Briefly Quotes

198 Briefly quotes by 170 unique authors

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.â€ His fingers skate the edge of my jaw, dance briefly over my lips. â€œYou should know that. You have to… — Lauren Oliver
There is the hidden presence of others in us, even those we have known briefly. We contain them for the rest of our lives, at… — Michael Ondaatje
What's the point of trying to fix a world we're so briefly in? — Isaac Marion
Gorlog's teeth!" Erak exclaimed, stunned at the numbers. "How many are there?" "Ten thousand, maybe twelve," Halt replied briefly. The Skandian let out a low… — John Flanagan
She watched me with a creepy sort of detached curiosity, as if I were a bug crawling across the sidewalk in front of her. I… — Rachel Vincent
Those hours given over to basking in the glow of an imagined future, of being carried away in streams of promise by a love or… — Mark Strand
We're not robbing him," Skulduggery said." But I'm afraid I have some bad news." "Is it Deacon?" Francine asked, her eyes wide. "It is." "Is… — Derek Landy
You married Elora?â€ â€œYes, briefly.â€ Oren emphasized how fleeting it had been. â€œWe were wed because we thought it would be a good way to… — Amanda Hocking
An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more frequent appearance in… — Knut Hamsun
She briefly wished she did have some sort of magic so she could shoot a bolt of lightning through his head. — Marissa Meyer
True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Though Will was saying earlier,â€ Tessa added, â€œthat heroes all come to bad ends, and he could not imagine why anyone would want to be… — Cassandra Clare
Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last. — Alice Hoffman
Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly. — Jim Butcher
I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment. — Jojo Moyes
Time, Kate was learning, was like a river. You might put up obstacles, even divert it briefly, but the river had a will of it's… — John Stephens

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