Seconds Quotes

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By then she was dead. In fact, she may have been dead a while ago. Physically, several seconds ago, mentally, ages ago. — Koushun Takami
There are men with guns up there. When they see me, they will kill me, if they can," I tell my father quietly. I search… — Veronica Roth
Can you be a girl for a few seconds?" "I'm always a girl" I frown. "You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"… — Veronica Roth
In fact, though their acquaintance had been so short, they had guessed, as always happens between lovers, everything of any importance about each other in… — Virginia Woolf
I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds by quietly hyperventilating. — Miranda July
The touch was exactly what the touch of a lover's hand should be: familiar, yet exciting as a whispered promise. I felt an almost irresistible… — Gregory David Roberts
Sixty-five seconds," he said. "You weren't breathing for sixty-five seconds after we found you. I lived and died during each one of them." He let… — Jill Shalvis
... everyone has come to understand that unconditional love is a reality, but with as shelf life of about eight to ten seconds. [p. 110] — Anne Lamott
One develops an instinct for letting silence do the heavy lifting. In the three, four, five seconds that passed without either of us speaking, the… — Glen Duncan
And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too… — Haruki Murakami
Will you stop counting!' snarled Zaphod. 'Yes,' said Ford Prefect, 'in three minutes and thirty-five seconds. — Douglas Adams
In my opening seconds, I would say, "It's great to be here," then move to several other spots on the stage and say, "No, it's… — Steve Martin
A remarkable thing about me is that the time that elapses between a sad thought and a flood of tears is three or four seconds. — Mindy Kaling
a girl takes too much time to love and a few seconds to hate. but a boy takes a few seconds to love and too… — William Shakespeare
For a few seconds they looked silently into each other's eyes, and the distant and impossible suddenly became near, possible, and inevitable. — Leo Tolstoy
I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds. — Russell T Davies
I saw the gun. I sensed the van as it rushed forward, seconds away and coming faster. I heard the screams of the fight behind… — Ally Carter
Nora: What are you planning? Patch: I wouldn't call this planning. I'd call this throwing a Hail Mary with seconds left on the clock. — Becca Fitzpatrick
Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is… — Ambrose Bierce
Behind him Kaldar nudged Urow's youngest son. "Bet you he lasts at least thirty seconds." "Um..." Gaston looked at him. "No he won't." "Bet me… — Ilona Andrews

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