Quick Quotes

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She envied Ralph his dying, for if one were thinking of rest that was the most perfect of all. To cease utterly, to give it… — Henry James
Be quick, but don't hurry. — John Wooden
Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding. — Joseph Addison
â€¦They think of suicide as a quick route to oblivion, an escape. Far from it. It merely alters a person from one form to another.… — Richard Matheson
What are you doing?" "Ya!" said Jane, whirling around, her hands held up menacingly. It was Mr. Nobley with coat, hat, and cane, watching her… — Shannon Hale
I hadn't gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past, to childhood and… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Mine Enemy is growing old -- I have at last Revenge -- The Palate of the Hate departs -- If any would avenge Let him… — Emily Dickinson
I'm living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there's a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like… — Audrey Niffenegger
I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to… — Ann Brashares
The vestibule door opens onto a June morning so fine and scrubbed Classira pauses at the threshold as she would at the edge of a… — Michael Cunningham
Children picking up our bones Will never know that these were once As quick as foxes on the hill; — Wallace Stevens
Our life is made up of time; our days are measured in hours, our pay measured by those hours, our knowledge is measured by years.… — Cecelia Ahern
Passion now begins to wake and whom we desire, we will take then we'll cut them down to the quick love itself the cruelest trick.… — Nancy Holder
Screw this. Heâ€™d blown his shot at nice-and-easy, which only left quick-and-brutalâ€”my favorite way to play. — Rachel Vincent
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift… — Dorothy Parker
A woman's love is quick to turn into a passion for revenge--an obsession that becomes an endless river of blood, flowing on from generation to… — Fumiko Enchi
true apothecary thy drugs art quick — William Shakespeare
A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late, now… — E. M. Forster
I know in the spy movies it always looks really cool when the operative goes from a maid's uniform to a slinky, sexy, ballgown in… — Ally Carter
She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did. — Nicholas Sparks

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