Fascinated Quotes - Page 15

• I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America so granted, it is part of our heritage and it is written into the laws of how this country is run.

  Joe Perry

  Running, Country, Gun

  "Aerosmith leader Joe Perry talks 'Sons of Guns,' classic firearms, defending the Second Amendment" By Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. September 21, 2012.

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• If you approach each new person you meet in a spirit of adventure, you will find yourself endlessly fascinated by the new channels of thought and experience and personality that you encounter.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Adventure, Diversity, Personality

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You learn by living”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• The rediscovery of the value of one's own Baptism is at the root of every Christian's missionary commitment, because as we see in the Gospel, those who allow themselves to be fascinated by Christ cannot fail to witness to the joy of following in his footsteps... We understand ever more that it is precisely in virtue of Baptism that we possess a co-natural missionary vocation.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Christian, Commitment, Joy

  Pope Benedict XVI's Angelus, w2.vatican.va. October 29, 2006.

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• The scene fascinated me: a round straw hat; the funnel leaning left, the stairway leaning right; the white drawbridge, its railings made of chain; white suspenders crossed on the back of a man below; circular iron machinery; a mast that cut into the sky, completing a triangle.

  Alfred Stieglitz

  Art, Cutting, Men

  Alfred Stieglitz, J. Paul Getty Museum (1995). “Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum”, p.20, Getty Publications

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• It was the first time that I came face to face with madness and feared it and was fascinated by it.

  Edna O'Brien

  Faces, Firsts, Madness

  Edna O'Brien (2012). “Country Girl”, p.26, Faber & Faber

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• I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right.

  Rachel Weisz

  Believe, People, India

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• She turned to look at Sebastian, lying on the bed. He was shirtless, and even in the dim light the old whip weals across his back were visible. She had always been fascinated by Shadowhunters but had never thought she would find one whose personality she could stand for more than five minutes, until Sebastian.

  Cassandra Clare

  Lying, Light, Personality

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• ‎I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I'm touching eternity, that it goes on forever until it begins here again.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Ocean, Forever, Touching

  Lauren DeStefano (2011). “The Seeds of Wither: EBook Sampler with Exclusive Short Story”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• "It was suicide, wasn't it?" "In an involuntary sort of way," said Vorob'yev. "These Cetagandan political suicides can get awfully messy, when the principal won't cooperate." "Thirty-two stab wounds in the back, worst case of suicide they ever saw?" murmured Ivan, clearly fascinated by the gossip. "Exactly, my lord."

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Suicide, Two, Gossip

  "Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga, Book 15)". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, January 1996.

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• Peter invented, with Wendy's help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which, as you have been told, was what always happened with his games. It consisted in pretending not to have adventures.

  James M. Barrie

  Adventure, Games, Helping

  James M. Barrie (2015). “Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.60, 谷月社

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• I’m also fascinated by the difference between terror and fear. Fear says, “Do not actually put your hand in the alligator,” while terror says, “Avoid Florida entirely because alligators exist.

  Mira Grant

  Florida, Hands, Differences

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• Ooo,” said Alexia, fascinated, “it shrinks back down again. The books didn't detail that occurrence.” The earl laughed. “You must show me these books of yours.

  Gail Carriger

  Book, Details, Said

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• But like the legless man, I'm unaccountably fascinated by those who can dance.

  Elizabeth Hoyt

  Men

  Elizabeth Hoyt (2010). “Wicked Intentions: Number 1 in series”, p.56, Hachette UK

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• Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.

  Elie Wiesel

  Life Is, Contact, Vibrate

  Elie Wiesel (2006). “Day: A Novel”, p.122, Macmillan

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• It was the sibling thing, I suppose. I was fascinated by the intricate tangle of love and duty and resentment that tied them together. The glances they exchanged; the complicated balance of power established over decades; the games I would never play with rules I would never fully understand. And perhaps that was key: they were such a natural group that they made me feel remarkably singular by comparison. To watch them together was to know strongly, painfully, all that I'd been missing.

  Kate Morton

  Sibling, Keys, Games

  Kate Morton (2010). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.436, Simon and Schuster

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• I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.

  Oscar Wilde

  Differences, Said

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.109, Prestwick House Inc

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• A cold supper, were you thinking? I asked dubiously. I was not, he said firmly, I mean to light a roaring fire in the kitchen hearth, fry up a dozen eggs in butter, and eat them all, then lay ye down on the hearth rug and roger ye 'till you - is that all right? he inquired, noticing my look. 'Til I what? I asked fascinated by his description of the evening's program. 'Til ye burst into flame and take me with ye, I suppose, he said, and stooping, swooped me up into his arms and carried me across the darkened threshold.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Mean, Thinking, Light

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• She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fascinated her. It was too bad you could never have an intelligent discussion on the subject. People were either too young or too old, or else they didn't have time.

  Tove Jansson

  Intelligent, Thinking, People

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• I can't imagine why you're so interested." He shook his head. "Interested? We're talking about you. I'm fascinated.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Talking, Imagine, I Can

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• Since the moment I laid eyes on Jericho Barrons, I wanted him. I wanted him to do things to me that pink and clueless MacKayla Lane was shocked and appalled and ... okay, yeah, well, utterly fascinated to find herself thinking about.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Clueless, Eye, Thinking

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “Shadowfever: Fever:”, p.432, Hachette UK

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• He did say I fascinated him, but he really should have clarified to me that I was just the fascination for the day.

  Abbi Glines

  Should Have, Fascination, Should

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• The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Tired, Heart, Men

  Kenneth Grahame (2015). “Wind in the Willows (Illustrated): Children’s Classic with Original Illustrations”, p.5, e-artnow

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• He'd always been fascinated by her, drawn to her the way curious people are always drawn to things they don't understand.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  People, Way, Curious

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• I’d always thought I was above being fascinated by anyone but myself.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.272, Scholastic UK

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• I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because I find them the weirdest of all

  Johnny Depp

  People, Normal, Being Weird

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