Alex Just Quotes

I turned off the projector and Alex mumbled something in her sleep and turned over. I said, "Everything is fine, I'm going home now," and said it just so I could say I'd said it in case she was upset later that I'd left without telling her. I thought about kissing her on the forehead but rejected the idea immediately; whatever physical intimacy had opened up between us had dissolved with the storm; even that relatively avuncular gesture would be strange for both of us now. More than that: it was as though the physical intimacy with Alex, just like the sociability with strangers or the aura around objects, wasn't just over, but retrospectively erased. Because those moments had been enabled by a future that had never arrived, they could not be remembered from this future that, at and as the present, had obtained; they'd faded from the photograph. ~ Ben Lerner

Even though she wasn't thrilled they were en route to exterminate bugs, Alex couldn't deny how amazing it was to be gliding between a massive spaceship and the atmosphere of an alien planet.
"I'll have to admit, this is pretty cool," she said.
Conner didn't respond. Alex turned to check on him and saw tears glistening in his eyes. He had seen so many things from his imagination come to life, but seeing an actual planet was surprisingly emotional.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine," Conner said. "Just allergies."
"In space?"
"Yeah, I think there might have been a cat in here before us."
Alex just smiled and didn't press it further. "Well, whatever you're reacting to, thanks for sharing it with me. This is an experience I would never have had without you. ~ Chris Colfer

I stepped between him and the window so I was inches from his face. "There's only one Ophi I've ever been interested in." I tugged on his arm, making him face me again. I reached up on my toes and pressed my lips against his. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer to him. His kiss was hungry, like he didn't want to let go. Finally, I pulled away, completely breathless. Alex just smiled, clearly impressed with himself. ~ Kelly Hashway

The bounds of our past hold no restrictions on our minds, other than those imposed by our minds" ~ Alex Just ~ Alex Just

CNN will always be the channel people turn on when wars and horrible disasters happen. The 'trick' is getting people to also want to watch it when there aren't hundreds or thousands of people somewhere in the world currently in mortal peril. ~ Alex Pareene

Something out there has a comm array that'll put a dot the size of your anus on us from over three AU away," Alex said. "Okay, wow, that's impressive. What is our anus-sized dot saying?" Holden asked. ~ James S.A. Corey

I like to score and drive in runs more than pay attention to batting average. ~ Alex Rodriguez

We try to 'self-medicate' ourselves against boredom with mobile phones in any given moment of free time. ~ Alex Bogusky

I was very pleased when PRS presented me with my SE Angelus acoustic, a beautiful guitar of stunning quality. It was in response to the challenge of building a guitar that shared the integrity and attention to detail that the Alex Lifeson Private Stock Angelus possesses in a package more broadly accessible. The SE Alex Lifeson Thinline is that model. Carefully selected materials, expert craftsmanship and a smart approach to concept resulted in a guitar that is beautiful to look at and rewarding to play. ~ Alex Lifeson

So what if I cannot be a model, if I am no longer considered beautiful, if Malvolia is trying to catch me. I am climbing a tree! And I am doing so with Jack. ~ Alex Flinn

He wants to get back together," she finished.
"And you said ... ?" he tried to keep his tone disinterested.
"I haven't said anything," she said. "You interrupted me before I could answer him."
He congratulated himself on his excellent timing. ~ Jena Leigh

Holden was imagining what several hundred rounds of Teflon-coated tungsten steel going five thousand meters per second would do to human bodies when Alex threw down the throttle and a roomful of elephants swan dived onto his chest. ~ James S.A. Corey

The moment my son died my own heartbeat turned against me ~ Alex London

Make no mistake: Tackling climate change is vital. But to see everything through the lens of short-term CO2 reductions, letting our obsession with carbon blind us to the bigger picture, is to court catastrophe. ~ Alex Steffen

Hugh got up. "Would love to stay and play doctor, love, but duty calls." He headed for the door.
Play doctor? "Jackass."
"Harpy."
"Thank you for saving me in the woods," she said to his back. "And for healing Alex."
"You're welcome. I'll see you downstairs in ten minutes."
A moment later Rook slipped into her room and held out his writing pad. Hugh needed help?
"No," Elara said. "He was terrifying. ~ Ilona Andrews

When the three of us, the three men named Alex, gathered in Father's house that night to converse the journey, Grandfather said, I do not want to do it. I am retarded, and I did not become a retarded person in order to have to perform shit such as this. I am done with it. ~ Jonathan Safran Foer

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. ~ Alex Rodriguez

I think about everything; good and bad. I think about the pain Ive experienced, the fear, the love, the passion, the kisses, the friendships. The way it feels when Alex touches me. I think about what it took to get there and I think about how briefly it stayed before it vanished. Its a moment in my life that Ill remember forever, yet, I wont. Because itll never actually happen. All I do is nod, but its enough that he understands. ~ Jessica Sorensen

I think what makes 'Jeopardy!' special is that, among all the quiz and game shows out there, ours tends to encourage learning. ~ Alex Trebek

My mother's the most special person in my life ... I consider her my MVP: Most Valuable Parent. ~ Alex Rodriguez

That was her last rational thought. She gave herself up to Cam completely, feasting on her. She couldn't get enough of her. ~ Jo Victor

In the short run, using militias might be the quickest and easiest way to improve order on Iraq's streets and uproot the terrorists and guerrillas who routinely attack American troops and civilian targets. ~ Alex Berenson

What happened to romance? ~ Alex Flinn

Oh bliss, bliss and heaven... Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh... And then, a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now... I knew such lovely pictures - Alex ~ Anthony Burgess

The music had ceased. Alex walked over to the gramophone, wound it up again, and put on more blues, a woman singing this time, gay and sad at once, like a stranded angel who had traded holiness for humanity but remembered what it used to be like to know God. ~ Barbara Hambly

Alex had returned home to find a most unwelcome development, which had arrived through the letterbox in the superficially innocent form of a brown envelope. It might as well have been a letter bomb for its explosive impact on Alex's day. It contained his school report. ~ Martin Dukes

Caution is a fine and worthy thing in any monarch, but a truly great ruler must also know when to take risks. ~ Alex Rutherford

I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos. ~ Alex Winter

But it is funny, because I saw Unbreakable recently and it's a strange movie, I didn't mind it, and it's got some interesting things going on. ~ Alex Winter

Shareholder meetings are not usually the occasion for utter candor - or for that matter, arch sarcasm - by chief executives. ~ Alex Berenson

It seems to me that the price of eternal vigilance is liberty. ~ Alex Tabarrok

All bands are in danger of losing their identity. Constantly. ~ Alex Scally

In many ways, Tucker Carlson's a better symbol of the pathetic state of what passes for conservative journalism than even Glenn Beck or the late Andrew Breitbart, to name two of his contemporaries with a much larger following. ~ Alex Pareene

A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way. ~ Alex Kapranos

From the beauty they deserve will come the love they deserve. And from the love will follow truth. ~ Alex Shakar

It's not that hard to imagine the natural world recovering it's health in our absence: it's more difficult, and more necessary, to imagine it recovering its health in our presence. ~ Alex Steffen

I don't use photographs because photographs don't give me the kind of information I need. ~ Alex Colville