Halfway Quotes - Page 9

• Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.

  Jerzy Kosinski

  Self, Shells, Lovers

  Jerzy Kosinski (2007). “Steps”, p.77, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I'm surprised you know that," I say quietly, " since you left halfway through my one and only fight." "It wasn't something I wanted to watch." he says. What's that supposed to mean?

  Veronica Roth

  Mean, Fighting, Watches

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.66, Harper Collins

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• Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet. ‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’ ‘Oh, a writer, eh?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Are you sure?’ ‘No, I’m not.’ ‘What do you write?’ ‘Short stories mostly. And I’m halfway through a novel.’ ‘A novel, eh?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘What’s the name of it?’ ‘”The Leaky Faucet of My Doom.”‘ ‘Oh, I like that. What’s it about?’ ‘Everything.’ ‘Everything? You mean, for instance, it’s about cancer?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘How about my wife?’ ‘She’s in there too.

  Charles Bukowski

  Cancer, Inspiration, Writing

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• You are Spider-Man!" she exclaimed. Simon glanced down from his perch halfway up the pillar. "That makes you Mary Jane. She has red hair.

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Hair, Spiders

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1149, Simon and Schuster

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• He was beastly tired, but it was hard to stop. One more book, he had told himself, then I'll stop. One more folio, just one more. One more page, then I'll go up and rest and get a bite to eat. But there was always another page after that one, and another after that, and another book waiting underneath the pile. I'll just take a quick peek to see what this one is about, he'd think, and before he knew he would be halfway through it.

  George R. R. Martin

  Book, Tired, Thinking

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2482, Bantam

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• You was talkin' out of yer head last night, too," chortles Davy. "No one's gonna fancy me. I'm gonna be ugly and no on'es gonna fancyme!" he mimics, mincing about the hammock. "You are such a rum cove, Jacky, for thinkin' such things when yer just about beat t' death! Fancy me? Fancy me? Jacky, no one's gonna fancy us, we're all gonna end up lookin' like Snag!" "Which is how a salty dog sailor's supposed to look," says Willy with a firm nod. "And you're halfway there, Jack-o!" crows Tink. Ah, the sweet comfort of friends.

  L.A. Meyer

  Sweet, Dog, Night

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• Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone

  Stephen Sondheim

  People, May, Woods

  Stephen Sondheim, Hudson Talbott, James Lapine (2002). “Into the Woods”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• Shut up," I hissed. Ticked that he was taller than me, I stepped up onto a nearby coffee table. "I'm not in a cage anymore," I said, keeping enough presence of mind not to poke him in the chest with a finger. His face went startled, then cloric. "The only thing between your head and my foot becoming real close and personal right now is my questionable professionalism. And if you ever threaten me again, I'll slam you halfway across the room before you can say number-two pencil. Got it, you tall freak of nature?

  Kim Harrison

  Real, Coffee, Presence Of Mind

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• We just have to learn to meet each other halfway okay?

  Melina Marchetta

  Okay

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.111, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Will speechless for once, a glass of water frozen halfway to his lips

  Cassandra Clare

  Glasses, Water, Frozen

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.74, Simon and Schuster

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• Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book. Smoke too many cigarettes. Fall off a cliff but get caught in a tree halfway down. Get shot at a few times in a dark alley on a Morrocan midnight. Love a beautiful woman.

  Ray Bradbury

  Beautiful, Book, Fall

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• The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

  Michael Pollan

  Nature, Food, Garden

  Michael Pollan (2007). “Second Nature: A Gardener's Education”, p.64, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Most educated people are aware that we are the outcome of nearly 4 billion years of Darwinian selection, but many tend to think that humans are somehow the culmination. Our sun, however, is less than halfway through its lifespan. It will not be humans who watch the sun’s demise, 6 billion years from now. Any creatures that then exist will be as different from us as we are from bacteria or amoebae.

  Martin Rees

  Science, Thinking, Years

  "The Catastrophist" by Christopher Hitchens, www.theatlantic.com. January 2010.

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• Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

  George Santayana

  Intuition, Reason, Instinct

  George Santayana, Marianne S. Wokeck, Martin A. Coleman, James Gouinlock (2013). “The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two”, p.17, MIT Press

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• He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things.

  Margery Allingham

  Two, Intuition, Quiet

  Margery Allingham (2016). “Margery Allingham Box Set 2: Flowers for the Judge, Death of a Ghost, and The Case of the Late Pig”, p.120, Ipso Books

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• You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.

  Robert Breault

  Children, Dad, Father

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• Niko, you're halfway to where you need to go. It's the most dangerous time. And all the gods and forces have a stake in you, Hero. Or do you want to be just a memory, a cult somewhere, with people sacrificing horses to your name?

  Janet Morris

  Loyalty, Horse, Memories

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• I'm halfway around the world with dozens of bags, feeling like all 4 members of Color Me Badd.

  Drake

  Humble, Color, Feelings

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• After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid.

  Pat Burns

  Stupid, Hockey, Winning

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• If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Men

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.45, GENERAL PRESS

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• It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg.

  J. C. Snead

  Golf, Balls, Legs

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• We launch our souls from the cannons of art and discipline, and on any one night, hovering over the chimney tops of Europe, halfway to the stars, there are armies of brightly spinning spirits that have risen like fireworks, tethered to the souls of those men and women who, by reflection, mortification, and devotion, effortlessly outdazzle kings.

  Mark Helprin

  Art, Kings, Stars

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• When I am halfway there with a painting, it can occasionally be thrilling... But it happens very rarely; usually it's agony... I go to great pains to mask the agony. But the struggle is there. It's the invisible enemy.

  Richard Diebenkorn

  Art, Pain, Struggle

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• Good and Evil are opposite points on a circle, Dr. Chiver. Greater good is just halfway back to Bad.

  Sheri Holman

  Opposites, Circles, Evil

  Sheri Holman (2010). “The Dress Lodger”, p.266, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful.

  Don DeLillo

  Eye, Voice, Shining

  Don DeLillo (2015). “Underworld: Picador Classic”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

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