Quotes About Tension

Starke, release me or I'll kick you in the balls." And that would hurt, given the current rock-hard state of that area.

Gregori jolted back. "Snap! You couldn't control one measly mortal?" Roman clenched his fists. "No." Gregori slapped a hand against his brow. "Snap!" "Why the hell are you snapping? Are you a turtle?" It was times like this that firing Gregori seemed to be the wise choice.

You mentioned that the McGillahees would fight if provoked. I intend to provoke the bloody hell out of you right here and now.

I still have a headache," said Charlotte, without looking up from the floor. "There, you see?" Aunt Glenda gave a venomous smile. "I have a headache too," said Mum. "But that doesn't mean I'm about to start traveling in time.

En el comedor se hizo un silencio sepulcral—susurró Xemerius desde la araña—. Todas las miradas apuntaban a la muchacha de la blusa amarillo pipí...

If we were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren't in a film, i'd go for the character who tried to strangle you.

When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in history and seeing how we got ourselves into trouble and how we got ourselves out of trouble.

She decided that this kind of waiting - waiting for something good and bad tangled together - should be given its own special name.

Frohike... had a long-standing crush on Dana Scully, but basically it was all talk. Mulder suspected Frohike would turn into a jittering mass of nerves if Scully ever consented to go out with him.

We have failed to see that total peace can be as deadly as total war.

As a manager, you always have a gun to your head. It's a question of whether there is a bullet in the barrel.

She never falls, but never gets out of falling. It's a state of permanent almost-fell.

In many ways, these three basic "fault lines" of division—the economic, racial, and political lines Obama outlined, plus a fourth line on gender and sexuality—had always been part of the national experience. For much of the twentieth century, however, strong centripetal forces pushed back against these traditional sources of discord and tension.

Everyone stopped talking and turned to her except Rider, who proceeded to shatter his teacup with his fork.

Fascism, as Ortega y Gasset says, is always 'A and not A'.

I don't hate you 'cause I'm crazy... I'm crazy 'cause I hate you.

I was not flexible, lived a life that required me to be tense at all times in case someone tried to fuck me over, and I found the simple act of making my spine erect, making my pelvis and thighs do regular stuff, was a little more difficult than I'd expected.

Timothy was already there, his hands clasped together on the table like he was ready to pray or like he was your boss and was really sorry but he was going to have to fire you.

Twin threads ran through her: fear and excitement.

Hold me tight, down on my knees, so I don't go burning 'cross the breeze.

If you're at all anxious, the city acts out your anxiety for you, leaving you feeling strangely peaceful.

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.

I'll keep us out of war with Oklahoma!