Sudden Quotes
1085 Sudden quotes by 866 unique authors
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For John was running, and this was terrible. Because if you ran, time ran. You yelled and screamed and raced and rolled and tumbled and…
— Ray Bradbury
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i realize i will never hear from dena again, and i will never call her. it gives me a chill. it is a strange thing…
— Melissa Bank
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Maybe it's wrong when we remember breakthroughs to our own being as something that occurs in discrete, extraordinary moments. Maybe falling in love, the piercing…
— Peter Høeg
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Anon, to sudden silence won, In fancy they pursue The dream-child moving through the land Of wonders wild and new, In friendly chat with bird…
— Lewis Carroll
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A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends…
— Washington Irving
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The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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I wonder," she said. "Does this castle have a moat?" A group of servants were busy emptying the privy buckets into the moat when they…
— John Flanagan
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Death’s a funny thing. I used to think it was a big, sudden thing, like a huge owl that would swoop down out of the…
— Neil Gaiman
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Veil, you see, if I vas to say something portentous like "zer dark eyes of zer mind" back home in Uberwald, zer would be a…
— Terry Pratchett
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So I was right, wasn't I? It's still you, even in wolf form.' He grunted. No sudden uncontrollable urges to go kill something?' He rolled…
— Kelley Armstrong
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I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me.…
— Jim Butcher
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As he heard me approach, he quickly leaped up, grabbing a nearby loaf of bread and holding it in front of him as if struck…
— Sarah Dessen
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I stroked Eric's hair, tucking some behind his ear. His eyes on mine were intent, and I knew he was waiting for me to speak.…
— Charlaine Harris
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I can see in your eyes that there’s no seam of untapped joy left in you. The best of life has come and gone. Those…
— Clive Barker
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I'm the new Oberjarl." I knew it," said Halt instantly, and the other three looked at him, totally scandalized. You did?" Erak asked, his voice…
— John Flanagan
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So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty…
— Wendy Mass
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Is there a point to your latest irritation, Kish? (Sin) Had a sudden death wish. Felt the deep need to come up here and have…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I…
— Lewis Carroll
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In that case, we need to seriously arm ourselves. (Sin) Hail Mary, full of grace – (Kish) What are you doing? You’re not Catholic. (Damien)…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I have stayed these years in my hovel because of you. I have taught myself languages because of you. I have made my body strong…
— William Goldman
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So why the sudden girlspeak, Urian? Neither one of us is really into discussing our feelings…and no offense, I like the fact we don’t. (Acheron)…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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When it's new and important, you have to rest in between times. And anyway, even when I like a person there is a weariness that…
— Elizabeth Berg
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I take offense to that. (Pandora) And I take offense to my sudden need for a testicle retrieval. You know, I would have liked to…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I think you can love a person too much. You put someone up on a pedestal, and all of a sudden, from that perspective, you…
— Jodi Picoult
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That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies!
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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