Quotes About Intensity

For in this respect love is not like war; after the battle is ended we renew the fight with keener ardour, which we never cease to intensify the more thoroughly we are defeated, provided always that we are still in a position to give battle.

They locked gazes, showing their souls on the edge of their pupils, their melancholy and passionate souls, which death was unable to unite.

Like a blood-red sky that warns the passerby, "There is a fire over there," certain blazing looks often reveal passions that they serve merely to reflect. They are flames in the mirror.

seeking to indicate to her by the extent of his gratitude the corresponding intensity of the pleasures which it was in her power to bestow on him, the supreme pleasure being to guarantee him immunity, for as long as his love should last and he remain vulnerable, from the assaults of jealousy.

Soft words to his fierce passion she assayed

It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.

37. There is no "overkill." There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload." 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

The problem with fighting at a lower level is that it doesn't simulate reality well. You want to train harder than real combat, not easier.

What Lucas would feel, instead, would be a murderous anger, an iceberg of hate. He would kill anyone who hurt Weather, Sam, or Letty. He'd be cold about it, he'd plan it, but the anger would never go away, and sooner or later, he would find them and kill them.

blood pumping from his neck like water from a hose.

Now that was a road trip," Sherrill said, enthusiastically. "Fightin', fuckin', and detectin.' So what's next?

Might be worth it. I'm so goddamn horny the crack of dawn ain't safe.

Oh, bullshit," Jenkins said. "You do it because you like it, because you get that feeling in your balls like you're in a falling elevator, and you like it. We all like it. We get all grim and warriored-up about it, but the bottom line is, we like it." "That's somewhat true," Shrake admitted. "That's why Davenport does it: it's better than money," Jenkins said. "You guys bum me out sometimes," Virgil said.

It's a game, you know," he said, testing her. "You can't back off in a game and win. You either go balls to the wall, or somebody takes you out and you're no good anymore.

She was my friend. Briefly, she was my lover. She was braver than I ever would have been in the moment of death. And I bet she was a hell of a shooting star.

The Jenna Situation, as you recalled it now, had been fraught with fraughtiness.

Anything worth doing is worth doing at a fevered pitch.

How much?" Patz said nothing but gave Kiva a look that she interpreted as saying a whole fuckton.

A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief.

And her joy was nearly like sorrow.

I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.

Her shame and fierceness were blended.

And he didn't get tired or sleepy, for the beauty burned in him like fire.

I love people so much I'm fit to bust, sometimes.