Pausing Quotes

46 quotes by 42 authors

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she… — Victor Hugo
Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without… — Elizabeth Kenny
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing… — Herman Melville
How many times do we lose an occasion for soul work by leaping ahead to final solutions without pausing to savor the undertones? We are… — Thomas Moore
Whenever it poured like this, Max felt as if time was pausing. It was like a cease-fire during which you could stop whatever you were… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
My name is Herondale," the boy said cheerfully. "William Herondale, but everyone calls me Will. Is this really your room? Not very nice, is it?"… — Cassandra Clare
A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again. — Jane Austen
He's not in a very good mood," said Luke, pausing in front of a closed door. "I shut him up in Freaky Pete's office after… — Cassandra Clare
Wandering and confused, lost to myself, ill-assorted, contradictory, Pausing, gazing, bending, and stopping — Nicholas Sparks
Fine." Magnus stood up. "But," he added, pausing by Alec's chair and leaning in close to him, "you are not trivial." Alec flushed. "If you… — Cassandra Clare
The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a coverlid here, settling… — Louisa May Alcott
Did I ever tell you,â€™ said Lymond pausing on the afterthought, on his way to the flap, â€˜that that aunt of mine once hatched an… — Dorothy Dunnett
Which tent is your favourite?" he asks. "The Ice Garden," Celia answers, without even pausing to consider. "Why is that?" Marco asks. "Because of the… — Erin Morgenstern
As soon as I look up, his eyes click onto my face. The breath whooshes out of my body and everything freezes for a second,… — Lauren Oliver
Been meddling, have you?â€ Royce asked, looking around at the hive of activity. â€œYou must admit they didnâ€™t have much in the way of a… — Michael J. Sullivan
A sickening howl stopped her, sucking the air out of her lungs. The night's chatter silenced, even the loitering city rats pausing to listen. Scarlet… — Marissa Meyer
While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night. — Maggie Stiefvater
Pausing allows you to take a beat to take a breath in your life. As everybody else is rushing around like a lunatic out there,… — Maria Shriver
Pausing between stimulus and response allows you to show up in your life. — Roma Downey
Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in. — Sydney Smith

Who Wrote These Pausing Quotes

42 authors contributed a total of 46 Pausing Quotes, led by these top contributors: