Hurrying Quotes

65 quotes by 55 authors

GOING TO WALDEN It isn't very far as highways lie. I might be back by nightfall, having seen The rough pines, and the stones, and… — Mary Oliver
The longest day must have its close â€” the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
He went to the church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and for, and patted the children on the head,… — Charles Dickens
When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud And goes down burning into the gulf below, No voice in nature is heard to… — Robert Frost
The physical reinvention of the world is endless, relentless, fascinating, exhaustive; nothing that seems solid is. If you could stand at just a little distance… — Mark Doty
There's no advantage to hurrying through life." -Shikamaru Nara — Masashi Kishimoto
Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable...the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street...by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of… — Hal Borland
There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.… — George Eliot
And shall I pray Thee change Thy will, my Father, Until it be according unto mine? But, no, Lord, no, that never shall be, rather… — Amy Carmichael
But how do they get inside?" "They fly," Jace said, and indicated the upper floors of the building. [...] "We don't fly," Clary felt impelled… — Cassandra Clare
She had no recollection, later, of having decided what to do next, or of having hunted for something to wear, but somehow she was hurrying… — Cassandra Clare
â€¦if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My life is not this steeply sloping hour, in which you see me hurrying. Much stands behind me; I stand before it like a tree;… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap?" She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. "You… — Nora Roberts
When the leaves rustle, they sound very much like the stealthy movement of a woman in evening dress, and when they shiver suddenly, and fall,… — Daphne du Maurier
Paradoxical as it may seem, the purposeful life has no content, no point. It hurries on and on, and misses everything. Not hurrying, the purposeless… — Alan Watts
I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each other,… — Joseph Conrad
We pass more women with swollen bellies hurrying towards the godshouse and Arjuro presses a kiss to Tariq's outstretched fingers. 'She's mocking me, runt of… — Melina Marchetta
Tessa was only half way down the corridor when they caught up to her -Will and Jem, walking on either side of her. "you didn't… — Cassandra Clare
The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. — Jean Cocteau

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