Second Quotes

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I was the captain of the latent paranoid softball team. We used to play all the neurotics on sunday morning. Nailbiters against the bedwetters, and… — Woody Allen
Every second he breathed, the smell of the grass, the cool air on his face, was so precious: To think that people had years and… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We are bound first to imform ourselves concerning so great a matter as the revolt of millions of people- what they are struggling for, what… — Voltairine de Cleyre
I think the issue of female friendship really resonates well with women, ... So many women have a friend like Darcy or can relate to… — Emily Giffin
...a good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask--but a great friend does it without being asked at all. — Ian Caldwell
There are two ways to look at life. The first view is that nothing stays the same and that nothing is inherently connected, and that… — Chuck Klosterman
It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike -- in the second place, folks don't like to have someone around knowin' more… — Harper Lee
Above the stage was a glass-floored second stage, which allowed customers to look up and watch another girl dancing overhead. This multidimensional display of poontang… — Diablo Cody
Almost certainly God is not in time. His life does not consist of moments one following another...Ten-thirty-- and every other moment from the beginning of… — C.S. Lewis
It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or… — Sarah Dessen
The dogâ€™s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. â€œI want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you.… — Caroline Knapp
And what constitutes evil, real evil, is the taking of a single human life. Whether a man would die tomorrow or the day after or… — Anne Rice
The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day committed… — Marquis de Sade
Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one. — Richard Dawkins
Claire. Wake up.â€ She blinked and realized that her head was on Shaneâ€™s shoulder, and Michael was nowhere to be seen. Her first thought was,… — Rachel Caine
Want to play baseball?â€™â€ she asked. Shaneâ€™s eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. â€œWhat?â€™â€ â€œFirst base,â€™â€ she said. â€œYouâ€™re already there.â€™â€ â€œIâ€™m not… — Rachel Caine
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails,… — Jane Austen
If two people stare at each other for more than a few seconds, it means they are about to either make love or fight. Something… — Robert Wright
One's life is more formed, I sometimes think, by books than by human beings: it is out of books one learns about love and pain… — Graham Greene
I offer Emily half of my hit of acid- Love Saves the Day. It's my second or third time tripping, Emily's first, and she's understandably… — Nick Flynn

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