Quickly Quotes
2234 quotes by 1751 authors
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He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am tasting stars.
— John Green
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Listening to her, one experienced a deep uneasiness as of having avoided an urgent responsibility, like someone who, walking at night along the banks of…
— Janet Frame
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The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important things to do,…
— Paulo Coelho
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What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd…
— Julian Barnes
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In a whirlwind, Reagan quickly knocked off fifty more push-ups, flipped, and did thirty crunches, then turned and landed a kick that dented the metal…
— Peter Lerangis
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Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.
— Alice Walker
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I have transported many, thousands; and to all of them, my river has been nothing but an obstacle on their travels. They travelled to seek…
— Hermann Hesse
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Like most qualities, cuteness is delineated by what it isn't. Most people aren't cute at all, or if so they quickly outgrow their cuteness ...…
— William S. Burroughs
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Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. [...] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted. I try to…
— Suzanne Collins
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I feel an overwhelming rush of sadness... I'm just struck with a sense of time passing so quickly, rushing forward. One day I'll wake up…
— Lauren Oliver
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She’s really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail, the one who needed help reaching…
— Suzanne Collins
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I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry,…
— Umberto Eco
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Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows…
— Suzanne Collins
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Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very…
— Tahir Shah
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And you? Did you find the doorknob?†Hadrian picked up a jug and downed several swallows, drinking so quickly some of the water dripped down…
— Michael J. Sullivan
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By the time I got there, you’d already decided. And I quickly decided to let you decide. You were already seeing the rooms as ours,…
— David Levithan
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Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.
— Josh Billings
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How resilient was the body, to return to its prior form so quickly! Yet the mind was formed of a less pliable substance. The emptiness…
— Galen Beckett
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A person could leave you so quickly. So much history and time and memories, but they snuck away from you, and other things took their…
— Deb Caletti
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