Abruptly Quotes

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Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, ended at the exact moment when word of… — Joan Didion
If the artist succeeds in producing the impression of a movement which takes several moments for accomplishment, his work is certainly much less conventional than… — Auguste Rodin
My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race'… — Christopher Hitchens
I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I… — Haruki Murakami
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away… — Vladimir Nabokov
Every moment in your life is a turning and every one a choosing. Somewhere you made a choice. All followed to this. The accounting is… — Cormac McCarthy
If it wasnâ€™t for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns at… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me. — Charlotte Bronte
Everybody has noticed the way cats stop and loiter in a half-open door. Hasn't everyone said to a cat: For heavens sake why don't you… — Victor Hugo
In the middle of the night I am awakened by a sound. I sit up abruptly in bed. I hear it again. It's music. Wait,… — Deb Caletti
The evening light was like honey in the trees When you left me and walked to the end of the street Where the sunset abruptly… — John Ashbery
All of us are taking the night off," Wrath said abruptly. "We need some regroup time." Rhage snorted from across the table. "You're not going… — J R Ward
Abruptly he thrust his snow-drenched leather gloves against my cheeks. I dodged. A raw carnal feeling blazed up within me, branding my cheeks. I felt… — Yukio Mishima
Has it ever occurred to you," he said abruptly, "that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking… — Stephen King
Imagine you are walking down a leafy pathâ€¦The sun is receding, and you are walking alone, caressed by the breezy light of the late afternoon.… — Azar Nafisi
These boys, now, were living as we'd been living then, they were growing up with a rush and their heads bumped abruptly against the low… — James A. Baldwin
After a pause, he asked, 'What do you think of Nasuada's plans?' 'Mmm...she's doomed! You're doomed! They're all doomed!'She cackled, doubling over, then straightened abruptly.… — Christopher Paolini
I didn't mean for you to take that the wrong way," He said abruptly. Mae stared at him in amazement. So, for that matter, did… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Oh, thou did'st then ne'er love so heartily. If thou rememb'rest not the slightest folly That ever love did make thee run inot, Thou has… — William Shakespeare
I had forgotten: this is what it feels like to live in time. The lurching forward, the sensation of falling of a cliff into darkness,… — Charles Yu

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