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title: "16 Moved Slowly Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Moved Slowly quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Moved Slowly sayings and thoughts."
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> [As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-ashley/as-my-men-could-profitably-employ-themselves-on-these-streams-i-moved/)

[William Henry Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-henry-ashley/)

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> [We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/we-moved-together-very-slowly-toward-the-house-trying-to-understand/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

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> [Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved very slowly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colm-toibin/between-the-ages-of-8-and-12-it-was-difficult-to-know-what-my-father/)

[Colm Toibin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colm-toibin/)

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> [Huge and mighty forms that do not live like living men, moved slowly through the mind by day and were trouble to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wordsworth/huge-and-mighty-forms-that-do-not-live-like-living-men-moved-slowly/)

[William Wordsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wordsworth/)

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> [“The air moved slowly around his body, somehow tangible, gold flaked, every dust mote a lantern.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/the-air-moved-slowly-around-his-body-somehow-tangible-gold-flaked/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [“She couldn't decide if he was a bit mad or if the world moved too slowly for him. Perhaps a little of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-mayne/she-couldn-t-decide-if-he-was-a-bit-mad-or-if-the-world-moved-too/)

[Andrew Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-mayne/)

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> [“Thoughts always moved slowly through Brutha’s mind, like icebergs. They arrived slowly and left slowly and when they were there they occupied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/thoughts-always-moved-slowly-through-brutha-s-mind-like-icebergs-they/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [“After the meal was done, the brothers moved slowly, as if drugged or sleepy, which made me wonder if it was similar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-houck/after-the-meal-was-done-the-brothers-moved-slowly-as-if-drugged-or/)

[Colleen Houck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-houck/)

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> [By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/by-the-time-it-came-to-the-edge-of-the-forest-the-stream-had-grown-up/)

[Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/)

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> [By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/by-the-time-it-came-to-the-edge-of-the-forest-the-stream-had-grown-up-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“She was thinking of Mobile, where her mother—her “sainted American mother,” as she called her—had spent her childhood. That was a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/she-was-thinking-of-mobile-where-her-mother-her-sainted-american/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [“...they knew each other as much as they knew themselves, and their intimacy, rather like too many suitcases, was a matter of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/they-knew-each-other-as-much-as-they-knew-themselves-and-their/)

[Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/)

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> [“It is time,' he said, 'to collect on my wager.' He moved slowly. First, his hands sliding round me and cool light-colored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/it-is-time-he-said-to-collect-on-my-wager-he-moved-slowly-first-his/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

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> [He closed his eyes as she put her hand on his shoulder, and in that instant, nothing else mattered. Not the song,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/he-closed-his-eyes-as-she-put-her-hand-on-his-shoulder-and-in-that/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [“Still, he moved slowly, taking his time as much to prolong this moment as to gauge her reaction. He laid his hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/still-he-moved-slowly-taking-his-time-as-much-to-prolong-this-moment/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

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> [“Then again, maybe you couldn't have killed me," he said, crawling out of the stairway. He moved very slowly, like a lizard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-briggs/then-again-maybe-you-couldn-t-have-killed-me-he-said-crawling-out-of/)

[Patricia Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-briggs/)

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