Quotes About Tension

Hiro feels even at this moment that something has been torn open in the world and that he is dangling above the gap, staring into a place where he does not want to be.

There followed one of those comical interludes in which the jihadists were confused about what to do next and fell to bitter recriminations.

The string goes taught and the tray slides into the tunnel and disappears.

I love the scent of a man under pressure.

Sarah's entrance, several minutes before the start of the lecture, had thrown Casimir into a titanic intellectual struggle. He now had to decide whether or not to say "hi" to her.

Significant glances began flying around the restaurant, like semaphores before a naval engagement.

Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.

War is hell, but smoking cigarettes makes it all worth while

This was politics. It was ugly, it was irrational, but it was preferable to war.

if Newton is the finger, Leibniz is the stone, and they press against each other with equal and opposite force, a little bit harder every day. RAVENSCAR:

Like I'm on the verge of just blowing up. All the stress and pressure and anxiety just bubbling up.

But, um, I kind of wondered if I could have your phone number, so I can call you when we're out of here.' She smiles and her cuts outline her face like a cat's whispers. 'Crafty.' 'I am a guy,' I say. 'And I hate boys,' she says. 'But a guy's different,' I say. 'Maybe a little,' she says.

The air was so thick with testosterone that the wallpaper was getting soggy.

Cursed are the peacemakers for they make the next war harder than the last.

We entered the house, and there was that pregnant silence in the air, the silence between a husband and wife who have just had words, and it is unlike any other silence except perhaps the awful stillness you hear between the flash of an atomic bomb and the blast.

and there was that pregnant silence in the air, the silence between a husband and wife who have just had words, and it is unlike any other silence except perhaps the awful stillness you hear between the flash of an atomic bomb and the blast. Five, four, three, two, one.

By now, the three assholes were probably running out the back door and heading around both sides of the house to outflank

the unexpectedness of war

The way he spoke about Catherine made Theresa hurt for him more than she would have imagined. It wasn't just his voice, but the look on his face before he described her - as if torn between the beauty of his memories and the pain of remembering.

He said his friend Victor called it a lucky charm, and that it kept him safe in Iraq. She felt her pulse pick up tempo, and she brought her face close to Ben's. Did you say Victor called it a lucky charm? Uh-huh. Ben nodded. That's what he said. Are you sure? Of course I'm sure. Beth stared at her son, feeling at war with herself.

There are too many fault lines to count now.

Welcome to war. It's always a SNAFU: situation normal, all f—ed up.

Political movements and mega sporting events have always gone hand in hand. In 1980, there were Cold War boycotts in Moscow and again in 1984 during Los Angeles Games.

Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression.