Isaac Asimov
- The Eureka Phenomenon
It was simply this - I went to the movies. Not just any movie. I had to pick a movie which was loaded with action but which made no demands on the intellect. As I watched, I did my best to avoid any conscious thinking concerning my problem, and when I came out of the movie I knew exactly what I would have to do to put the story back on the track.
Stephenie - The Host
- Dying
We didn't fight. We drifted and waited, our thoughts dipping in and out of memories without a pattern. While we were still lucid, we hummed ourselves a lullaby in our head. It was the one we'd used to comfort Jamie when the ground was too hard, or the air was too cold, or the fear was too great to sleep. We felt his head press into the hollow just below our shoulder and the shape of his back under our arm.
Jason Statham
- The toughest guy in Hollywood
I've spent all those years learning how to do certain skills and then that competitive spirit kicks in and so you want to do the stunts. Basically, it's the male competitive ego at work and if you have a skill you want to try and show that off as much as you can. You've put all those hours into it, you might as well.
Irish blessing
- Blessing
May there always be work for your hands to do, may your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your windowpane, may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
Jodi Picoult
- Nicholas - Harvesting the Heart
Nicholas had been changing Max, and he had carried him to the phone in the kitchen with his snaps all undone. He placed the baby on the kitchen table, cradling his head on a stack of napkins. At the cadence of his wife's voice, he had suddenly become very still. It was as if the air had stopped circulating, as if the only motion was the quick kick of Max's legs and the insistent pounding of blood behind Nicholas's ears.
