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“The Maestro spoke again. "When we are not, at what point do we become?" I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape…

— Theresa Breslin

“He shouted and he heard his shout and he feared it and shouted back asking it to keep quiet but he didn't pay any…

— Aporva Kala

“Here and there a man respected the operator. Instinctively the man felt in him a glowing resentment of something he had not the courage…

— Sherwood Anderson

“But he couldn’t risk taking the helmet off. It was the only thing saving him from the firing squad. He was no longer able…

— T.C. Avey

“He had to learn that those who treated him in a hostile way did so out of weakness. He saw the hostility and reacted…

— Ken Follett

“And, don't you see, the terror of the position was not in being knocked on the head - though I had a very lively…

— Joseph Conrad

“Sooner or later, there’s always a Jaws: a mental hurdle we can’t clear, a decision too dangerous to attack head on. In those situations,…

— Steven Kotler

“He was new to the sycophancy and cowardice of men; their inability to think alone appalled him as much as did their need to…

— Kate O'Brien

“Trembling as usual, I dropped to one knee and, holding on to the drum with one hand, looked up, wondering what he, my boss,…

— Bohumil Hrabal

“[He] Spoke and rose to full height, sword in air, Then cleft the man's brow square between the temples Cutting his head in two…

— Virgil

“So this is what a command is. Staring consequences in the eye and pretending not to flinch.”

— Scott Lynch

“He smacked the heel of his hand against his forhead, as if that could knock the mental picture out of his head. Hell, he…

— Julia Quinn