Quotes About Captivation

Nobody ever talked to me the way he did. But I could have listened to his voice forever, no matter what he spoke of.

The Holy Spirit can rejuvenate a tired Christian, captivate an indifferent believer, and empower a dry church.

Satan is masterful at using just enough of God's truth to capture a person's attention and then mix it with his devious potion that will lead [believers] astray.

Michael was still talking with Cassandra. Man, she was something else. Talk about sizzle. A guy could get sunburn just standing near her. Make that sunstroke. And

She held him spellbound," he went on, then let out a ragged breath. "So he went to his death."[

It drew him as the moon draws water.

she was beautiful and seemingly quite intelligent, what with her pentameter search system. There wasn't a reason in the world not to find her appealing.

It's like watching some rare exotic butterfly. Pleasant to watch, but you can't touch it, for as soon as you do, it dies, it's brilliance gone.

He had intense gravitational force. He was like Saturn because Saturn has so many moons. If I kicked my shoes up in the air, they would go into orbit around him.

That was desire messing with physics: putting its finger on the record and then slowing it down, making sure you heard every word spoken, and memorized it.

I'm a yarn teller. My job is to engage you as much as I can and as often as I can.

For trance music to be good, it has to sneak up on you.

The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist.

A novel is like a car—it won't go anywhere until you turn on the engine. The "engine" of both fiction and nonfiction is the point at which the reader makes the decision not to put the book down. The engine should start in the first three pages, the closer to the top of page one the better.

Suspense is strong glue between the reader and the writing.

She was a lovely magnet. So I acted just like a hunk of metal.

As Eisman had risen, Danny had sunk in his chair, instinctively. There is always the possibility of embarrassment, Danny said. But it's like watching a car crash. You can't not watch.

Maybe I am a bit of a siren.

When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.

Magic should get under people's skins.

God, he thought, her eyes are so bright, flashing, deep, full of promise, all those things eyes are in books but never are in life, and she was his.

One kiss, I was totally hooked.

Live and "love to be fascinated.

If you fall in love, it's because it captures you and sweeps you off your feet.