“Most contemporary novelists, especially the American and the French, are too subjective, mesmerized by private demons; they're enraptured by their navels and confined by a view that ends with their own toes.”
Truman Capote
“She was just mesmerized by the whole thing. Then, I think, about her sophomore year, she came to me and said she wanted to leave Eldred a year early.”
Cathy Marrinan
“I'm leaving Brandon alone this spring. He may have been mesmerized because he had such an up-and-down, mostly down, season at the big-league level last year.”
Brad Arnsberg
“She's mesmerized. She's like what's all this attention for me. She's happy I can tell.”
Curtis Jackson
“The market's mesmerized by what appear to be low demand numbers. Product supplied is not the same as demand, since it measures what is leaving refineries, not what's being consumed.”
Adam Sieminski
“with all the other geniuses. I was mesmerized when I heard him live.”
Aretha Franklin
“You're not mesmerized by the lights and can actually see the stars. You're getting back to your origins. You're closer to God.”
Saffet Catovic