Slow Quotes
2145 Slow quotes by 1557 unique authors
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Very well." He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. "You haven't run off so you want to talk. I will hear your explanation…
— Ilona Andrews
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Of four infernal rivers that disgorge/ Into the burning Lake their baleful streams;/Abhorred Styx the flood of deadly hate,/Sad Acheron of sorrow, black and deep;/Cocytus,…
— John Milton
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Art, its completeness, its formedness, its finishedness, had no power to console. Words on the other hand, were a lifeline. They left their hushed rhythm…
— Diane Setterfield
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My breathing begins to slow. The tension in my muscles starts to relax. Then, a click in the headphones. A slow breath of air. I…
— Jay Asher
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When you are a kid you have your own language, and unlike French or Spanish or whatever you start learning in fourth grade, this one…
— Jodi Picoult
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Have you ever noticed how when you're happy, time seems to pass by fast, while when you're miserable it goes real slow? Life would have…
— Lynsay Sands
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The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be…
— Bob Dylan
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And here I was thinking you were a bit slow, what with so much asking and not knowing anything.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present…
— Beryl Markham
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I give you points for persistence, but you lose a few for being slow on the uptake. (Rae)
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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When they [visitors to his studio:] learn about the six-week daily-strip deadline and the 12-week Sunday-page deadline, a visitor almost never fails to remark: "Gee,…
— Charles M. Schulz
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People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.
— Harold S. Kushner
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Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting…
— William Shakespeare
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It's funny how a flame can only burn your hand if you move too slow, you can tease it all you want and it never…
— Neal Shusterman
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I am going to love you now, slow and sweet, but when you come, I'm going to f*** you the way I need to. The…
— Karen Marie Moning
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Marriage is those two thousand indistinguishable conversations, chatted over two thousand indistuinguishable breakfasts, where intimacy turns like a slow wheel. How do you measure the…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?" "My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?" His smile widened. "I brought…
— Julia Quinn
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Ask Me Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life.…
— William Stafford
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The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled…
— Raymond Chandler
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Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level,…
— Joseph Campbell
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It's just like John Mayer says in "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room". When it's this bad, you have to get out or you'll get…
— Susane Colasanti
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Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
— Aesop
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[...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He wants to tell…
— Neal Shusterman
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If you want to find the trail, if you want to find yourself, you must explore your dreams alone. You must grow at a slow…
— Francesca Lia Block
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More and more, there were no revelations, but simply the uncovering of truths long known but dimly remembered. Everything had been written long ago. There…
— Cinda Williams Chima
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