Instant Quotes - Page 39

• And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know.

  Jack London

  Knows

  Jack London (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated)”, p.1571, Delphi Classics

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• The rock, for its part, is not even aware of our existence because we are alive for only a brief instant of its lifespan. To it, we are like flashes in the dark.

  Michael Crichton

  Dark, Rocks, Alive

  Michael Crichton (2012). “The Andromeda Strain”, p.188, Vintage

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• ... The truth of the matter is, that most English people don't know how to make tea anymore either, and most people drink cheap instant coffee instead, which is a pity, and gives Americans the impression that the English are just generally clueless about hot stimulants.

  Douglas Adams

  Coffee, Clueless, People

  Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.81, Del Rey

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• I told you once before,” I said, the words husky from remembrance. “Everyone holds their sins close to their skin.” Fangs gleamed for an instant before Vlad bit into his wrist, pooling up two deep crimson holes. “Then come,” he said, holding it out. “And taste mine.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Two, Remembrance, Skins

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• Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.

  Andre Gide

  Order, Life Is, Irreplaceable

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• I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty. Jamie, thought, was something different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me, then.

  Diana Gabaldon

  War, Men, Light

  Diana Gabaldon (2011). “Outlander: (Outlander 1)”, p.315, Random House

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• Events, once happened, lose reality, alter with a glance, a storm, a night. In time, the past never happened. But who could know? Who could know that the past is not as solid as this instant.

  Alan Lightman

  Past, Night, Reality

  Alan Lightman (2012). “Einstein's Dreams”, p.74, Hachette UK

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• The sunshine filtered in through the billowing white curtains. Tatiana knew there would be only an instant, a brief flicker of time that bathed her with the possibilities of the day. In a moment it would all be gone. And in a moment it was. Still...that sun streaking through the room, the distant rumble of buses through the open window, the slight wind. This was the part of Sunday that Tatiana loved most: the beginning.

  Paullina Simons

  Sunshine, Sunday, White

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• He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish?

  William Gaddis

  Morning, Wish, Asking

  William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”

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• Listen to me: everything you think you know, every relationship you've ever taken for granted, every plan or possibility you've ever hatched, every conceit or endeavor you've ever concocted, can be stripped from you in an instant. Sooner or later, it will happen. So prepare yourself. Be ready not to be ready. Be ready to be brought to your knees and beaten to dust. Because no stable foundation, no act of will, no force of cautious habit will save you from this fact: nothing is indestructible.

  Jonathan Evison

  Taken, Thinking, Dust

  Jonathan Evison (2013). “The Fundamentals of Caring”, p.221, Head of Zeus

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• I stepped forward. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted to keep his focus on me and not Annabeth. I think it’s polite for a guy to protect his girlfriend from instant incineration.

  Rick Riordan

  Girlfriend, Thinking, Focus

  "The Demigod Diaries (The Heroes of Olympus)". Book by Rick Riordan, August 14, 2012.

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• Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Smoking, Comfort, World

  Augusten Burroughs (2010). “Running with Scissors: A Memoir”, p.78, Macmillan

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• One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Maturity, Years, Accomplishment

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• I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything. You now, you see the past and the present, like other low creatures: no higher faculties than memory and perception. But dragons, my boy, have a whole different kind of mind.' He stretched his mouth in a kind of smile, no trace of pleasure in it. 'We are from the mountaintop: all time, all space. We see in one instant the passionate vision and the blowout.

  John Gardner

  Memories, Boys, Past

  John Gardner (2010). “Grendel”, p.62, Vintage

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• My breathing was shallow and my hands were fists. 'Oh, yes, I'm going to have to kill you Barrons.' I said coolly, Partly because, for the most miniscule sliver of an instant, while looking at those handcuffs, I'd imagined myself climbing back into bed and pretending I wasn't cured yet.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Climbing, Hands, Breathing

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.709, Dell

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• The scene was set. All that was required was an action, a cold start, instant and brutal as beginnings always are.

  Paolo Giordano

  Action, Cold, Scene

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• What if sometimes there is no choice about what to love? What if the temple comes to Mohammed? What if you just love? without deciding? You just do: you see her and in that instant are lost to sober account-keeping and cannot choose but to love?

  David Foster Wallace

  Choices, What If, Temples

  David Foster Wallace (2011). “Infinite Jest”, p.84, Hachette UK

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• History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.

  Gore Vidal

  Taken, Gossip, Truth Is

  GORE VIDAL (1964). “JULIAN”

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• Then she smiled, and in that instant, if such a thing were possible, Pasquale fell in love, and he would remain in love for the rest of his life--not so much with the woman, whom he didn't even know, but with the moment.

  Jess Walter

  Moments, Knows, Ifs

  Jess Walter (2013). “Beautiful Ruins”, p.16, Penguin UK

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• Most of us take for granted that time flies, meaning that it passes too quickly. But in the mindful state, time doesn't really pass at all. There is only a single instant of time that keeps renewing itself over and over with infinite variety.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Time Flies, Infinite

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• At least it was instant. At least there wasn't any pain." I knew he was only trying to help, but he didn't get it. There was pain. A dul endless pain in my gut that wouldn't go away even when I knelt on the stingingly frozen tile of the bathroom, dry-heaving.

  John Green

  Pain, Going Away, Trying

  "Looking for Alaska". Book by Looking for Alaska, March 3, 2005.

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• You hit me the instant I saw you." he said, gruffly. "I couldn't look away. I wanted you immediately. Excessively. Almost violently.

  Sylvia Day

  Looks, Saws, Said

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.285, Penguin

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• He stepped off the pavement like a man jumping off a bridge, as calm as a swimmer with an ocean out below. Lucy had known what he was going to do the instant their eyes met. She'd know what he intended because she would have done the very same thing if she'd had his courage. Nothing was going to break his fall.

  Alice Hoffman

  Ocean, Fall, Eye

  Alice Hoffman (2008). “The Third Angel”, p.242, Random House

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• And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Arms, Wrapping

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• The unknown is scary the Unknown can also be exciting. Your life could change in an instant anytime. But sometimes, that change is the best thing that will ever happen to you.Maybe I don’t have to know what my fate is to know that everything will be okay. Maybe the not knowing is how we move forward. Wherever I’m headed, I know it’s exactly where I’m supposed to be.

  Susane Colasanti

  Moving, Fate, Knowing

  Susane Colasanti (2010). “Something Like Fate”, p.159, Penguin

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