Missed Quotes

1177 Missed quotes by 900 unique authors

Do you think they missed him terribly when he fell? Did God cry over his lost angel, I wonder? — Libba Bray
The debate was wearing me out. Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the… — Susanna Kaysen
Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people… — Douglas Coupland
When I dream, I dream of him. For several nights now he’s come to me, waving from a distant shore as if he’s been waiting… — Libba Bray
Driving to class with him. All I could think about was that it had been three days since I'd touched his face AND HE SEEMED… — Sabrina Ward Harrison
I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even… — Ayn Rand
Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the… — Louisa May Alcott
It was too late for happiness - but not too late to be helped by the thought of what I had missed. That is all… — Edith Wharton
You've never been in love," she said. "You don't understand." "If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities," Caitlin… — Judy Blume
The reality of the Life Review is becoming part of our every day understanding. We know that after death, we have to look at our… — James Redfield
I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But… — Sarah Dessen
Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bullshit,… — George Carlin
I don't hate too many guys. What I may do, I may hate them for a little while, like this guy Stradlater I knew at… — J D Salinger
How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it. — Paulo Coelho
Music, feelings of happiness, mythology, faces worn by time, certain twilights and certain places, want to tell us something, or they told us something that… — Jorge Luis Borges
And she was good to me: strong, fun, and fiercely loyal. And if I didn't have many other friends because of her-most girls were intimidated… — Sarah Dessen
The moment you become miserly you are closed to the basic phenomenon of life: expansion, sharing. The moment you start clinging to things, you have… — Rajneesh
I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if… — Bernhard Schlink
I wonder if childhood is ever really happy. Just as well, perhaps. To be blissfully happy so young would leave one always seeking to recapture… — P.D. James
We have missed him in the sunshine, in the storm, in the twilight, ever since. — Paul Auster
The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and… — Anne Ursu
They's a heap more to God's will than death, disapoint-ment, and like thet. Hit's God's will for us to be good and do good, love… — Olive Ann Burns
Now I understood that the same road was to bring us together again. Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past. — Willa Cather
When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lightning. It missed, first left, then right. — Ted Kooser
A wave of blood goes up to my head, my stomach shrinks together, as if something dangerous has just missed hitting me. It's as if… — Margaret Atwood

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