Speed Quotes
1310 Speed quotes by 999 unique authors
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And indeed it was, the arrow still protruding from its wet, grayish skin, humping its body along with incredible speed. A flick of its tail…
— Cassandra Clare
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Life seems to speed up as we get older because life gets less memorable as we get older.
— Joshua Foer
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…mortified at the speed with which intimacy evaporates…
— David Nicholls
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Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your…
— Cecelia Ahern
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In case you haven't noticed, they're moving a lot faster. I don't know about the laws of physics on your planet, but where I come…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it’s essential to slow down and read every…
— Francine Prose
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In 5 billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection. Indeed,…
— Lawrence M. Krauss
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To stutter through it with you or even stop stuttering and say nothing, was so lucky and soft, better talk than mile-a-minute with anyone. After…
— Daniel Handler
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From an early age she had developed the art of being alone and generally preferred her own company to anyone else’s. She read books at…
— Sebastian Faulks
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Wasn't it his right to listen to opera, read poetry and adventure novels, go to Europe every couple of months for some reason or another,…
— Anne Rice
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...as the slow sea sucked at the shore and then withdrew, leaving the strip of seaweed bare and the shingle churned, the sea birds raced…
— Daphne du Maurier
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Rain amplifies your mistakes, and water on the track can make your car handle unpredictably. When something unpredictable happens you have to react to it;…
— Garth Stein
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There was no discussion between them; it was as if the bugs had worked out this whole scenario long ago. Temp put on a burst…
— Suzanne Collins
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In one horrible moment the last piece of the prophecy became clear. So bid him take care, bid him look where he leaps, As life…
— Suzanne Collins
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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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Her voice was as rough as sandpaper. As long as Blomkvist lived, he would never forget her face as she went on the attack. Her…
— Steig Larsson
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Will,” she whispered against his mouth. She wanted him closer to her so badly, it was like an ache, a painful hot ache that spread…
— Cassandra Clare
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The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. Power of the cinematographer who appeals…
— Robert Bresson
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. . . people use tricks to get you to think the way they do or take away something you have that they want. One…
— Christopher Paul Curtis
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I wonder can I carry on with the speed of the world without you in it.
— Tite Kubo
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You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be…
— Dr. Seuss
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The craft's occupants clutched their armrests, and more than one of them closed their eyes. But not Artemis. He couldn't. There was something morbidly fascinating…
— Eoin Colfer
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He seems designed specifically for speed and deadly accuracy. But not strength, not particularly-he is smart, but not strong. Only strong enough to carry me.
— Veronica Roth
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The rules of the track work well for life. Roller derby is life in a tiny circle. You can only go forward, even if you…
— Pamela Ribon
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Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training…
— David Brin
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