Slow Quotes

2145 Slow quotes by 1557 unique authors

Thus thought I, as by night I read Of the great army of the dead, The trenches cold and damp, The starved and frozen camp,--… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
...we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God. — Francis Chan
No, no, one can imagine nothing in the world, not the least thing. Everything is composed of so many isolated details that are not to… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my character. It's true… — George Sand
As a child I often wondered whether I would be allowed to live such moments- to inhabit the slow, majestic ballet of the snowflakes, to… — Muriel Barbery
Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down. — Anne Lamott
There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.… — George Eliot
From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have speech… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Now, helpless in the hollow of An unarmorial age, a trough Of smoke in slow suspended skeins Above their scrap of history, Only an attitude… — Philip Larkin
Come to us and quackle and quank. Relieve us of our stirrings With your fangs so sharp and bright Take this blood that's always purring.… — Kathryn Lasky
Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the… — Brennan Manning
He shakes his head with a slow smile. You'd better be right. If the phone rings, I'm unpluggining it, I swear to God-“ You'd do… — Tabitha Suzuma
G'on now.' he murmured with that Southern drawl. 'Lie on back and let me take care of you. I promise to go slow...real slow.' -… — J R Ward
Shane talking to Claire - "Hang on - Slow down. I'm not going anywhere. You know that, right? You don't have to put out to… — Rachel Caine
Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It happened, as many things do, imperceptibly, in many ways at once. I date it - the slow crumbling of my faith, the pulverization of… — James A. Baldwin
That slow smile again. I love that smile! DId I think he was ugly just now? No, his face is transformed. — Jenny Downham
With my ninth mind I resurrect my first and dance slow to the music of my soul made new. — Aberjhani
In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not… — Leon Trotsky
To achieve accurate knowledge of others, if such a thing were possible, we could only ever arrive at it through the slow and unsure recognition… — Marcel Proust
Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there… — Jimmy Buffett
We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and… — Francis Chan
When I dance with him, one of my great loves, he is absolutely human, and when he turns to dip me or I step on… — Matthew Dickman
A twinge at the edge of her lips and she continued, the soft, slow lilt of recitation: "Ancient walls that sing the distant hours. — Kate Morton
I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves. — Jean-Paul Sartre

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