Quickly Quotes
2234 quotes by 1767 authors
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Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king,…
— Burton Raffel
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She walked quickly through the darkness with the frank stride of someone who was at least certain that the forest, on this damp and windy…
— Terry Pratchett
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He was asking too many questions and he was asking them too quickly. They were stacking up in my head like loaves in the factory…
— Mark Haddon
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We'll be there, Harry," said Ron "What?" "At your Aunt and Uncle's house," said Ron, "And then we'll go with you wherever you're going." "No-"…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Sometimes it works out well, and certain household responsibilities fall naturally to those who like doing them. For example, my wife likes to pack suitcases,…
— Paul Reiser
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Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me…
— Alice Sebold
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said Jack matter-of-factly. "I'm a man. We're made to think more quickly." ...Aven swung her fist and clocked Jack square on the chin, knocking him…
— James A. Owen
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Staring into the dragon's maw, one quickly learns wisdom.
— Steven Brust
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He owned an expensive camera that required thought before you pressed the shutter, and I quickly became his favorite subject, round-faced, missing teeth, my thick…
— Jhumpa Lahiri
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I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly, and I kept…
— Anton Chekhov
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I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Perhaps to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people...Lots of clever people have…
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
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You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away and was never seen again'…
— John Connolly
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Time is important to me now, I tell myself.Not that it should pass quickly or slowly, but only be time, be something I live inside…
— Per Petterson
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So... you're an assassin?" Dave asked incredulously. "Why do I feel like you'd have used the same tone if I'd just confessed to being a…
— Jennifer Rardin
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Saeed quickly found employment at a Banana Republic, where he would sell to urban sophisticates the black turtleneck of the season, in a shop whose…
— Kiran Desai
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Hey, if you'd wanted to avoid 'this,' you shouldn't have lured me last night. Now it's too late. You might as well avoid the long,…
— Richelle Mead
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One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too…
— Andy Rooney
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Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you…
— Andy Warhol
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