Quotes About Tension

Across the hall, Paul was either fucking the girl or murdering her, I couldn't tell which. I smelled mothballs. The afghan was going to have to go.

As the word came of the German advance, there were hushed and frantic conversations at the hotel during the second week in June 1940. To stay or to go was the pressing question

It was a story that, sadly, always had war at the heart of it.

It was an odd feeling, longing to see someone and dreading it at the same time.

I must make sure I'm not around when Dad gets that.

There's a point in conflict resolution when the next person who talks loses. You're ready to play with the big boys when you can recognize that moment.

When those buses arrive, the last thing I need is some geriatric rumble." The

Your mom's not that bad," said Jim. "Are you trying to make me mad?" "Okay she is." "I knew it. You've never liked her." "What's the right answer?" "So you're just telling me what I want to hear?" Jim reached over and put a hand on his wifes. "I love you.

The tone of his father's voice made Josh afraid to ask what it was he wanted to talk about, so Josh only

It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.

I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end.

You're immediately in a world of noir when you're watching shows like 'The Bridge' or 'The Killing.'

It's a weird little anomaly about horror films in that the more money and noise you have, the less scary it gets.

None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.

Japan is prepared to break the shell of mutual distrust with North Korea and get off to a new start.

What nourishes me also destroys me.

I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.

Nowhere in the world has the use of force alone resolved a conflict.

Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere.

We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets.

You can't even look outside because everything's so crazy, especially in America. And I live in Detroit! There's the economy, and the fact you can't even open your door any more without going nuts.

If the Obama administration is this afraid of Glenn Beck, how do they deal with the Iranians?

It was obvious what kind of game they were playing on the set of Amityville.

Avevamo in comune un'importante teoria sulle risse: quando pare che stia per scoppiarne una, mena per primo.