Brief Quotes

672 quotes by 541 authors

And wilt thou have me fashion into speech The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while the winds are… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I will be brief. Your noble son is mad. — William Shakespeare
But something cannot be made out of nothing. Dust rose in the air, caught the rays of the sun for a brief moment and sparkled,… — David Klass
Our time here is brief, our risk enormous. Don't waste the one or increase the other, if you please. — Stephen King
He so did not sit down and have a proper talk with her. I know it. He probably sent her a brief text, saying, Over.… — Sophie Kinsella
She opened her mouth to answer, but he was already kissing her. She had kissed him so many timesâ€”soft gentle kisses, hard and desperate ones,… — Cassandra Clare
Keep your relationships brief. Donâ€™t let them in. Once theyâ€™re inside they have more potential to hurt you. Comfort yourself. You can live with the… — John Ajvide Lindqvist
The rock, for its part, is not even aware of our existence because we are alive for only a brief instant of its lifespan. To… — Michael Crichton
[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. — William Shakespeare
What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and… — Christina Rossetti
. . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow. — Erik Larson
The sunshine filtered in through the billowing white curtains. Tatiana knew there would be only an instant, a brief flicker of time that bathed her… — Paullina Simons
Beneath the gore and smoke and loam, this book is about the evanescence of life, and why some men choose to fill their brief allotment… — Erik Larson
Apparently deciding Charlesâ€™s brief introduction wasnâ€™t good enough, his brother reintroduced himself. â€œDr. Samuel Cornick, elder brother and tormentor. Very nice to meet you, Annaâ€” — Patricia Briggs
I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers, postillions, officials,… — Susanna Clarke
I had the brief notion that his heart, pressed flat as a flower, crimson and thin as tissue paper, lay in this file. It was… — Angela Carter
The Byronic hero, incapable of love, or capable only of an impossible love, suffers endlessly. He is solitary, languid, his condition exhausts him. If he… — Albert Camus
This is not a place, after all. It is BETWEEN places. This is NOWHERE. A brief thought: I could stay here, abandon my quest, hang… — Neil Gaiman
When I wake, I have a brief, delicious feeling of happiness that is somehow connected with Peeta. Happiness, of course, is a complete absurdity at… — Suzanne Collins
A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this… — Lawrence M. Krauss

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