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  • In the same way that a tornado rips the roof off a double-wide trailer, leaving the occupants dazed and staring at the clouds from the splinters of what used to be their living room, it was over.

    Rip   Clouds   Leaving  
    Augusten Burroughs (2004). “Running With Scissors”, p.185, Atlantic Books Ltd
  • To build a power plant and run lines to houses, to huts, to anything is a tremendous amount of work...how about...just giving them the service where they need it-on the roof of their hut.

    Running   Wind   Giving  
    "Eco-celebrity tries reality TV show". Interview with Sarah van Schagen, www.nbcnews.com. January 4, 2007.
  • Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.

    Uncles   Heart   Dark  
    Charles Dickens (1870). “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”, p.429
  • A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

  • New York wasn't everything I thought it would be. It did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was held up at gunpoint. Raped on the roof of a building I was dragged up to with a knife in my back, and had my apartment broken into three times. I don't know why; I had nothing of value after they took my radio the first time.

    New York   Years   Knives  
    "Madonna's Back". www.harpersbazaar.com. October 4, 2013.
  • I decide I'm not dead because I can hear the sound of the rain hitting the roof of the car. I'm alive because I'm listening to the rain, and the rain becomes the hand of God strumming his fingers on the roof, deciding what to do.

    Life   Rain   Hands  
    Lisa Genova (2011). “Left Neglected”, p.71, Simon and Schuster
  • We`ve had tremendous success, the bookings are through the roof.

    Roof  
    Source: www.msnbc.com
  • The same big TV antenna dwarfed each roof, as though life here could only be bearable if lived elsewhere in the imagination.

    Gloria Steinem (2012). “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem”, p.132, Open Road Media
  • I linger on the flathouse roof, the moonlight is divine. But my heart is all aflutter like the washing on the line.

    Heart   Lines   Moonlight  
    Nathalia Crane (1925). “The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems”
  • Our Government is proud to support the Provincial Metis Housing Corporation and its local partners, like Yorkton Parkland Housing, and all of the important work they do in our province to help those in need. With a roof over their heads, all Canadians can prosper as we work together towards eliminating homelessness.

  • The other night I was lying in bed, looking up at the stars, and I wondered, 'Where the hell is my roof?

    Stars   Lying   Night  
  • Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.

  • I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.

    Sports   Team   Boston  
  • Are there any other missing persons living under your roof? Elvis? Jimmy Hoffa? Amelia Earhart? I'd just like full disclosure now, before we go any further.

    Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.813, Scholastic Inc.
  • Have you any idea what it's like to live under the same roof as four women? Armageddon is the best word for it.

    Ideas   Four   Armageddon  
    "Shayne Ward Exclusive". Mirror.co.uk Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. July 07, 2006.
  • Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs.

    Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.51, Bantam
  • My first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the roof. I was absolutely in love with it until I destroyed it, which broke my heart!

    Brother   Heart   Car  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • If the roof caves in and the tenants are sitting in the debris, they will laugh like hell. They will endure any hardship as long as it means trouble for the landlord.

    Mean   Adversity   Long  
  • The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who happened to be working and wanted to express themselves.

  • Bes had indeed put on his ugly outfit. He climbed onto the roof of the limbo and stood there, legs planted, arms akimbo, like superman-exept with only the underwear. I wasn't sure what to say except: "Put some clothes on!" "These children are under my protection," Bes insisted. "I don't know you," I said, "I never met you before today." "Nonsense. You expressly asked for my attention." "I didn't ask for the Speedo Patrol!

  • At times, I do Tabata, a high-intensity Japanese training regimen, in which I must do 20 seconds of a specific body part with 10 seconds of rest. This must be done eight times within four minutes. Your heart rate shoots through the roof, but you burn a lot of fat.

    Heart   Eight   Training  
  • A hip-looking teen watches an elderly woman hobble across the street on a walker. "Grammy's here!" he shouts. He puts some MacAttack Mac&Cheese in the microwave and dons headphones and takes out a video game so he won't be bored during the forty seconds it takes his lunch to cook. A truck comes around the corner and hits Grammy, sending her flying over the roof into the backyard, where luckily she lands on a trampoline. Unluckily, she bounces back over the roof, into the front yard, landing on a rosebush.

    Elderly   Land   Games  
  • When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold, Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold; When woodland halls are green and cool, and wind is in the West, Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is best!

    Summer   Dream   Lying  
    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.466, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Okay, so, flying,” I started, taking a deep breath and focusing on the thing I loved most in the world. “Flying is … great. It feels great when you’re doing it. It’s fun. Pure freedom. There’s nothing better.” Dylan smiled, a slow, easy smile that seemed to light up his whole face. “So the first thing we’re going to do,” I told him, “is push you off the roof.

    Smile   Fun   Light  
  • Rich, 'the Old Man said dreamily, 'is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got.

    Gun   Men   Hunting  
  • And the lesson is that I should always wear these, so no one asks me to do anything crazy like climb onto a roof. ~Jaime Vegas on why she wears three inch heels on a mission

    Crazy   Vegas   Three  
  • Love is like moonlight or thunder, or rain on a tin roof in the middle of the night; it is one of those things in life that is truly worth knowing.

    Rain   Night   Love Is  
  • Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about your fretted roofs.

    Mind   Bats   Care  
  • 13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, and the occasional slice of cake for dessert. Surely an arrangement can be made with that niggling 1 percent who disagree.

    Cake   People   Tables  
  • When I look up to the sky between the narrow roofs, it reminds me of you, the one who is far, far away.

    Sky   Looks   Far Away  
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