Finally Quotes
3507 quotes by 2425 authors
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After that, he tried to go upstairs through the broom cupboard, and then the yard. This seemed to puzzle him a little. But finally he…
— Diana Wynne Jones
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But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first;…
— Nikolai Gogol
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Several months later, and I have finally read one of the three (books), even though I wanted to read all three of them immediately. What…
— Nick Hornby
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Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business, after all. So I…
— John Green
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I whisper and you close your eyes. I speak and you turn away. If I scream, will you finally hear me beg you to hold…
— Ellen Hopkins
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I touched the combination lock. I concentrated so hard I felt like I was dead-lifting five hundred pounds. My pulse quickening. A line of sweat…
— Rick Riordan
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...no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away... The span of someone's life, they say, is only the core…
— Terry Pratchett
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One of the delights beyond the grasp of youth is that of Not Going. Not to have an invitation for the dance, the party, the…
— J. B. Priestley
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Nothing human is finally calculable; even to ourselves we are strange.
— Gore Vidal
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A small girl became increasingly paralysed by her parents' frequently violent rows. Sometimes she would spend hours standing completely still in the toilet, simply because…
— Sarah Kane
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There was a smile dancing on his lips, although it was a wary smile, for the world is a bigger place than a little graveyard…
— Neil Gaiman
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Louis-Cesare. It's good to finally have you in hand.
— Karen Chance
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I am creating an atmosphere! Oh, Unc, we’ve finally got bodies in this joint! Paying bodies. We could have a good racket going here.†“I’m…
— Libba Bray
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Max—you have a bigger mission than finding the flock's parents. Focus on helping the whole world, not just your friends. I held my wings steady,…
— James Patterson
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Your boyfriend and Micah will both be speechless." I unfastened my seatbelt. "That's the third time I've heard 'your boyfriend.' What's going on about that?…
— Richelle Mead
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It’s all right,†she said. “You’re through.†“Jesus,†he finally managed, pushing water off his face. “Jesus Christ and John the Baptist. For that matter,…
— Tessa Dare
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This is ideal, you’ll see. We do everything backward. It’s just how we are. We began with an elopement. After that, we made love. Next,…
— Tessa Dare
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Tonight, I've finally learned to tell fantasy from reality. And, knowing the difference, I choose fantasy.
— David Henry Hwang
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Gwynn, she was always talking about wanting to be drunk and honestly I did want to encourage that, I wanted to go to a bar…
— Michelle Tea
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A society which discards those who are weak and non-productive risks exaggerating the development of reason, organisation, aggression and the desire to dominate. It becomes…
— Jean Vanier
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