Second Quotes

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The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the… — Oswald Chambers
the next morning, fang and i broke up. now let me get this strait, i broke up with him. a split second after he broke… — James Patterson
She saw Valentine's eyes as the sword hurtled toward her; it seemed like eons, though it could only have been a split second. She saw… — Cassandra Clare
I wasnâ€™t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts. — Jonathan Safran Foer
It is one thing to be a man's wife - quite another to be the mother of his children. In fact, once you become a… — Kelly Corrigan
[O]ur own bodies are changing every second. Yet we take the body to be our Self; and, speaking in terms of it, we say, â€œI… — Swami Satchidananda
A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want… — Lionel Shriver
By now it was clear that Howl was in a mood to produce green slime any second. Sophie hurriedly put her sewing away. "I'll make… — Diana Wynne Jones
Here she was, a women who could bolt-load a crossbow in under a second, put half a dozen long arrows in the air in fewer… — Justin Cronin
Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour, could make all the difference. So much hanging on just these… — Sarah Dessen
And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That… — Bret Easton Ellis
A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. It dies through the awareness of its return. We become tired and… — Pascal Mercier
All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. It's much more relaxing… — Fran Lebowitz
She dug in her backpack, found her cell phone, and checked for coverage. It was kind of lame in Morganville, truthfully, out in the middle… — Rachel Caine
She looked down again and I was stymied. I sat. Oh, this was enough to make me love her, because I was right with her,… — Steve Martin
A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms around his neck. — David Nicholls
Long since, the desert wind wiped away our footprints in the sand. But at every second of my existence, I remember what happened, and you… — Paulo Coelho
Thereâ€™s always tomorrow.â€ â€œExactly,â€ she said, finishing off her first doughnut, selecting a second. Maybe she wouldnâ€™t starve to death, she decided. Maybe sheâ€™d eat… — Janet Evanovich
I checked my phone messages. Three in all. The first was from Joe. â€œHey, Cupcake.â€ That was it. That was the whole message. The second… — Janet Evanovich
The Three Laws of Robotics: 1: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;… — Isaac Asimov

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