Quickly Quotes
2234 quotes by 1707 authors
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The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.
— Oscar Wilde
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Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, and in there, down there, I started to…
— Markus Zusak
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I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you're very…
— Carlos Fuentes
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I get no sense from his note at all,†said Will, bounding to his feet, “except that he can quote Tennyson’s lesser poetry. Sophie, how…
— Cassandra Clare
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When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly.
— Roger Zelazny
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But it was definitely a car trailing me and quickly I prepared myself for a great dash. I began quickening my step and when it…
— Melina Marchetta
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Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights; Four nights will quickly dream away the time; And then the moon, like to a silver bow…
— William Shakespeare
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If I had to create a god, I would lend him a “slow understandingâ€: a kind of drip-by-drip understanding of problems. People who understand quickly…
— Roland Barthes
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What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs.
— Unknown Author
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But there was still something missing. Something that nagged at her-an emptiness she couldn't explain. There were mornings she woke with her heart pounding wildly…
— Kirsten Miller
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The only way to maximize group creativity—to make the whole more than the sum of its parts—is to encourage a candid discussion of mistakes. In…
— Jonah Lehrer
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No, no," said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would sing of us,"…
— Lloyd Alexander
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Actually,†I said, hesitant to bring it up, “I was thinking along the lines of a curse that can turn you human.†“Or witch?†Ivy…
— Kim Harrison
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We love and care for oodles of people, but only a few of them, if they died, would make us believe we could not continue…
— Cheryl Strayed
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He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly…
— Roald Dahl
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Jacks stood beside her. Instead of saying anything, she felt his fingers trace up her palm and then lace into hers. He had taken her…
— Scott Speer
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I was observing her closely as I talked, and after a while I began to get the impression that she was not, in fact, quite…
— Roald Dahl
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There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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I don’t duel, boy. I kill as a soldier kills, which is as a butcher kills, as quickly, efficiently, and with as least risk to…
— Lois McMaster Bujold
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With slow care rather than stealth we must approach the subject of a certain woman. Her wildness is of such degree, I fear approaching her…
— Patrick Rothfuss
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