Lasts Quotes - Page 9

• Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are.

  David Levithan

  Laughter, Enjoyable, Seconds

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.26, Egmont UK

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• New Rule: You're never going to pick up women at a coffee shop pretending to be working on your laptop. You don't look like you're sensitive, you look like you're homeless.The last guy to pick up a chick with an Apple was Adam. And when you sit across from another dateless loser with a laptop, it still doesn't look like you're working--it looks like you're playing Battleship.

  Bill Maher

  Coffee, Apples, Guy

  Bill Maher (2011). “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass”, p.65, Penguin

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• I drink in his wholeness, the soudness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the hospital, dulling the pain of the last weeks.

  Suzanne Collins

  Running, Pain, Giving

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1019, Scholastic Inc.

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• Richard, might I ask you something? We've talked tonight of what you must do, of what you can do, of what you ought to do.But we've said nothing of what you want to do.Richard, do you want to be King?" At first, she thought he wasn't going to answer her. But as she studied his face, she saw he was turning her question over in his mind, seeking to answer it as honestly as he could. "Yes," he said at last. "Yes...I do.

  Sharon Kay Penman

  Kings, Mind, Tonight

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• Beauty: "You called me beautiful last night." Beast: "You do not believe me then?" Beauty: "Well - no. Any number of mirrors have told me otherwise." Beast: "You will find no mirrors here, for I cannot bear them: nor any quiet water in ponds. And since I am the only one who sees you, why are you not then beautiful?

  Robin McKinley

  Beautiful, Believe, Night

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• It's an illusion I've noticed before-- words on a page are like oxygen to a petrol engine, firing up ghosts. It only lasts while the words are in your head. After you put down the paper or pen, the pistons fall lifeless again.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Fall, Oxygen, Paper

  Elizabeth Wein (2013). “Rose Under Fire”, p.51, Egmont UK

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• I was overwhelmed. He understood me so well, how nervous I was about making this commitment, how frightening it was for me to become a princess. He was going to give me every last second he could and, in the meantime, lavish me with everything possible. I had another one of those moments when I couldn't believe this was all happening. "That's not fair, Maxon," I mumbled. "What in the world am I supposed to be able to give you?" He smiled. "All I want is your promise to stay with me, to be mine. Sometimes it feels like you can't possibly be real. Promise me you'll stay." "Of course, I promise.

  Kiera Cass

  Real, Believe, Princess

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• Love is always real, even when it doesn’t last.

  Megan Hart

  Real, Love Is

  Megan Hart (2013). “Tear You Apart”, p.222, Harlequin

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• I don’t understand hate. I’ve seen its power. I’ve known its wrath. I’ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don’t know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.

  Ally Carter

  Hate, Wrath, People

  Ally Carter (2013). “Gallagher Girls: United We Spy”, p.216, Hachette UK

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• Love did not overcome everything. Love did not always endure. All you had could be taken away, love could be the last thing you had, and then love could be taken too.

  Cassandra Clare

  Taken, Overcoming, Magnus Bane

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.270, Simon and Schuster

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• If the truth didn't help anyone, and love didn't last, what was there left to struggle toward?

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Struggle, And Love, Helping

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Untold (The Lynburn Legacy Book 2)”, p.117, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• She didn't say a work, and I gave up trying, because you couldn't hear either one of us over the shattering noise of hearts breaking and the looming shadow of the last word, the one we refused to say.

  Kami Garcia

  Heart, Shadow, Trying

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• Kiss me, Hardy!’ Weren’t those Nelson’s last words at the Battle of Trafalgar? Don’t cry. We’re still alive and we make a sensational team.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Team, Kissing, Battle

  Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.64, Egmont UK

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• Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. “I love you.” She wasn’t sure he could hear her—but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.

  Rick Riordan

  Love You, Annabeth, Ears

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• I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.

  Marie Lu

  Running, Tired, Years

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• People like us we gotta stick together Keep your head up nothing lasts forever.

  Kelly Clarkson

  People, Forever, Together

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• Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough.

  Michael Jackson

  Not Good Enough, Wells, Last Time

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• But that wasn´t the first time I ever saw her. I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mother’s false funeral, and walking the sidewalks in the Abnegation sector. I saw her, but I didn’t see her; no one saw her the way she truly was until she jumped. I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.

  Veronica Roth

  Mother, School, Fire

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• I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.

  Veronica Roth

  Fire, Bedtime, Tobias

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• Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  Stupid, Violence, Resorts

  Brian K. Vaughan (2013). “Saga #5”, p.18, Image Comics

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• He's one of the last friends I have," she says, her voice breaking. "I don't know if I'll ever be able to look at you the same way again.

  Veronica Roth

  Voice, Looks, Able

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• Enjoy him while it lasts," I called. "Apparently he has Girlfriend ADD." She looked away, but not before I caught the blush staining her cheeks.

  Gena Showalter

  Girlfriend, Add, Caught

  Gena Showalter (2015). “The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts”, p.468, Harlequin

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• When was the last good kiss you had?

  John Green

  Kissing, Hazel Grace Lancaster, Hazel Grace

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.48, Penguin

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• She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, "yes," he said finally. -Tana and Gavriel-page 33- chapter 5

  Holly Black

  Expression, Pages, Needs

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• If this is the last time, let me say it so you never forget. I will always love you, Deuce. No matter where souls go, mine will be looking for you, solnyshko moyo." "No. I want a promise instead. Promise you'll fight like you never have, so when the dying stops, you'll be on your feet looking for me here." "I swear.

  Ann Aguirre

  Love You, Fighting, Feet

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