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title: "3 Seconds Passed Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“we had allowed our eyes to meet only once- by accident as much as out of necessity- and not ten seconds had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kailin-gow/we-had-allowed-our-eyes-to-meet-only-once-by-accident-as-much-as-out/)

[Kailin Gow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kailin-gow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/kailin-gow-3730_silence_we-had-allowed-our-eyes-to-meet-only-onc_188726.jpg)

> [“...and time thickened so that the seconds passed like years.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-morton/and-time-thickened-so-that-the-seconds-passed-like-years/)

[Kate Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-morton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/kate-morton-805_clock_and-time-thickened-so-that-the-seconds-p_412755.png)

> [One develops an instinct for letting silence do the heavy lifting. In the three, four, five seconds that passed without either of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-duncan/one-develops-an-instinct-for-letting-silence-do-the-heavy-lifting-in/)

[Glen Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-duncan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/glen-duncan-1307_blooming_one-develops-an-instinct-for-letting-sil_2232462.png)

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