Second Quotes

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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . . — Oscar Wilde
It was a real whale, a photograph of a real whale. I looked into its tiny wise eye and wondered where that eye was now.… — Miranda July
What good is knowledge if it just floats in the air? It goes from computer to computer. It changes and grows every second of every… — Don DeLillo
There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city… — Elwyn Brooks White
God always offers us a second chance in life. — Paulo Coelho
We have this idea that love is supposed to last forever. But love isn't like that. It's a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when… — Neil Strauss
I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life. You are a second away from saying it. You have… — David Levithan
And it seems people should not build houses anymore it seems people should stop working and sit in small rooms on second floors under electric… — Charles Bukowski
The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be… — Terry Goodkind
He could not understand why he had needed so many words to explain what he felt in war because one was enough: fear. ~Jose Aracadio… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Second-hand gloves will become lovely again, their memories are what give them the need for other hands. And the desolation of lovers is the same:… — Galway Kinnell
If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and… — Stephen King
At the time weâ€™re stuck in it, like hostages locked in a Turkish bath, high school seems the most serious business in the world to… — Stephen King
I'm a Christian first, and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it. You know who else was kind of "divisive" in… — Ann Coulter
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to… — Billy Joel
Look...at...me..." he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Why can't we resist the urge to second-guess and evaluate each other?...Sometimes I wonder if the final judgment will be a breeze compared with what… — Sheri L. Dew
I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It really bothered me.… — S E Hinton
God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But… — Francis Bacon
My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the… — Anne Fadiman

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