He Waited Quotes
28 quotes by 27 authors
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What can I expect here? You know the fairy tale about the man who died, don’t you? He was waiting in Eternity to find out…
— Anna Seghers
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Death was past, life not come: so he waited.
— Robert Browning
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Bless his heart, I have respect for Mitt Romney, but I do not have respect for what he has done through this debt increase debate.…
— Sarah Palin
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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
— John Henry Newman
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His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?" he asked. He waited a few minutes, but…
— Ishmael Beah
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So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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He could not feel her near him in the darkness nor hear her voice touch his ear. He waited for some minutes listening. He could…
— James Joyce
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The images of his infinite pasts and infinite futures washed over him as he waited, paralyzed, in the present.
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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He had once found himself in a room with Lady Bessborough's long-haired white cat. He happened to be dressed in an immaculate black coat and…
— Susanna Clarke
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You know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nicholson. 'Well, if Sven…
— J D Salinger
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And he waited. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like a small forever.
— Neil Gaiman
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He waited while Gilan and Will moved the cloaks experimentally, eyeing each other and studying the unusual colors, seeing how they would blend into the…
— John Flanagan
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His body rigid with terror as he waited for the savages to something horrible to him—bash his head with clubs, or stab him with spears,…
— Dave Barry
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Small, red, and upright he waited, gripping his new bookbag tight in one hand and touching a lucky penny inside his coat pocket with the…
— Anne Carson
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He wanted her. He knew where to find her. He waited. It amused him to wait, because he knew that the waiting was unbearable to…
— Ayn Rand
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He (Jace) glanced down at his bound hands. His wrists and shoulders had gone from aching to hard, stabbing pain, but he didn’t wince as…
— Cassandra Clare
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There was only so much space between us, not even a real distance if measured in miles or feet or even inches, all the things…
— Sarah Dessen
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Some of the memories were not clear---dim human memories, seen through weak eyes and heard through weak ears: the first time I'd seen his face...…
— Stephenie Meyer
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