--- title: "Too late Words Collection" description: "Browse 3,405 Too late quotes by 2,298 authors. Discover the best Too late sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/tucker-elliot-3557_9-11_it-was-too-late-to-pray-though-the-sky-w_1046328.jpg" --- > [“It was too late to pray, though. The sky was clear. The helicopters were gone. Too late for so many things. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/it-was-too-late-to-pray-though-the-sky-was-clear-the-helicopters-were/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/tucker-elliot-3557_9-11_it-was-too-late-to-pray-though-the-sky-w_1046328.jpg) > [“They have no idea what a bottomless pit of misery I am. They will have to do more and more and more...but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-wurtzel/they-have-no-idea-what-a-bottomless-pit-of-misery-i-am-they-will-have/) [Elizabeth Wurtzel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-wurtzel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/elizabeth-wurtzel-1275_cold-war_they-have-no-idea-what-a-bottomless-pit_2839408.png) > [“By the way, if you're ever conversing with an actual vampire, do not refer to the House of Shadows as Twilight Manor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/by-the-way-if-you-re-ever-conversing-with-an-actual-vampire-do-not/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/jacqueline-carey-1938_too-late_by-the-way-if-you-re-ever-conversing-wit_985789.png) > [Writing to me is a deeply personal, even a secret function and when the product I turned loose it is cut off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/writing-to-me-is-a-deeply-personal-even-a-secret-function-and-when/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ef/john-steinbeck-71_criticism_writing-to-me-is-a-deeply-personal-even_3044521.jpg) > [“It's like I have a sensor in my head, but she works on a seven-second delay... well-meaning, but perpetually about seven seconds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-lawson/it-s-like-i-have-a-sensor-in-my-head-but-she-works-on-a-seven-second/) [Jenny Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-lawson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/jenny-lawson-3391_anxiety_it-s-like-i-have-a-sensor-in-my-head-but_2478108.jpg) ## Top authors on Too late - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephenie-meyer-87156.jpg) Stephenie Meyer 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/stephenie-meyer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mitch-albom-68622.jpg) Mitch Albom 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/mitch-albom/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/jane-austen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Unkown 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/unkown/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-seth-godin-84128.jpg) Seth Godin 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/seth-godin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jodi-picoult-50321.jpg) Jodi Picoult 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/jodi-picoult/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/haruki-murakami/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/#itemlist", "name": "Too late Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was too late to pray, though. 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