--- title: "9 Thing Suddenly Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Thing Suddenly quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Thing Suddenly sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/jodi-picoult-45_psychology_it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-mot_376020.jpg" --- > [“It is a strange thing, being suddenly motherless. It’s like losing a rudder that was keeping me on course, one that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-motherless-it-s-like-losing-a/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/jodi-picoult-45_psychology_it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-mot_376020.jpg) > [“It was strangely simple the way that one thing suddenly defined you to other people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-purnhagen/it-was-strangely-simple-the-way-that-one-thing-suddenly-defined-you/) [Mara Purnhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-purnhagen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/mara-purnhagen-25823_quote_it-was-strangely-simple-the-way-that-one_2191105.jpg) > [After working for so long on being sure of each other, sure of this thing, suddenly we were unsure again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/after-working-for-so-long-on-being-sure-of-each-other-sure-of-this/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/david-levithan-67_lives_after-working-for-so-long-on-being-sure_2324612.jpg) > [“It surprised him to see that the play which he had known at rehearsals for a disjointed lifeless thing had suddenly assumed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/it-surprised-him-to-see-that-the-play-which-he-had-known-at/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/james-joyce-281_life_it-surprised-him-to-see-that-the-play-wh_2178324.jpg) > [A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/a-word-spoken-is-a-terrible-thing-when-it-suddenly-utters-what-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_heart_a-word-spoken-is-a-terrible-thing-when-i_1200909.jpg) > [I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flume/i-used-to-never-feel-pressure-to-be-creative-it-s-always-just-been-a/) [Flume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/flume-8806_creative_i-used-to-never-feel-pressure-to-be-crea_504943.jpg) > [“And now came the second strange thing...He suddenly stopped hiccuping, his heart thumped and dropped somewhere for a second, then returned, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-bulgakov/and-now-came-the-second-strange-thing-he-suddenly-stopped-hiccuping/) [Mikhail Bulgakov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-bulgakov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/mikhail-bulgakov-1389_quote_and-now-came-the-second-strange-thing-he_1049447.jpg) > [“And wow! Hey! What’s this thing suddenly coming toward me very fast? Very, very fast. So big and flat and round, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/and-wow-hey-what-s-this-thing-suddenly-coming-toward-me-very-fast/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/douglas-adams-122_ground_and-wow-hey-what-s-this-thing-suddenly-c_1654045.png) > [There is a period in one's life - perhaps not longer than six months - when one lives in two worlds at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-townsend-warner/there-is-a-period-in-one-s-life-perhaps-not-longer-than-six-months/) [Sylvia Townsend Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-townsend-warner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/sylvia-townsend-warner-7063_able_there-is-a-period-in-one-s-life-perhaps_174440.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thing-suddenly/#itemlist", "name": "Thing Suddenly Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is a strange thing, being suddenly motherless. 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