He shrugged. "I was. . . thinking. " "About what?" "The fires of purgatory. " She had to sit down. He wasn't making any sense now. "What does that mean?" she asked. "Patrick told me he would walk through the fires of purgatory if he had to in order to please his wife. " She went over to the bed and sat down on the side. "And?" she prodded when he didn't continue. He stripped out of his clothing and walked over to her. He pulled her to her feet and stared down to her. "And I have only just realized I would do the same for you.
Maybe I’ll keep you. ” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet human around. I could teach you tricks. ” “I have a trick for you,” said Artemis, and he fired a single blast from the gun.
Telling a writer to relax is like telling a man to relax while being prodded for a possible hernia.
O sweet spontaneous earth how often has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy beauty thou answereth them only with spring.
Politicizing of kids starts with pregnancy, of course. You shouldn't be drinking wine. You can't be smoking, either. The poor woman is poked and prodded and touched and obsessed over.
Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.
I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
