Briefly Quotes

198 Briefly quotes by 170 unique authors

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. — Stephen Covey
Synchronize watches at oh six hundred' says the infantry captain, and each of his huddled lieutenants finds respite from fear in the act of bringing… — Richard Yates
Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down, up and down, experimented… — Douglas Adams
They lived in a great city, a metropolis of many narratives that converged briefly and then separated for ever, discovering their different dooms in that… — Salman Rushdie
At the same time, we both pulled back briefly still oh so close. Everything in the word rested on that moment. "We can't..." He told… — Richelle Mead
Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Though it… — David Sedaris
I toyed briefly with an image someone once mentioned to me, of a village in the shadow of a twin-peaked mountain. In the morning the… — Neil Gaiman
Maybe. Anyway, some men get what they want. No man. Or perhaps only briefly so as to lose it. Or perhaps only to prove to… — Cormac McCarthy
It meant nothing to him any longer, only a faint tinge of sadness--and somewhere within him, a drop of pain moving briefly and vanishing, like… — Ayn Rand
We don't have an address," I said, "but we do know where he works." "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Vee asked, eyes brightening briefly… — Becca Fitzpatrick
The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose.… — Kate Morton
I have now seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I have seen an all-red leisure suit with flared lapels. I have smelled… — David Foster Wallace
The pain was as unexpected as a thunderclap in a clear sky. Eddis's chest tightened, as something closed around her heart. A deep breath might… — Megan Whalen Turner
Orion sniffed. "Good. Then, worthy centaur, perhaps you could give me a ride to the village on your way back. Then I can make a… — Eoin Colfer
The state calls Paul Winthrop to the stand." ... Paul answered the opening questions briefly, weighing his words, his eyes on Julia's. "Would you tell… — Nora Roberts
Like the Arthurian years at Camelot, the Sixties constituted a breakthrough, a fleeting moment of glory, a time when a significant little chunk of humanity… — Tom Robbins
This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness, under private cover, with another creature, a pale soft tender mammal, putting faces together in… — Ian Mcewan
I live for coincidences. They briefly give to me the illusion or the hope that there's a pattern to my life, and if there's a… — Jonathan Ames
And then Serafina understood something for which the witches had no word: it was the idea of pilgrimage. She understood why these beings would wait… — Philip Pullman
He begged to know to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owing. Briefly forgetting her manners, Mary grabbed her fork… — Seth Grahame-Smith
But in the end, back she comes. There's no use resisting. She goes to him for amnesia, for oblivion. She renders herself up, is blotted… — Margaret Atwood
I am not sure what lonliness is," she said. "If it is not literally being solitary, is it the fear of solitude, of being alone… — Mary Balogh
...For grace may only be found briefly, and always in the midst of madness. — Catherynne M. Valente
He caught me stealing his golden phoenix.' Tithonus closed his eyes briefly. 'Good grief!' He opened them again. 'I was half hoping it wasn't true.… — Herbie Brennan
And I love you too.” His fingers skate the edge of my jaw, dance briefly over my lips. “You should know that. You have to… — Lauren Oliver

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