Quotes About Tension

The Arab world has no peer when it comes to hatred - of the Western world generally, and especially of Israel. Israel-hatred and its twin, Jew-hatred, are the oxygen that the Arab world breathes.

A life filled with tension can be a deeply happy one. A life filled with aggravation or stress cannot.

The moment feels laden with mystery and tension, as if for one second the world has agreed to pay attention to time itself.

I'm afraid that my wife picked up a number of colorful expressions from the Yanks and such, Frank offered, with a nervous smile. True, I said, gritting my teeth as I wrapped a water-soaked napkin about my hand. Men tend to be very colorful when you're picking shrapnel out of them.

At the best of times, Father Bain's face resembled a clenched fist.

But war has a long fuse, and a slow match.

I have...an understanding. In England. His understanding with James Fraser was that if he were ever to lay a hand on the man or speak his heart, Fraser would break his neck instantly. It was, however, certainly an understanding, and clear as Waterford crystal.

Fraser nodded casually toward Twelvetrees. "Is there anything ye want me to beat out of him?

arms, ankles turning as I stepped in holes and stumbled on rocks. I had no room in my mind for any form of rational thought; I wanted only to get away from him. A heavy weight struck me hard in the

bedframe shuddering with the force of the struggle taking place

The pressure of events was increasing, day by day, and he could feel responsibility wrapped like a strangling vine about his spinal cord, reaching eager fingers into the base of his skull.

Almost everybody understands that you have to have something at stake for a story to be good.

But then, I didn't think I'd tell them you were here." "What makes you think they don't know?" I asked, beginning to feel rather hollow, despite my earlier resolve to brazen it out. I cast a quick glance at the window, but

ran a hand softly down my back. "Mmm. Oh, nothing, really. Just, when I saw that chap outside, it occurred to me he might be"—he hesitated, tightening his hold

As Grey put his hand on the pommel, he heard a low Scots voice murmur in his ear: "Queen's rook to king eight. Check." Grey laughed out loud, a burst of exhilaration pushing aside his disquiet. "Ha," he said, though without raising his voice. "Queen's bishop to knight four. Check. And mate, Mr Ã¢â'¬Â¦ MacKenzie.

met with you." "Captain Randall said you were stealing cattle

Dialogue doesn't take place in a vacuum. Dialogue is contradictory, in that it can either speed up or slow down a passage.

I relaxed my grip on the knife; she could hardly attack me with a lapful of goat.

Jamie," he gasped. "We met the Watch near the mill. Waiting for us. They knew we were coming.

He wondered whether Jamie would shoot him in the chest or simply break his neck when he found out. Likely bare hands, he thought. It was a visceral sort of thing, sex.

Il venait parfoid chez Alex quand je m'y trouvais, mais, le plus souvent, il m'attendait, tapi sous une porte cochère, et surgissait du brouillard derrière moi. C'était éprouvant pour les nerfs : j'avais l'impression d'être poursuivie par le fantôme de Frank.

I think there are times for men of peace—and a time for men of blood, as well.

I have Ã¢â'¬Â¦ an understanding. In England." His understanding with James Fraser was that if he were ever to lay a hand on the man or speak his heart, Fraser would break his neck instantly. It was, however, certainly an understanding, and clear as Waterford crystal.

Come on!" he said, grunting as he shifted the Chinaman's slippery form for a better grip. "They'll be after us any moment!