Brief Quotes

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She felt detached from her family, and thought it strange how they had lavished so much attention on her, as a child, and then at… — John Irving
Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we… — Harlan Ellison
We walked for some time, and grew to know each other, as best as we'd allow. These are some of the high points. They lack… — Harlan Ellison
The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth. However elegant and memorable, brevity can never, in the nature of things, do justice… — Aldous Huxley
Sighing, she gave a brief nod. â€œI was supposed to win. I was supposed to finish you off. They never counted on you winning. And… — James Patterson
Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, and clever. — Philip Pullman
The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs… — Sue Monk Kidd
In this sense love is of a different order to any other phenomenon, for it may be both an event and a sign of that… — Clive Barker
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and… — George Bernard Shaw
As I drift back into sleep, I can't help thinking that it's a wonderful thing to be right about the world. To weigh the evidence,… — Richard Russo
My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite of failures which… — Robert E. Lee
Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come. — Frances Mayes
He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless… — Cormac McCarthy
There was a brief silence. I think I heard snow falling. — Erich Segal
Touched by her fingers, the two surviving chocolate people copulate desperately, losing themselves in a melting frenzy of lust, spending the last of their brief… — Neil Gaiman
...memory is fragile and the space of a single life is brief, passing so quickly that we never get a chance to see the relationship… — Isabel Allende
And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief; — William C. Bryant
The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness--how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is… — Yann Martel
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades… — Richard Dawkins

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