Pause Quotes

503 quotes by 393 authors

Stop it. Seriously. This isn't funny.' 'You're right.' A pause. 'It's pathetic. — Sarah Dessen
How do you feel about helicopters?" There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?" "As a mode of transportation." "Faster than camels, but… — Maggie Stiefvater
Yeah? Okay," she said, staring up into the stars. "Let's see. You know how, at the end of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet wakes up in… — Laini Taylor
I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about… — Po Bronson
Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless… — Anne Bronte
Do you miss being friends with Santangelo?" I ask her after the lights are out and we're almost asleep. "What makes you think were friends?"… — Melina Marchetta
After an awkward pause, Bast extended his hand. Chronicler hesitated for a bare moment before reaching out quickly, as if he were sticking his hand… — Patrick Rothfuss
Adam has always had . . . heroic tendencies.â€ I touched Adamâ€™s arm. â€œHeâ€™s my hero.â€ There was another pause. . . â€œThat is the… — Patricia Briggs
Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you. — Augusten Burroughs
Something tells me my spit wouldn't mean as much to Corr as yours would." There's a long Pause before Sean speaks. He says, "Maybe not… — Maggie Stiefvater
In bullfighting there is an interesting parallel to the pause as a place of refuge and renewal. It is believed that in the midst of… — Tara Brach
In Japanese and Italian, the response to ["How are you?"] is "I'm fine, and you?" In German it's answered with a sigh and a slight… — David Sedaris
There was a brief pause for them to evaluate the full horror of the situation. Magnus. personally, was in horror up to his elbows. — Cassandra Clare
A pause came between them, and it was so full of Akiva that Karou imagined she could smell him. — Laini Taylor
Very well," Magnus said. "Let us pause for a moment and considerâ€”Oh, you have already run off Splendid. — Cassandra Clare
I canâ€™t do it, Gideon! I canâ€™t make out the way you kiss me one moment and then act as if you loathed me like… — Kerstin Gier
Do stop flirting with my husband," said Tessa. "I shall not," Magnus declared, "but I will pause briefly so that I may catch up on… — Cassandra Clare
A red traffic light loomed, and Cecilia slammed her foot on the brake. The fact that Polly no longer wanted a pirate party was breathtakingly… — Liane Moriarty
He hadn't realized yet that Gansey could persuade even the sun to pause and give him the time. — Maggie Stiefvater
Thereâ€™s a long pause. But itâ€™s not a bad pause, because Mik is looking at me like Iâ€™m the treasure from the high shelf that… — Laini Taylor

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