Second Quotes

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She smiled as sweetly as a show poster for the glorified, all-American Ziegfeld girl just before dumping her second cigarette into Wallyâ€™s fresh cup of… — Libba Bray
Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers. Mothers and… — Enid Blyton
And as for you Agent Pallas â€“ man-to-man, if you ever insult my girl on national television again, Iâ€™llâ€¦â€ he stopped. Everyone in the room… — Julie James
Each beat told him he was still alive, at least for one more second. — Louis Sachar
She made a sound of regret. â€˜We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,â€™ she said. â€˜Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance,… — Melina Marchetta
Some memories remain close; you can shut your eyes and find yourself back in them. But there are second-person memories, too, distant you memories, and… — Jess Walter
The strange thing about seeing someone for first time in nine years is the way they look totally different, just for a second, a split… — Rainbow Rowell
It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything. Your laugh, your… — Gena Showalter
There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely. All the sadness… — Milan Kundera
First, this is a great job, and i'm excited about it." "Second, i'm ambitious, but i can succeed almost everywhere." "What I can't do anywhere… — Tammara Webber
I was breathless, talking as fast as I could. I was afraid if I stopped talking, even for a second, Iâ€™d start sobbing again. â€œWhoa,… — James Patterson
I would like to use this little flower as a metaphor. The five petals of the little forget-me-not flower prompt me to consider five things… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Isaac out of surgery. It went well. He's officially NEC. NEC meant "no evidence of cancer." A second text came a few seconds later. I… — John Green
Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just… — Abdul Kalam
The first rule about a black womanâ€™s hair is you donâ€™t talk about a black womanâ€™s hair. And the second rule is you donâ€™t ever… — Ben Aaronovitch
Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling. — Elizabeth Gilbert
It is a simple logic truth that, short of mass emigration into space, with rockets taking off at the rate of several million per second,… — Richard Dawkins
It's time now to rent a car, roll down the windows and prepare for your first big thrill: the freeways. They're so much fun they… — John Waters
Listen to your second thought, or the third might be too late. — Shannon Hale
you never make the same mistake twice. the second time you make it, it is no longer a mistake. it is a choice — Lauren Conrad

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