Quick Quotes

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How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem, when at the same time it's so slow and sweet and everlasting. — Graham Swift
Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tear… — Milan Kundera
I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick, disdain and… — Jim Morrison
There was very little about her face and figure that was in any way remarkable, but it was the sort of face which, when animated… — Susanna Clarke
I am like a machine being driven to excessive rotations: the bearings are incandescing and, in a minute, melted metal will begin to drip and… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
Pigmentation was a quick and convenient way of judging a person. One of us, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once proposed we instead judge people… — Jon Stewart
His sympathy made tears spring to Lina's eyes. Doon looked startled for a moment, and then he took a step toward her and wrapped his… — Jeanne DuPrau
Chloe? It's me." After a pause, he added, "Derek," like I could mistake that deep rumble for anyone else, like I could mistake that little… — Kelley Armstrong
Hearts, you say? You Humans are always so quick to speak of such things. As though you carry your hearts in the very palms of… — Tite Kubo
Quick! Head for the ground floor! We have to get out! We will die if we stay! The vampires are here!" "Haven't you got a… — Darren Shan
Travelers, it is late. Life's sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of… — Rumi
If there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a… — William Shakespeare
[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be… — T.H. White
She wished she could talk as he did. His speech was so quick and easy. It sounded as if he liked her and was not… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which… — Louisa May Alcott
Curran struck at my wrist. His fingers were cat-quick, but I had spent my life honing my reflexes, and he missed. â€œWell, look at that.â€… — Ilona Andrews
I lunged, low and quick, and drove about a foot of cold steel into his danglies. Hey, I don't care what kind of fearie or… — Jim Butcher
A lesser moustache, under the impact of that quick, agonised expulsion of breath, would have worked loose at the roots. — P.G. Wodehouse
Well, it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write And kind of turn themselves into knives And don't mind my nerve you… — Jason Mraz
Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?" "I don't know any other way." "Let me show you." And then we're… — Lauren Oliver

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