Lasts Quotes - Page 8

• At least her last words to him had been words of love. But she wished she'd told him just how much she loved him. How much she had to thank him for, how many good things he had done. She hadn't told him nearly enough.

  Kristin Cashore

  Done, Enough, Good Things

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.230, Penguin

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• Do you live each day as if it's your first or your last? Either way you should probably have a diaper on.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Each Day, Diapers, Way

  Ellen DeGeneres (2011). “Seriously ... I'm Kidding”, p.16, HarperCollins Australia

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• Can you be sure?" "I haven't spent the last fifteen hundred years learning how to knit my own socks, boy!" The crone looked like she might box Heinrich's ears, if she could reach them.

  Jessica Day George

  Boys, Years, Fifteen

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• Lily slumped, putting her shaking hands on his shoulders. "But you will, won't you?" Pansy's voice broke into a sob. "Yes, Pan," Galen said quietly. "I don't like that," Pansy said. Galen stood and put his arms around the fine-boned girl, while Rose continued to comfort Lily. Oliver looked away. It was such a private moment; he hated to intrude on it. Galen was beloved by all of the sisters, but the love between him and Rose was so clear and shining that it hurt to look at them, spending their last hours together caring for the other girls.

  Jessica Day George

  Girl, Hurt, Caring

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• I want to help you," Oliver said. "Why?" Galen looked up at him. "Because of Petunia?" Oliver was relieved that the prince didn't seem to be skeptical about his conviction. He simply looked like he wanted to know, and so did Heinrich, when Oliver dared to look at the other prince. Oliver was very aware that Heinrich had known his father. Had known him better than Oliver had, in fact. "Because of her," Oliver said at last. "Even though I have only met her twice, really...I just..." "I risked my life to save Rose after only speaking with her twice," Galen said with a small smile.

  Jessica Day George

  Father, Rose, Looks

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• If you don't want to be a victim, don't act like one." It was fairly safe to assume that that was the first time anyone had ever spoken to W. W. Hale the Fifth in that manner. Kat was also fairly certain it wouldn't be the last. "I might lose my grandmother's company." Kat gave a smile and held Hale tight. "You won't lose me.

  Ally Carter

  Grandmother, Safe, Want

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• It was the price of survival. The cost of his people's last, desperate gamble: To rid his new home of humanity, he had to become human. And being human, he had to overcome his humanity.

  Rick Yancey

  Home, People, Humanity

  Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.134, Penguin

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• And – I think you know, don’t you? – that I love you, Anne.’ I feel as if I have been living in a loveless world for too long. The last tender face I saw was my father’s when he sailed for England. ‘You do? Truly?’ ‘I do.’ He rises to his feet and pulls me up to stand beside him. My chin comes to his shoulder, we are both dainty, long-limbed, coltish: well-matched. I turn my face into his jacket. ‘Will you marry me?’ he whispers. ‘Yes,’ I say.

  Philippa Gregory

  Father, Love You, Thinking

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• They never exhale, the trees; on a very windy day, they rustle and inhale, and then the leaves and the branches all tremble as though something means to strangle the life from them. The sky watches on. The world is filled with anticipation, as if to wonder if this day will be a great day, or a horrible day, or the last day.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Mean, Sky, Tree

  FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from Jul 12, 2013

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• There are moments when I think it will never end, that it will last indefinitely. It's like the rain. Here the rain, like everything else, suggests permanence and eternity. I say to myself: it's raining today and it's going to rain tomorrow and the next day, the next week and the next century.

  Elie Wiesel

  Rain, Thinking, Next Week

  Elie Wiesel (2006). “Dawn: A Novel”, p.61, Macmillan

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• ...that melancholy which we feel when we cease to obey orders which, from one day to another, keep the future hidden, and realise that we have at last begun to live in real earnest, as a grown-up person, the life, the only life that any of us has at his disposal.

  Marcel Proust

  Real, Order, One Day

  Marcel Proust (2006). “Remembrance of Things Past”, p.281, Wordsworth Editions

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• VAMPIRE ACADEMY: Rose- See something you like? Dimitri- Get dressed. LAST SACRIFICE: Rose- See something you like? Dimitri- Lots

  Richelle Mead

  Sacrifice, Rose, Vampire

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• Here at last is her smile: burn it into your memory; you won't see it often.

  Junot Diaz

  Memories, Her Smile

  Junot Diaz (2008). “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, p.114, Faber & Faber

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• When was the last time someone read aloud to you? Probably when you were a child, and if you think back, you'll remember how safe you felt, tucked under the covers, or curled in someone's arms, as a story was spun around you like a web.

  Jodi Picoult

  Children, Thinking, Stories

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.428, Simon and Schuster

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• Is that an invitation?” “I suppose it is.” “Good.” Cade’s voice dropped lower, adding one last thing before hanging up. “And tell your friend in the striped shirt that he’s in my seat.

  Julie James

  Voice, Shirts, Invitations

  Julie James (2013). “Love Irresistibly”, p.65, Penguin

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• I'd like a drink. I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention by somebody I don't know. It doesn't last, and it's good for nothing. You break your neck simply living.

  Victor Hugo

  Desire, Necks, Life Is

  Victor Hugo (1987). “Les Misérables”, Signet Classics

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• If someone had asked who could stage the best intervention with a crazy woman who had formerly been an undead monster, Sydney Sage would have been my last guess.

  Richelle Mead

  Crazy, Sage, Monsters

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.180, Penguin

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• Jews don't camp...The last time the Jews went camping, they spent forty years wandering in the desert.

  Daniel Silva

  Years, Camping, Desert

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• I am Persephone" she said, her voice thin and papery. "Welcome, demigods. Nico squashed a pomegranate under his boot. "Welcome? After last time, you've got the nerve to welcome me?" I shifted uneasily, because talking that way to a god can get you blasted into dust bunnies. "Um, Nico-" "It's all right," Persephone said coldly. "We had a little family spat." "Family spat?" Nico cried. "You turned me into a dandelion!

  Rick Riordan

  Dust, Talking, Voice

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• I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary. I think that's why I want to be an architect." "To build something permanent," I said. "A monument to last a thousand years.

  Rick Riordan

  Hate, Thinking, Years

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• It's our last chance. No. No, I can't... I, no, I need to believe that it isn't our last chance... Eleanor? Can you hear me? I need you to believe it, too.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Believe, Needs, Chance

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.272, St. Martin's Griffin

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• A red traffic light loomed, and Cecilia slammed her foot on the brake. The fact that Polly no longer wanted a pirate party was breathtakingly insignificant in comparison to that poor man (thirty!) crashing to the ground for the freedom that Cecilia took for granted, but right now, she couldn’t pause to honor his memory, because a last-minute change of party theme was unacceptable. That’s what happened when you had freedom. You lost your mind over a pirate party.

  Liane Moriarty

  Memories, Party, Men

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• The last thing I wanted to do was blow up another school.

  Rick Riordan

  School, Blow, Wartime

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• We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left.

  Veronica Roth

  People, Generations, Happened

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Allegiant (Divergent, Book 3)”, p.30, HarperCollins UK

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• When you have that last piece of the jigsaw, everything will, I hope, be clear..." -Albus Dumbledore

  J. K. Rowling

  Pieces, Jigsaw, Clear

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