Blaise-pascal Quote by James Joyce

“Pascal's scientific achievements, therefore, did not give him much confidence in the human condition. When he contemplated the immensity of the universe, he was…

— Karen Armstrong

“Then she reached to kiss him on the lips, and he let himself have that. Soft, warm, she loved him, a monstrous abomination, a…

— Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguie (Crusade

“From then on, I was terrified that I or one of my parents were going to die. My mother worried me the most. She…

— Nicole Krauss

“I kissed her cheek then, because I feared to do it and though commonsense may occasionally bind me, I'll be fucked if fear will.”

— Mark Lawrence

“She expected a precise, controlled kiss to calmly show her mother they were lovers. Instead she got hot testosterone and raw sexual energy. She…

— Jennifer Probst

“Alexander did not dare request what he really desired, though he knew that if he asked him for his sweetheart's hand he would have…

— Chrétien de Troyes

“Das Unglück des Menschen rührt daher, daß er nicht still in seinem Zimmer bleiben will, dort, wo er hingehört. Sagt Pascal." (Man's misfortune stems…

— Suskind

“The bastard was effectively stuck until he and Morfyd helped him. Fearghus smiled a little at his father’s suffering and the female who caused…

— G.A. Aiken

“Like any man, he had no real protection from an unsolicited kiss from a pretty woman, even one he had just murdered.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“His kiss was brutal, punishing, for making him feel like this. He was desperate. Out of control. Never had he experienced this kind of…

— Monica McCarty

“My mother scared herself with her own queerness, and from that moment on I ceased to be her companion.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“My mother was the force around which our world turned. Unlike our father, who spent his life in the clouds, my mother was propelled…

— Nicole Krauss