Slips Quotes

175 quotes by 159 authors

Times like this, when she slips her hand into mine and holds on tight, and our husband becomes just a shadow in the doorway. — Lauren DeStefano
Have you noticed," she asked him, "how we live much of our lives in the past and most of the rest of it in the… — Mary Balogh
One day you will hear the sound of time rustling as it slips through your fingers like sand. Remember me then. I wish you luck. — Sergei Lukyanenko
because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass… — Alan Paton
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
...it's as empty as a merchant's soul. Sorry, Kheldar, it's just an old expression." "That's all right, Beldin," Silk forgave him grandly. "These little slips… — David Eddings
Shh,â€ I say. â€œArms around me.â€ Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I… — Veronica Roth
Wendy!â€ Finn shouted pulling me from my moment with Loki. â€œWhat are you doing? Youâ€™re married. And not to him.â€ â€œNothing slips by you does… — Amanda Hocking
This is what I know about love, That it is tested every day, and what is not renewed is lost. One chooses either to care… — Helen Humphreys
In the middle of all this, as Sean slips out of his jacket, he looks over his shoulder at me and he smiles at me,… — Maggie Stiefvater
The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your tongue may end… — Dr. Seuss
Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Time is not outside us, but inside. Only we live with past, present, and future, and the present is too brief to experience anyway; it… — Siri Hustvedt
One has just been sent out as a biblical dove, has found nothing green, and slips back into the darkness of the Ark — Franz Kafka
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot; Follow your spirit: and upon this charge, Cry â€”… — William Shakespeare
To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are… — Suzanne Collins
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips… — Geoffrey Chaucer
Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world. — Karen Maitland
As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us,… — Willie Nelson
Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream. [...] When I fully awaken, I'm momentarily comforted. I try to… — Suzanne Collins

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