Second Quotes
6250 quotes by 3939 authors
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The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.
— David Brin
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I think everyone must love life more than anything else in the world.' 'Love life more than the meaning of it?' 'Yes, certainly. Love it…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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And right this second I want to live in ignorant bliss.
— Simone Elkeles
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Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.
— Alan Bennett
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I'm so sorry, Henri," I whisper in his ear. I close my eyes. "I love you. I wouldn't have missed a second of it, either.…
— Pittacus Lore
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Perhaps life is like an hour glass, with dear ones the sand that slips from the upper glass--the earth--into the second--eternity.
— Margaret George
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What's that smell?" I froze. What? Did I really smell so distasteful he had only to lean in my direction to catch a putrid whiff…
— Gena Showalter
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Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something other than a…
— Rachel Cohn
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Hey, Hachi People always say that you only discover how precious something is after you lose it--- but I think, you only really recognize it...…
— Ai Yazawa
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[Rhage and Manny] “You’re doing great,†he murmured as he noticed those white knuckled fists. “Don’t worry about me.†“Right, right…your brothers.†Manny paused for…
— J R Ward
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Now, see," Wes said, nodding at my plate, "this is going to blow your mind." I looked at him. "It's a waffle, not the second…
— Sarah Dessen
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You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits.
— Charles Yu
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I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing…
— Holly Black
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Once or twice a week I would set my alarm for six A.M. so I could get up and plug in Hot Stix...I would study…
— Tina Fey
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I had my chance.' He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. 'I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second…
— Jamie Ford
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Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.
— Veronica Roth
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I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too small and too…
— Veronica Roth
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There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of…
— Philip K. Dick
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One second he was in my face, making me feel stupid and useless. The next he was like this: hovering, concerned, worried.
— Kelley Armstrong
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Somewhere in the endless spinning of eternity that one, tiny, fraction of a second where our lips met is lost forever.
— Lauren Oliver
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