rivaled QUOTES

1 " No pain could match the emptiness of separation, no agony rivaled the unreality of not being with her. "

2 " Was intelligence an inevitability, a consequence of evolution? Bacteria succeeded without a brain, possessing survival skills that rivaled their biological hosts. So why should a creature of higher intelligence expect to do better? Humans were on the verge of being replaced by their hybrid creations. How intelligent was that? "

― Todd Crawshaw , Exploits of the Satyr

3 " What must it be like for a woman to live with power over men rivaled only by God for the first third of her life, build her identity over her looks, only to feel it slip away as time tumbles by? Feel the shift in how people treat her, as though getting old is a contagious affliction? "

― Tyler Knight , Burn My Shadow: A Selective Memory of an X-Rated Life

4 " The older lady smiled a friendly welcome that rivaled her preserves for sweet appeal. She could have been someone’s grandmother complete with close-cropped white hair if she wasn’t wearing a worn Grateful Dead T-shirt over a long-sleeved thermal. The 1987 Summer Tour. "

― Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad

5 " She sought his eyes once again. Eyes so perfect a blue they rivaled the most gorgeous lapis lazuli stone. "

― Grace Willows , Satisfaction Guaranteed (Weekend Passions #1)

6 " As an instructor, my goal has always been to use Jiu Jitsu as a vehicle to help our students achieve their goals, whatever the case may be. I have yet to find a better vehicle for growth, and the moment I do I will certainly pursue it with the rivaled fervor that I approached Jiu Jitsu. "

― Chris Matakas

7 " Then her imagination ran away with her. In Beckit’s head, her super-hot former stalker was just about to kiss all of her sorrows away.
In real life, he was simply removing a small glop of toothpaste that had ended up on the outside of Beckit’s mouth.
Nice. Wonderful. Faaantastic.
Beckit cringed inside as her embarrassment was rivaled only by her newfound hatred for wandering fluoride. "

― M.A. Wilder , Armored (The Té-trad Tale, #1)

8 " It wasn’t until someone kicked his legs that Nik woke up. Alek, snoring beside him, his head resting on his shoulder. Ban snoring on the other couch, the noise rivaled only by the dog. He looked into the impossibly cranky face of Zach Sheridan. “Y’all get food?” “We had a full refrigerator before you three got here.” “Where I come from, we don’t let the refrigerator get empty.” “Where you come from, you marry your sister. "

9 " Amanda was probably in her mid-fifties, a small woman, maybe five-three on a good day. Her attitude filled the room, and she walked with a swagger that rivaled a bullfighter's. She wore a simple diamond ring on her wedding finger, though Will knew she wasn't currently married. She had no children, or perhaps she had eaten them when they were young. "

― Karin Slaughter , Triptych (Will Trent, #1)

10 " (My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.) "

― , Bossypants

11 " There was a beauty to an elegantly designed circuit board that rivaled anything found in nature. "

― Kit Rocha , Beyond Ruin (Beyond, #7)

12 " He has reverted, in other words, back into a pure balls-to-the-wall nerdism rivaled only by his early game-coding days back in Seattle. The sheer depth and involution of the current nerdism binge would be hard to convey to anyone. Intellectually, he is juggling half a dozen lit torches, Ming vases, live puppies, and running chainsaws. In this frame of mind he cannot bring himself to give a shit about the fact that this incredibly powerful billionaire has gone to a lot of trouble to come and F2F with him. "

― Neal Stephenson , Cryptonomicon

13 " I’ve
enjoyed our conversation, knight. It’s been nice talking to someone
who can—”
“Create full and complete sentences?”
That grin returned and, for a moment, his heart actually stopped
beating. “No, it was nice to finally meet someone whose arrogance is
only rivaled by the arrogance of the gods. "

― , About a Dragon (Dragon Kin, #2)