but I suppose he's not a friend any more. I seem to have lost a number of… — Jonathan Coe
I am dramatic,â€ said Will. â€œIf I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future on the stage. I have no doubt… — Cassandra Clare
Maybe my movie isn't over, I say, because sometimes moviemakers trick the audience with a false bad ending, and just when you think the movie… — Matthew Quick
Oh, I'll trust you," the boy told him carelessly. "It hardly matters. We are all betrayed sooner or laterâ€”all betrayed, or traitors." "I see that… — Cassandra Clare

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