--- title: "11 Past Midnight Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Past Midnight quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Past Midnight sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/slaine-53321_alcohol_any-live-venue-where-there-is-alcohol-se_1967414.jpg" --- > [Any live venue where there is alcohol served and it's past midnight there is gonna be fights. It doesn't matter if it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slaine/any-live-venue-where-there-is-alcohol-served-and-it-s-past-midnight/) [Slaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/slaine-53321_alcohol_any-live-venue-where-there-is-alcohol-se_1967414.jpg) > [He smiles then, and even though it is well past midnight, its as if the sun has just come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-l-lafevers/he-smiles-then-and-even-though-it-is-well-past-midnight-its-as-if-the/) [R.L. LaFevers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-l-lafevers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/r-l-lafevers-16081_midnight_he-smiles-then-and-even-though-it-is-wel_2403097.jpg) > [“Bethany and I often hook up like this. She texts me at the height of her boredom, unable to sleep, and since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-fletcher/bethany-and-i-often-hook-up-like-this-she-texts-me-at-the-height-of/) [Penelope Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-fletcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/penelope-fletcher-23444_boredom_bethany-and-i-often-hook-up-like-this-sh_652815.jpg) > [The talk of pale, burning-eyed students, anarchists and utopians all, over tea and cigarettes in a locked room long past midnight, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-isherwood/the-talk-of-pale-burning-eyed-students-anarchists-and-utopians-all/) [Christopher Isherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-isherwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e36/christopher-isherwood-2302_anarchist_the-talk-of-pale-burning-eyed-students-a_1988659.jpg) > [Im a night owl so I tend to do a lot of my disconnecting past midnight. I love the feeling when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-hayes/im-a-night-owl-so-i-tend-to-do-a-lot-of-my-disconnecting-past/) [Darren Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/darren-hayes-11308_day_im-a-night-owl-so-i-tend-to-do-a-lot-of_263808.jpg) > [“THE CITY WAS ASLEEP. New York, the nervous, keyed-up city, was almost at rest two hours past midnight. Watching the sleeping stone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-z-hobson/the-city-was-asleep-new-york-the-nervous-keyed-up-city-was-almost-at/) [Laura Z. Hobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-z-hobson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/laura-z-hobson-36106_midnight_the-city-was-asleep-new-york-the-nervous_2568667.jpg) > [“It was well past midnight, quiet, few people around. All noises had retreated. The night seemed to have its own resonance. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-thompson/it-was-well-past-midnight-quiet-few-people-around-all-noises-had/) [Sam Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/sam-thompson-99807_quote_it-was-well-past-midnight-quiet-few-peop_1942284.jpg) > [“Soon, it’s past midnight, and we’re entering the small hours. The ones, the twos, the threes—we’re a long way from ten. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-booth-iii/soon-it-s-past-midnight-and-we-re-entering-the-small-hours-the-ones/) [Max Booth III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-booth-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/max-booth-iii-261537_darkness_soon-it-s-past-midnight-and-we-re-enteri_3209092.jpg) > [“By this time it was well past midnight. You know how that is. It’s a time when you start asking questions about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nickle/by-this-time-it-was-well-past-midnight-you-know-how-that-is-it-s-a/) [David Nickle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nickle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/david-nickle-101833_asking-questions_by-this-time-it-was-well-past-midnight-y_108597.jpg) > [“The case was becoming serious. It was now past midnight. The hotels at Shiplake and Henley would be crammed; and we could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-k-jerome/the-case-was-becoming-serious-it-was-now-past-midnight-the-hotels-at/) [Jerome K. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-k-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/jerome-k-jerome-1155_humor_the-case-was-becoming-serious-it-was-now_2009589.png) > [“It was long past midnight. Laura's music played on. It was composed in the language of stars, tinkling in a crystal pool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-lillith-assadi/it-was-long-past-midnight-laura-s-music-played-on-it-was-composed-in/) [Hannah Lillith Assadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-lillith-assadi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/hannah-lillith-assadi-11072_beautiful_it-was-long-past-midnight-laura-s-music_718778.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/past-midnight/#itemlist", "name": "Past Midnight Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Any live venue where there is alcohol served and it's past midnight there is gonna be fights. 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