Instant Quotes

970 Instant quotes by 780 unique authors

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant. — Jeannette Walls
Hot flush, raging bluch. Ice flash, instant crash. — Ellen Hopkins
The instant she saw the letter she squinted her eyes and bent her lips in a tough tiny smile that advanced her age immeasurably. "Darling,"… — Truman Capote
I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
He never believed in fate or providence, or the future being made by someone in the sky. Instead, at every instant, a trillion trillion possible… — Ian Mcewan
I shift on to my side and find myself looking directly into Gale's eyes. For an instant the world recedes and there is just his… — Suzanne Collins
He smiled, thinking that for just an instant, it was easy to imagine they were still married, both of them on the same team, both… — Nicholas Sparks
It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make,… — Gregory David Roberts
There sure are a lot of these 'instant' products on the market. Instant coffee, instant tea, instant pudding, instant cereal... instant dislike. — Charles M. Schulz
No Angie, it's instant. Like when someone trips in the cafeteria and you're laughing so hard milk comes out of your nose, the guy next… — George Lopez
You know what it's like. Sometimes, you meet a wonderful person, but it's only for a brief instant. Maybe on vacation or on a train… — Marian Keyes
Laziness acknowledges the relation of the present to the past but ignores its relation to the future; impatience acknowledge its relation to the future but… — Wystan Hugh Auden
As a maternal figure, I always try to keep the flock safe, of course. But I admit, it did my heart proud to see the… — James Patterson
The flesh had infinity in it. I must know every inch by touch yet every inch renewed its mystery the instant my hand moved on.… — Glen Duncan
That the reason why they are not fallen already and do not fall now is only that God's appointed time is not come. For it… — Jonathan Edwards
Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every… — Viktor E. Frankl
I walked inside Macy’s and faced the pathetic spectacle of a department store full of shoppers, none of whom were shopping for themselves. Without the… — Rachel Cohn
The instant that the blade tore open his flesh, the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids. — Yukio Mishima
When he awoke it was dawn. Or something like dawn. The light was watery, dim and incomparably sad. Vast, grey, gloomy hills rose up all… — Susanna Clarke
Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replay in sports. They've already forgotten what's happened. — Rita Rudner
I sat down and tried to rest. I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now repose an instant;… — Charlotte Bronte
We fell silent again. The thing we had shared was nothing more than a fragment of time that had died longe ago.Even so, a faint… — Haruki Murakami
He closed his eyes as she put her hand on his shoulder, and in that instant, nothing else mattered. Not the song, not the place,… — Nicholas Sparks
As soon as a man and woman of almost any age are alone together within four walls it is assumed that anything may happen. Spontaneous… — Alice Munro
....both had learned that everything could change in an instant, and that the heartfelt vows of people in love were fragile words that, once shattered,… — Kristin Hannah

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