Lingered Quotes

52 Lingered quotes by 46 unique authors

And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand. — Simon Armitage
'When you were little, what inspired you to feel this way?'" Then he paused and asked, "Looking in the mirror and having it crack in… — Ellen Schreiber
Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters —… — Maurice Sendak
By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered… — John Mayer
She'd slept terribly the night before. The room, the bed, were both comfortable enough, but she'd been plagued with strange dreams, the sort that lingered… — Kate Morton
Its Vermeer" Kat turned to the boy who lingered in the doorway. "It's stolen" "What can I say?" Hale eased behind her and studied the… — Ally Carter
What lingered after them was not life, which always overcomes natural death, but the most trivial list of mundane facts: a clock ticking on a… — Jeffrey Eugenides
But the actual touch of her lingered, inside his heart. That remained. In all the years of his life ahead, the long years without her,… — Philip K. Dick
Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic… — Carl Sagan
Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, and this life, would go on without me. And… — Sarah Dessen
I need to get back to work,” Patch said. He gave me a once-over that lingered a bit below the hips. “Killer skirt. Deadly legs. — Becca Fitzpatrick
The perfect weather of Indian Summer lengthened and lingered, warm sunny days were followed by brisk nights with Halloween a presentiment in the air. — Wallace Stegner
There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the… — Ally Carter
He knelt and bent lower, till her breath warmed his face, and in a moment his cheek was in contact with hers. She was sleeping… — Thomas Hardy
It would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us back out into the world clean. But… — Veronica Roth
Please," he whispered. His voice was low but clear. "Don't hurt me anymore." Attolia recoiled. Once, as a child, she'd thrown her slipper in a… — Megan Whalen Turner
Sometimes it seemed to me a cruelty that so much was unresolved between us; at other times, a blessing that a hope of reunion lingered. — Robin Hobb
His mother got her purse. His father reached for the door. "Scooter," he said, by way of good-bye, "have fun with your friends." But Hale… — Ally Carter
There was a mood of magic and frenzy to the room. Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails.… — Sarah Addison Allen
Traditionally, baseball punishes preening. In a society increasingly tolerant of exhibitionism, it is splendid when a hitter is knocked down because in his last at… — George Will
I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the book… — Jack Bowman
It started off with a one night stand, lingered to a fling. The sirens and the sergeants didn't seem to mean a thing. Hide your… — Jasmine Laura
It started off with a one night stand, lingered to a fling. The sirens and the sergeants, didn't seem to mean a thing. — Bring Me The Horizon
Empty is how he left me, like a perfume whose fragrance had evaporate as it's essence still lingered helpless in the air. — Unknown Author
When I held your hand my soul lingered into the gates of heaven, when I stared into your eyes I was hypnotized in a world… — Sierra Smith

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