“Never take your eyes off them,” Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. “Didn’t MacNeil ever tell you that?”

“You can take your Law," she said in a measured tone, "and shove it right up your-”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

““But I’m Pharaoh,” Neter-Khet said. “I’m supposed to give orders.”
“That doesn’t mean anything to a cat,” said Jason. “Didn’t anybody ever tell you?
“Nobody tells me,” Neter-Khet said. “I tell them. Besides, they were my cats, weren’t they?”
“In a way they were,” Jason said, “and in a way they weren’t. A cat can belong to you, but you can’t own him. There’s a difference.””

Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) American children's writer

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist

““I didn’t say that,” Szilard said, in a tone that implied that perhaps he had.”

John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades

“Tell me you love me," I pleaded"
"Gideon's eyes met mine. "You know I do"
"Imagine if I i ever said the words to you. If you never heard them from me"
"His chest expanded on a deep breath. "Crossfire”

Sylvia Day (1973) American writer

“Just look down the road and tell me if you can see either of them."
I see nobody on the road." said Alice.
I only wishhad such eyes,"the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at such a distance too!”

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer

“I always tell the girls never take it seriously, if you never take it seriously you never get hurt, if you never get hurt you always have fun, and if you ever get lonely just go to the record store and visit your friends.”

Cameron Crowe (1957) Academy Award-winning American writer and film director

“You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.”

Raymond Chandler book Playback

“Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal.”

Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic