"We'll just see whose ass stinks the loudest" Dickie said as he pummeled Kenny in the face again.
From my novel "Coffman's Well"
From my novel "Coffman's Well"
The boy merely grunted a reply. Cruelty and indifference were things he could deal with. Concepts he could understand. Kindness was something else all together.
“There are none dear to me any longer. They’ve gone to the abyss and are beyond my reach,” he said and was thankful his voice didn’t falter.
“If you are the first you’re reach is wide.”
“Not so wide as that.”
“Not a faggot? You wear make-up like a faggot.”
“And you suck dick like one. See how that works?”
I absolutely love Vomaxx's quotes ! The one about the wound badges is hilarious, and I really love the one about abdicating too. I'll have to watch myself not to include them in my own work !
I like the last one. I loled at the "See how that works?" part. Out loud.
“Oh, Varth, why is it so difficult for some to look beyond our physical differences?”
From what I have observed in our readings together, Humans and Draconians are similar in that area—at least, some of them—not ones like you and me. They fear what is unknown. They fail to understand it, so they reject it and fight it. Your kind cannot understand that there can exist intelligent beings who resemble creatures out of your own fiction—creatures who were often portrayed as evil. My kind do not understand why creatures so different from us physically, as you say, can be so much like us in mind—just as honorable. And, they do not understand why Sage Vethes would show mercy to Shelski seven cycles ago.
“You're a wise creature, my friend.”
Together are we even wiser.
Far away, bloated clouds hung low over the mountains; some poked their bellies on a mountain peak, others rested along the mountain’s spine.
From: Unknown Caller
Don’t pretend you can run
Lucas twisted his face into a smile, or a grimace.
From: SunglassesGuy
I don’t need to pretend
It was a raw kind of pain, superficial. Skin wounds. His head hurt, though, like those crazy EMT’s had screwed stuff into his brain.
“Do you have a name along with maybe a suggestion of how we should handle this awkwardness?”
“Yeah,” the man answered. “Doug.”
“That’s a funny name,” said Peri.
“You’re kind of small and excitable,” Rod observed. “How about we call you ‘Mouse’. It’s easier to remember.”
The sound of her name on his perfect lips made her want to swoon and punch him in the face at the same time.
Best line ever.
Though fearful, he couldn’t help but admire the beauty of the beast, with its fierce black eyes showing intelligence and it muscular shanks tightly defined. But it held the better position with him flat on his back and the horse’s front hooves poised to come down upon him. It seemed he was about to be trampled by a bewitched toy. He rolled to one side just in time to keep from getting his skull bashed in and in doing so, knocked into a waist high statue of a faun child--that is a boy with the legs of a goat. Immediately it sprang to life, jumping onto his chest and taking the wind from his lungs. This set off a chain reaction of sorts, in which many of the other items in the shop seemed to come to life.
This was going to be even harder than he imagined.
Possibly (but not probably) my favorite line I've EVER written, from my HuffPo article on race. (Here, scroll down, because I am not Zulay.)
--Our comfort zones are outlined as clearly as if we had marked them with police tape. We do not step outside.--
Our comfort zones are outlined clearly as if we marked them with police tape. We do not step outside.
I've noticed many of these openers start with setting description. Not trying to call anyone out, but aren't you trying to hook me?
Just not the first sentence. Please.
These are not opening lines, but favorite lines..