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Quotes About Excitement

As we go up into the Via Dolorosa, we hear an exciting jingle. Arab boys are racing their donkeys down the hill. You look for sleighs and frost when you hear this jingle-belling. Instead, there are boys stern and joyous, galloping hell-bent on their donkeys toward the Lions' Gate.
~ Saul Bellow
How strangely does the adventurous intrude upon the humdrum; for, when it intrudes at all, more often than not its intrusion is sudden and unlooked for. To-day, we may seek for romance and fail to find it: unsought, it lies in wait for us at most prosaic corners of life's highway.
~ Sax Rohmer
The same as a cigarette? asked Rita excitedly, as Mrs. Sin bent over her. The same, but very, very gentle.
~ Sax Rohmer
an almost chemical change seemed to dissolve and recomposethe very elements of his body. A rigour passed over him, blood rose into his cheeks, his forehead, and there was a steady thumping in his ears. It was first love.
~ Scott Fitzgerald
Readers respond to authenticity, originality and excitement, even if it's not packaged in a way they expect.
~ Scott Nicholson
Never bored on a hoverboard.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Come on, it's almost midnight. Let's go watch them cut the cake.
~ Scott Westerfeld
He makes me feel like that. Like flying.
~ Scott Westerfeld
But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace
~ Scott Westerfeld
Albert fell upon her neck, and kissed her, and exclaimed, "We are so, and we shall be so!" Even Albert, generally so tranquil, had quite lost his composure; and I was excited beyond expression.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Tot a?a cum galbenul este intotdeauna asociat cu lumina, se poate spune ?i c? albastrul aduce cu el ?i un principiu al întunericului. Aceast? culoare are un efect special ?i aproape indescriptibil asupra ochiului. Pe scara culorilor este una puternic?, îns? de partea negativ?, ?i la maximum de puritate este, cum s-ar zice, o nega?ie stimulatoare. Aspectul s?u este deci un fel de contradic?ie între excita?ie ?i calm.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It was the most incredible ride of her life.
~ Johanna Lindsey
It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning.
~ John Buchan
By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle.
~ John Buchan
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.
~ John Cheever
This," said Angel to Louis, "is the best fucking idea anyone ever had since, like, Columbus bought a boat." The two men, along with Parker, were sitting
~ John Connolly
First she wanted to taste the sweat that shone on his throat and fragile clavicle; then he chose to undo the tails of her shirt, that she had tied up beneath her breasts; then, but then impatient they forgot about taking turns and quarreled silently, eagerly over each other, like pirates dividing treasure long sought, long imagined, long withheld. In
~ John Crowley
Internet mailing lists are like Fox television shows. They have really cool previews, and they get you all excited about them, but they just don't live up to their promises.
~ John Dobbin
O my America! my new-found land.
~ John Donne
The trumpet's loud clangorExcites us to arms.
~ John Dryden
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
~ John Dryden
You can't possibly conduct a proper affair without a lot of deliberating, scheming, speculating, and conniving. It's a delicate balance where the excitement must equal the guilt and sex must be as bright as the future you gamble.
~ John Dufresne
Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It's unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure as love, except maybe writing a story. And nothing fails as often, except writing stories. And like a story, love must be troubled to be interesting.
~ John Dufresne