#bones

My nickname was Skinabo - 'skin and bones.' ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#nickname #skin

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me. ↗

— Truman Capote

#bones #cold #did #down #ever

I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the deepest part of my bones that short-selling plays the role of real-time financial watchdog. It's one of the few checks and balances in the market. ↗

— James Chanos

#always #aspect #balances #bones #checks

Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#both #broke #did #feel #good

It's not funny, Jace," Alec interrupted, starting to his feet. "Are you just going to let her stand there and call me names?" "Yes," Jace said kindly. "It'll do you good-- try to think of it as endurance training. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-ashes #city-of-bones #city-of-glass #jace-wayland #mortal-instruments

I'm so not scary. I'm a pussycat. But what are you going to do, right? I mean, these cheekbones, and I guess these eyes, and the big nose... this is what my momma and my poppa gave to me, and that's the deal. ↗

— Kim Coates

#cheekbones #deal #eyes #gave #going

Is that a stake, Bones, or are you just happy with my new dress?” “In this case, it’s a stake. You could always feel around for something more, though. See what comes up. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#cat #funny #grave #halfway #funny

My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health." - City of Bones (said by Jace Wayland) ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-bones #entertainment #funny #humor #jace-wayland

Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#blood #bones #end #everything #great

We are only lightly covered with buttoned cloth; and beneath these pavements are shells, bones and silence. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#death #life #silence #thought #death