Arriving Quotes

162 quotes by 148 authors

Lane himself lit a cigarette as the train pulled in. Then, like so many people, who, perhaps, ought to be issued only a very probational… — J D Salinger
Forgive me," he went on. "For a long time I have had the peculiar habit of not arriving but appearing. — Milan Kundera
Nick spoke again. "Her legitimacy will be questioned." Gabriel thought for several moments. "If our mother married her father, it means that the marchioness must… — Sarah MacLean
Here it comes. My inevitable death, ignoring me all those years when I wished for it daily, arriving only after I've decided I want to… — Isaac Marion
He missed Hogwarts so much it was like having a constant stomachache. He missed the castle, with its secret passageways and ghosts, his classes, â€¦… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Replies began arriving seconds after he pressed send, and soon every single one of the warriors (besides William) had agreed to come home. Take me… — Gena Showalter
The human mind is a fearful instrument of adaptation, and in nothing is this more clearly shown than in its mysterious powers of resilience, self-protection,… — Thomas Wolfe
I had come to a place where I was meant to be. I don't mean anything so prosaic as a sense of coming home. This… — Pat Conroy
She looked out the window; in her eyes was the light that you see only in children arriving at a new place, or in young… — Orhan Pamuk
The baby explodes into an unknown world that is only knowable through some kind of a story â€“ of course that is how we all… — Jeanette Winterson
I travel, always arriving in the same place. — Dejan Stojanovic
Thatâ€™s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,â€ he said with a wink. â€œOnce youâ€™re there, the only thing you can really do is leave… — Brandon Sanderson
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the… — George Eliot
The moment you fall in love feels like it has centuries behind it, generations - all of them rearranging themselves so this precise, remarkable intersection… — David Levithan
He must have driven this way countless times, and yet he had no memory of the scenery. He must have been so caught up in… — Rachel Joyce
what he sought was always something lying ahead, and even if it was a matter of the past it was a past that changed gradually… — Italo Calvino
The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at… — Derek Walcott
Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere. — Nhat Hanh
I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the… — Neil Gaiman
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. — Laozi

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