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Life equals running and when we stop running maybe that's how we'll know life is finally finished. — Patrick Ness
How can you tell when a piece is finished?'I asked. 'You can't,' he said flatly. 'All you can tell is when you can't do any… — Mary Hoffman
When Drustan reached the bottom step, she flung herself into his arms. He swung her up into his embrace and kissed her hungrily. By the… — Karen Marie Moning
A book is completed only when it is finished by a reader. — Colum McCann
First the husband tried to make the wife his possession, and once she is a possession he loses interest. There is some hidden logic in… — Rajneesh
It's finished. Everything went past, without me. — Jennifer Egan
Haven't had your fill of interesting events?" "Never. They are the spice of life." She held up her half-finished hat. "How do you like it?"… — Christopher Paolini
We may know that the work we continue to put off doing will be bad. Worse, however, is the work we never do. A work… — Fernando Pessoa
I cannot believe they haven't yet come up with a better screening process than the mammogram. If a man had to put his special parts… — Ellen DeGeneres
We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living. — Nnedi Okorafor
Beginning with a critique of my own limbs, which she said, justly enough, were nothing to write home about, this girl went on to dissect… — P.G. Wodehouse
Moiraine: It seems Ryne was wrong as well as a Darkfriend. You were better than he. Lan: He was better. But he thought I was… — Robert Jordan
I held Nefertiti's body closer to mine, trying to press her spirit into me, to bring it back. But the reign of Nefertiti was finished.… — Michelle Moran
First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik. — Alethea Kontis
You barbarians!' he yelled. 'I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled...until...until...until...until you've… — Douglas Adams
Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished. — Lois McMaster Bujold
As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. Nobody escapes them. Some even live with them. The idea is to realize… — Charles Bukowski
I opened my mouth and kissed you then, the first time all night, attacked you and surrendered completely, and letâ€™s get out of here. Iâ€™m… — Daniel Handler
It seems to me that the desire to make art produces an ongoing experience of longing, a restlessness sometimes, but not inevitably, played out romantically,… — Louise GluÌˆck
I have always been jealous of artists. The smell of the studio, the names of the various tools, the look of a half-finished canvas all… — Jane Yolen

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