Quote by Milan Kundera

“I jump over dead bodies, and in my mind flashes a thought: how quickly men become accustomed to things which, at one time, they…

— Mansur Abdulin

“If I had taken time to think, it would have gotten away again, but conscious thinking had been canceled by pain, surprise, and the…

— Stephen King

“He was merely floating there in the room, insubstantial, a living man in the midst of life, dying imperceptibly on his feet, like all…

— Sebastian Barry

“Just breathing in and out suddenly seemed to require a series of massive, separately considered decisions, as if each small action of mine had…

— Sarah Graves

“He would have to get up sometime, he knew that, just as all life consists of having to get up sooner or later and…

— William Faulkner

“He went absolutely still for a split second, an error message flashing wildly in his brain. Another second passed before he resumed breathing, then…

— C.C. Gibbs

“Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man's? A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.”

— Idries Shah

“There comes a moment in life where everything you ever believed in comes crashing down, leaving you gasping for air.”

— Shahd Alshammari

“No one knew more than he how fast life could change. He pulled a trigger and four seconds later the life of a man…

— William Kely McClung

“A man taken out of his room and, almost without preparation or transition, placed on the heights of a great mountain range, would feel…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“I know he has something in mind because this man doesn't fly by the seat of his pants. He's done this enough to be…

— Georgia Cates

“He awoke. Not the instant awareness of being jolted by an alarm or the gentle rising from dozing in and out, but a gradual…

— Olan Thorensen