Thrill Quotes
464 quotes by 415 authors
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The show's writers had peppered the piece with words like "savage," "wild," and "animalistic." What bullshit. Show me the animal that kills for the thrill…
— Kelley Armstrong
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Do we look like thrill-seekers? Wasn't it enough that we had to put up that sign reading NO HABLA ESPANOL and acknowledge the existence of…
— Christopher Moore
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What a thrill, what a shock, to be alive on a morning in June, prosperous, almost scandalously privileged, with a simple errand to run.
— Michael Cunningham
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Reading in bed is a self-centered act, immobile, free from ordinary social conventions, invisible to the world, and one that, because it takes place between…
— Alberto Manguel
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There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted…
— Tom Robbins
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There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, Winston—…
— George Orwell
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You live by what you thrill to, and there's the end of it.
— D. H. Lawrence
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I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So, tell me why should it be true, that I get a…
— Cole Porter
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The excitement of anticipation was *almost* equal to the thrill of lovemaking ...
— John Irving
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Secrets had an immense attraction to him, because he never could keep one, and he enjoyed the sort of unhallowed thrill he experienced when he…
— Kenneth Grahame
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It hit her like a sledgehammer, and it was then that she knew what to feel. A liquid trail of hate flooded her chest. Knowing…
— Toni Morrison
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i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. i like your…
— E E Cummings
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For nobody else, gave me thrill-with all your faults, I love you still. It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you.
— Frank Sinatra
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But somewhere, a child surprises himself with his endurance, his quick mind, his dexterous hands. Somewhere a child accomplishes with ease that which usually takes…
— Garth Stein
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Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Hers was a memory made up of snapshorts: being dragged through the snow by a pack of wolves, first kiss tasting of oranges, saying goodbye…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Literature offers the thrill of minds of great clarity wrestling with the endless problems and delights of being human. To engage with them is to…
— Jonathan Stroud
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It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and you memorize the…
— Steve Almond
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If you're frightened of damaging yourself, you increase the risk of doing just that. Consider the tightrope walker. Do you think he spares any thought…
— Mathias Malzieu
Who Wrote These Thrill Quotes
415 authors contributed a total of 464 Thrill Quotes, led by these top contributors: