Slower Quotes
196 quotes by 178 authors
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The wood nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They'd had centuries of practice running away from…
— Rick Riordan
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The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized.
— Richard Peck
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nothing is slower than the true birth of a man
— Marguerite Yourcenar
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Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file from smallest to…
— Stephen King
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At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants,…
— Piers Anthony
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The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret was just a…
— Jim Butcher
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We now demand glamour and fast-flowing dramatic action. A generation of Christians reared among push buttons and automatic machines is impatient of slower and less…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The film [Stalker] needs to be slower and duller at the start so that the viewers who walked into the wrong theatre have time to…
— Andrei Tarkovsky
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His gift is slower than Jane's. It creeps. It will touch us in a few seconds.
— Stephenie Meyer
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Who did you pass on the road?" the King went on, holding out his hand to the Messenger for some more hay. "Nobody," said the…
— Lewis Carroll
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A little slower, sweetheart. Cape Cod is freezing over.
— Rick Riordan
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A sneeze travels at a peak velocity of two hundred miles per hour. A burp, more slowly; a fart, slower yet. But a kiss thrown…
— Tom Robbins
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Stahr's eyes and Kathleen's met and tangled. For an instant they made love as no one ever dares to do after. Their glance was slower…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I hate being awake at three in the morning. It is the godforsaken heart of darkness when the body runs slow, and the brain runs…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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I have seen slower people than I am and more deliberate... and even quieter, and more listless, and lazier people than I am. But they…
— Mark Twain
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Lucas: I wanted to talk to you after class, but you disappeared. Me: I have another class right after. One of those profs who stops…
— Tammara Webber
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The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.
— Jay Asher
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So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the…
— Stephenie Meyer
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I started to kiss him back, slower and clumsy where his had been sure, practiced. I was worried I was doing it wrong, but then…
— Unknown Author
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Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul. Because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.
— Paulo Coelho
Who Wrote These Slower Quotes
178 authors contributed a total of 196 Slower Quotes, led by these top contributors: