#astonishing

Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#along #astonishing #blended #breathtaking #chicago

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#because #catch #committed #component #did

There was a pause. Then she smiled and the corners of her mouth drooped and an almost imperceptible sway brought her closer to him, looking up into his eyes. A lump rose in Dexter's throat, and he waited breathless for the experiment, facing the unpredictable compound that would form mysteriously from the elements of their lips. Then he saw--she communicated her excitement to him, lavishly, deeply, with kisses that were not a promise but a fulfillment. They aroused in him not hunger demanding renewal but surfeit that would demand more surfeit . . . kisses that were like charity, creating want by holding back nothing at all. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#marvelous #communication

I've Got Him! You've got to keep at her. Forget all your training--she's fought you a thousand times." "Don't presume to run my team, you little tart-" (Colossus throws Emma at Danger) "Yes. I see how it works. Normally, I wouldn't have done that. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#colossus #emma-frost #shadowcat #men

Okay. So...serious wedgie... ↗

— Joss Whedon

#shadowcat #men

It is good to know, no matter how long I am gone...you do not grow up too much. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#colossus #men

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#because #being #believe #crowd #immense

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#astonishing #governed #how #little #mankind

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#because #fans #get #i #nice

American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate. ↗

— Jim Ramstad

#american families #astonishing #back #been #care