Second Quotes
6250 quotes by 4119 authors
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Sometimes--and I know it doesn't last for anything more than a second--sometimes there can be perfect understanding between two people who can't stand each other.…
— Gary D. Schmidt
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In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan. Adam spit his words back at him and Ronan squandered however many…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for an…
— Melissa de la Cruz
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Have you ever thought what a God would be like who actually ordained and executed the cruelty that is in [the biblical Book of Revelation]?…
— C.J. Sansom
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There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius. It invariably goes…
— Kevin Hearne
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I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together in my mind. "THAT'S why you like me!"…
— Veronica Roth
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Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man - let me offer you a…
— Graham Swift
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SARC- was my second favorite -ASM word
— Darynda Jones
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When you do what you want, not what you wish...' said the first raven. 'When you no longer seek your reflection in others' eyes...' said…
— Adam Gidwitz
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It's a sponge and I'm a sponge and for a second there all our sponge parts are one and I don't just have square pants,…
— Karen Marie Moning
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On his first hand he wore rings of stone, Iron, Amber, Wood and Bone. There were rings unseen on his second hand, One blood in…
— Patrick Rothfuss
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The driver got out smiling. He looked about seventeen or eighteen, and for a second, I had the uneasy feeling it was Luke, my old…
— Rick Riordan
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The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks, one of which is trying to make a third duck…
— Douglas Adams
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First problem. To produce wealth. Second problem. To distribute it.
— Victor Hugo
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I think Mum's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him.
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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And there is the girl. When I first see her and her dun mare from my vantage point on the cliff road, I am struck…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Peter swept aside Yogi Tea and Harmony Herbal Blend, though he hesitated a second over the chamomile. .... But no. Violent death demanded Earl Grey.
— Louise Penny
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As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We…
— Natalie Goldberg
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... people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances.
— Kate Morton
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You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?†“Sure,†I said. After a second, I added, “Probably.†“Probably?†“Maybe,†I said. “We’re…
— Jim Butcher
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