Brief Quotes

672 quotes by 541 authors

Travelers, it is late. Life's sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of… — Unknown Author
If there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a… — William Shakespeare
I dore not always touch her, lest the kiss Leave my lips charred. Yea, Lord, a little bliss, Brief, bitter bliss, one hath for a… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it. — Terry Pratchett
What I am in search of is not so much the gratification of a curiosity or a passion for worldly life, but something far less… — Hermann Hesse
My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I… — Jim Butcher
Yet how strange a thing is the beauty of music! The brief beauty that the player brings into being transforms a given period of time… — Yukio Mishima
We are always waiting for the perfect brief from the perfect client. It almost never happens [...] Whatever is on your desk right now, that's… — Paul Arden
I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I… — Elizabeth George Speare
Willow nestled against him. He smoothed her long hair down the back of her T-shirt, feeling its softness. In a few moments she fell asleep… — L.A. Weatherly
The world is still new . . . it seems old to us, but only seems because our lives are so short . . .… — Carlton Mellick III
My life has been like all the lives, long and hard and full of sadness and confusion and horror, a frightening, difficult dream punctuated by… — James Frey
He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars, more surprising than… — Amy Tan
The Old Language really was beautiful, Blay thought. Staring at the symbols, for one brief, ridiculous moment he imagined his own name across Qhuinn's shoulders,… — J R Ward
I was blinded by stupidity for a brief moment in our life, for a flicker in the eternity in which you and I live, and… — Paullina Simons
This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures. — Rudyard Kipling
It seemed as though he gave way all at once; he was so languid that he could not control his thoughts; they would wander to… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Sundown- When the sun must make peace with the moon and for a few brief moments, the two touch in mutual friendship and respect. Perfect… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
He was making her feel small and absurdly petulant and, worse yet, she suspected he was right. She always suspected he was right. For a… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Did you ever look back at some moment in your past and have it suddenly grow so vivid that all the intervening years seemed brief,… — Roger Zelazny

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