Quickly Quotes
2234 quotes by 1767 authors
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You would like to read, but somehow the rain gets into the book, too; not literally, and yet it really does, the letters are meaningless,…
— Sándor Márai
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There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that…
— John Green
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Her eyes met his, but she looked quickly away; entangling gazes with Will was confusing at best, dizzying at worst.
— Cassandra Clare
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Warlock,†he said. “I know who you are.†Magnus raised his eyebrows. “You do?†“Magnus Bane. Destroyer of the demon Marabas. Son of—†“Now,†said…
— Cassandra Clare
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The low bird is not picked tenderly out of the dust by its fellows; rather, it is dispatched quickly and without mercy.
— Stephen King
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I have lived alone, I have fought alone, I have dealt with the pain alone. I will die alone. I think when I'm going to…
— James Frey
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I lifted the lid and found a piece of bread and some water—and a rat that quickly darted off the tray. Talk about adding insult…
— Richelle Mead
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How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly?
— Paulo Coelho
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Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who did not belong. She knew from…
— Laura Esquivel
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He turns and walks away, moving so quickly that the candle flames shiver with the motion of the air. “I miss you,†Isobel says as…
— Erin Morgenstern
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I think it was the beginning of Mrs. Bond's unquestioning faith in me when she saw me quickly enveloping the cat till all you could…
— James Herriot
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We should challenge the relativism that tells us there is no right or wrong, when every instinct of our mind knows it is not so,…
— Jonathan Sacks
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I learned very quickly that when you emigrate, you lose the crutches that have been your support; you must begin from zero, because the past…
— Isabel Allende
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I don't know what you may have seen fit to tell her, Venetia, but so far as I understand it you could think of nothing…
— Georgette Heyer
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...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another…
— Douglas Adams
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When I first arrived in London, I so quickly tired of being surrounded by so many people that it was only with great difficulty that…
— Cassandra Clare
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The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips…
— Geoffrey Chaucer
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Five is for five heartbeats, the length of time it takes to breathe in or out. For that is how quickly a life may change,…
— Cameron Dokey
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I learned quickly that trying to force Country Folk to love the Big City is like telling your gay cousin, "You just haven't met the…
— Tina Fey
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A hysterical young woman with flowing brown hair is also called from 4, but she's quickly replaced by a volunteer, an eighty-year-old woman who needs…
— Suzanne Collins
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