Brief Quotes

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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever. — Louisa May Alcott
As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because itâ€™s only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark, and… — J. Michael Straczynski
In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made… — Fred Rogers
Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiralling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must… — Terry Pratchett
Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him. — Becca Fitzpatrick
The guy I'd felt such an immediate and deep connection to I'd thought that just maybe there really were such things as soul mates, and… — P. C. Cast
Jackson has devised a game called "Real or Not Real" to help Peeta. He mentions something he thinks happened, and they tell him if it's… — Suzanne Collins
Keep a diary, but don't just list all the things you did during the day. Pick one incident and write it up as a brief… — John Berendt
A few times in my life Iâ€™ve had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and… — Christopher Isherwood
That's smart. Once Sonya's able to talk, we'll need to move." He smiled. "Sydney's turning into a battle mastermind." "Hey, she's not in charge here,"… — Richelle Mead
ThatÊ¹s a dangerous look,Êº said Dimitri, giving me a brief glance before returning his eyes to the road. ÊºWhat look?Êº I asked innocently. ÊºThe one… — Richelle Mead
You know what it's like. Sometimes, you meet a wonderful person, but it's only for a brief instant. Maybe on vacation or on a train… — Marian Keyes
Can't you just thank me and get over it?" "Thank you." I waited, fuming and expectant. "You're not going to let it go, are you?"… — Stephenie Meyer
Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go. — Robert W. Service
Everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight. — William Butler Yeats
Yes, I thought I'd try electrocution next. Since a bomb, a fire, Vinco's knife and a brief encounter with outer space didn't kill me. — Maria V. Snyder
The fading light is us, and we are, for a moment so brief (...) beautiful. — Gary Shteyngart
We fell silent again. The thing we had shared was nothing more than a fragment of time that had died longe ago.Even so, a faint… — Haruki Murakami
Handsome enough' is this Grim Reaper, Who can snuff all these 'brief candles,' every fluttering soul sucking the air, from this hall" -The Vampire Lestat — Anne Rice
For one brief moment victory was within our grasp!" "And then the game started! — Charles M. Schulz

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