Passing Quotes

1379 Passing quotes by 1048 unique authors

That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking, not with him.… — J M Coetzee
And I too wanted to be. That is all I wanted; and this is the last word. At the bottom of all these attempts which… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Mistress, I have never asked anything of you in my servitude. But now, I beg you this: do not make me keep passing these adolescent… — Richelle Mead
Cleverness, after all, has its limitations. Its mechanical judgments and clever remarks tend to prove inaccurate with passing time, because it doesn't look very deeply… — Benjamin Hoff
Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while… — Sophie Kinsella
The light is no mystery, the mystery is that there is something to keep the light from passing through. — Richard Siken
Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are passing you on… — Ellen DeGeneres
What I want is for the two of us to meet somewhere by chance one day, like, passing on the street, or getting on the… — Haruki Murakami
I had a feeling once about Mathematics - that I saw it all. Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and Abyss.… — Winston Churchill
I saw my bulky person in the windows of the passing storefronts and wondered, when will that man there find himself to be loved? — Patrick deWitt
I'm terrified of the thought of time passing (or whatever is meant by that phrase) whether I 'do' anything or not. In a way I… — Philip Larkin
Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only value in passing… — John Green
[T]hat old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another… — Wallace Stegner
He had known so much about her once -what she thought, how she felt, the reasons for her actions. And now he only knew that… — E. M. Forster
In our work, the question is, how much you absorb from others. So for me, creativity, is really like a relay race. As children we… — Hayao Miyazaki
She poured out Swann's tea, inquired "Lemon or cream?" and, on his answering "Cream, please," said to him with a laugh: "A cloud!" And as… — Marcel Proust
We open our eyes and we think we're seeing the whole world out there. But what has become clear—and really just in the last few… — David Eagleman
And I have Julian. I found him, and he followed me. I reach out in the half dark, wordlessly, and find his hands. We interlace… — Lauren Oliver
I feel an overwhelming rush of sadness... I'm just struck with a sense of time passing so quickly, rushing forward. One day I'll wake up… — Lauren Oliver
Years were passing through the spaces between moments. — Jonathan Safran Foer
A castaway in the sea was going down for the third time when he caught sight of a passing ship. Gathering his last strength, he… — Daniel Quinn
Sasuke: Snakes can sense things through temperature, and they can also do it with their sense of smell by passing the smell in the mouth."… — Masashi Kishimoto
Everybody gets jolted. You, me, before we die we’ll all get nailed, lots of times. But that doesn’t mean we’ll get turned into witches. You… — David James Duncan
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because it's optimistic, but… — Robert Wright
I picked up the phone to call the police, but then I considered how it would sound when I told them that I was calling… — Jenny Lawson

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