Second Quotes

6250 Second quotes by 3939 unique authors

Shame usually follows a pattern—a cycle of self-recrimination and lies that claims life after life. First, we experience an intensely painful event. Second, we believe… — Craig Groeschel
It only takes a second to call a girl fat and She'll take a lifetime trying to starve herself.. think before you act. — Harry Styles
Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and then forgotten in… — Libba Bray
Books are everywhere; and always the same sense of adventure fills us. Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast… — Virginia Woolf
The second time my world exploded, it was also because of a word. A word that worked its way out of my throat and danced… — Lauren Oliver
Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours… — Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Witch's Life" When I was a child there was an old woman in our neighborhood whom we called The Witch. All day she peered… — Anne Sexton
Life is full of luck, like getting dealt a good hand, or simply by being in the right place at the right time. Some people… — Jessica Sorensen
However brief our time in the sun, if we waste a second of it, or complain that it is dull or barren or (like a… — Richard Dawkins
Not caring for their lives' is it? Why, what in the world is there that we should care for if it's not our lives, the… — Marcel Proust
You can't deny that there's something between us." "No. There is. When I saw you today--I didn't know I'd been waiting for you until you… — David Levithan
Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you.… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Let us simmer over our incalculable cauldron, our enthralling confusion, our hotchpotch of impulses, our perpetual miracle - for the soul throws up wonders every… — Virginia Woolf
When desire is still in this pure state, the man and the woman fall in love with life, they live each moment reverently, consciously, always… — Paulo Coelho
There are times when I'm caught up in everything and I have to say to myself, "Please feel good; please feel better; everything's okay; you're… — Taylor Swift
There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling… — John Steinbeck
Artemis Fowl will never be secondary." "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?" said Holly. — Eoin Colfer
The railway was part scalpel, part movie camera, slicing the city open, parading its inner workings at fifty frames per second. It was on the… — Philip Sington
The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy. — Jack Kerouac
For God's sake, Stiff," he says. "You don't have to follow me," I say staring at the maze of bars above me. I shove my… — Veronica Roth
Too bad you didn't just take Max up on his offer, Four. Well, too bad for you, anyway," says Eric quietly as he clicks the… — Veronica Roth
The truth is... you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me… — Veronica Roth
I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the… — Wendy Mass
So what's your second suggestion?" "Tread lightly." "That's it? That's the best advice you can give me?" "All right, tread very lightly. — Sarah MacLean
No matter how dark you are, no matter what you think your heritage is or how inevitable your fall is, you can always make a… — Cate Tiernan

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