Doing things Quote by Paulo Coelho

“She wanted to stay focused, one thing following sensibly upon another. There were moments when she wasn't talking so much as fading into time,…

— Don DeLillo Falling Man

“she thought of all the years that had led up to this—all those seconds and minutes and hours, spent elsewhere, with others, doing other…

— Laura Barnett

“[she felt] sorry for herself, for getting older, for being mortal, for all the music she still wanted to hear, the books she intended…

— Francesca Marciano

“I wanted her to stretch her mind and her self-confidence, but I also wanted her to play with friends, read books, listen to music…

— Quinn Cummings

“She had spent the night planning and now that it was time, she hardly thought at all. It was as if she were standing…

— Celeste Ng

“She sat in her chair, eyes closed. She liked to be the last one to leave. She despised crowds, and their opinions as they…

— Janet Fitch

“She taught me to slow down. To look up and enjoy the view. To not worry so much about the end result that I…

— Lisa Schroeder

“It wasn't like she was lonely and in fact – she had understood it all in every way except with her brain. Now she…

— Carson McCullers

“People did not spend enough time sitting and talking, she thought, and it was important that sitting and talking time be preserved.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just for a…

— Katherine Mansfield

“The fact was, however, that she was always dreaming and thinking odd things and could not herself remember any time when she had not…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“She was sometimes happy, in the sense of being somehow complete, and ready for what another day might bring. And knows she is no…

— William Gibson