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970 Instant quotes by 780 unique authors

It's too early for there to be any coffee. I stare dully at the empty pot in the common room, while Sam picks up a… — Holly Black
The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth in what seems to… — Robert Kiyosaki
Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run… — Suzanne Collins
As long as an individual's alive, he will undergo experience in some form or other, and those experiences are stored up instant by instant. To… — Haruki Murakami
My head aches, my eyes burn, my arms and legs have given up, and my face in the mirror has a grayish cast. The bed,… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz
17. Butterfly A butterfly fluttered its wings in a wind thick with the smell of seaweed. His dry lips felt the touch of the butterfly… — RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa
And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know. — Jack London
The rock, for its part, is not even aware of our existence because we are alive for only a brief instant of its lifespan. To… — Michael Crichton
... The truth of the matter is, that most English people don't know how to make tea anymore either, and most people drink cheap instant… — Douglas Adams
I told you once before,” I said, the words husky from remembrance. “Everyone holds their sins close to their skin.” Fangs gleamed for an instant… — Jeaniene Frost
Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life. — Andre Gide
I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty.… — Diana Gabaldon
Events, once happened, lose reality, alter with a glance, a storm, a night. In time, the past never happened. But who could know? Who could… — Alan Lightman
The sunshine filtered in through the billowing white curtains. Tatiana knew there would be only an instant, a brief flicker of time that bathed her… — Paullina Simons
He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish? — William Gaddis
Listen to me: everything you think you know, every relationship you've ever taken for granted, every plan or possibility you've ever hatched, every conceit or… — Jonathan Evison
I stepped forward. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted to keep his focus on me and not Annabeth. I think it’s polite for a guy… — Rick Riordan
Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when. — Augusten Burroughs
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the… — Elisabeth Elliot
I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything. You now, you see the past and the present,… — John Gardner
My breathing was shallow and my hands were fists. 'Oh, yes, I'm going to have to kill you Barrons.' I said coolly, Partly because, for… — Karen Marie Moning
The scene was set. All that was required was an action, a cold start, instant and brutal as beginnings always are. — Paolo Giordano
What if sometimes there is no choice about what to love? What if the temple comes to Mohammed? What if you just love? without deciding?… — David Foster Wallace
History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place. — Gore Vidal
Then she smiled, and in that instant, if such a thing were possible, Pasquale fell in love, and he would remain in love for the… — Jess Walter

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