Missed Quotes

1177 Missed quotes by 900 unique authors

Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut straight to the bone. — Jodi Picoult
It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a… — Diana Gabaldon
What is generally missed, is that my writing financed research. — L. Ron Hubbard
I couldn't have felt more of lonely desolation somehow, had I been robbed of a belief or had missed my destiny in life... — Joseph Conrad
He had never missed God or the hope of heaven, but he had dearly wanted confession to rest his mind, Communion to let him touch… — Peter S. Beagle
I waited for her to catch up, and when I did, she slowed down, and I missed seeing the light in her hair. I never… — E L Konigsburg
My parents didn't raise me to be religious. The closest we come to worship is the Trinity of Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. I think… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Four billion people on this earth, but my imagination is still the same. It's bad with large numbers. It's still taken by particularity. It flits… — Wislawa Szymborska
Our eyelashes brushed like they would weave together by themselves, turning us into one wild thing. I say, “I think I missed you before I… — Francesca Lia Block
You know you're in love with somebody when you wake up next to them, comfortable despite your breath smelling like the week-old water at the… — Elliot Perlman
Gosh, what a gripping story. You must have been simply terrified. Meanwhile we went to Godric's Hollow and, let's think, what happened there, Harry? Oh… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
By and large a good rule for finding out is this: the kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work… — Frederick Buechner
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to… — Bertrand Russell
I missed you every minute this week and I don't want to spend another day without you. If my mom disowns me for being with… — Jeaniene Frost
It's like when someone dies, the initial stages of grief seem to be the worst. But in some ways, it's sadder as time goes by… — Emily Giffin
Yes Leopold," Eleanor said in a low, mocking voice. "Do start to shine, please. I think I saw the rising, but I definitely missed the… — Eloisa James
You've got a lifetime to mull over the Buddhist understanding of interconnectedness." He spoke every sentence as if he'd written it down, memorized it, and… — John Green
By morning she was dead. She had not died of starvation or committed suicide by any conventional means. She had simply willed herself to die,… — John Berendt
Sometimes Holly seemed like she wasn't paying attention, and other times she was gone when I went looking for her. That was when she went… — Alice Sebold
I tried to take solace in Holiday, our dog. I missed him in a way I hadn't yet let myself miss my mother and father,… — Alice Sebold
He will know from and early age that failure is not disgrace. It's just a pitch that you missed, and you'd better get ready for… — Craig Ferguson
All of life like a series of tableaux, and in the living we missed so much, hid so much, left so much undone and unsaid. — Anna Quindlen
Faced with the Divine, people took refuge in the banal, as though answering a cosmic multiple-choice question: If you saw a burning bush, would you… — Mary Doria Russell
I guess, really thinking about it, I always assumed when you missed someone , it was tangible...something real you could grab and hold on to,… — Norma Fox Mazer
My Papa's Waltz: The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy.… — Theodore Roethke

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