Late Quotes - Page 33

• Not to find one's way around a city does not mean much. But to lose one's way in a city, as one loses one's way in a forest, requires some schooling. Street names must speak to the urban wanderer like the snapping of dry twigs, and little streets in the heart of the city must reflect the times of day, for him, as clearly as a mountain valley. This art I acquired rather late in life; it fulfilled a dream, of which the first traces were labyrinths on the blotting papers in my school notebooks.

  Walter Benjamin

  Notebook, Dream, Art

  Walter Benjamin, Marcus Paul Bullock, Michael William Jennings, Howard Eiland, Gary Smith (2002). “Selected Writings: 1935-1938”, p.352, Harvard University Press

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• Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Opportunity, Views, Life Is Like

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• Last time you called me late at night you were naked and chained to your shower curtain rod. I hope this isn't going to be disappointing.

  Janet Evanovich

  Night, Naked, Lasts

  Janet Evanovich (2007). “More Plums in One: Four to Score, High Five, and Hot Six”, p.380, Macmillan

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• Try to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the "nice good people" as puppets. It appears dressed as a poor guy, telling them that he needs help...When these people realize they have been used, it is already too late.

  Paulo Coelho

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Being Yourself

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Oct 25, 2009

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• Soon or late, every dog's master's memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a semblance of their olden lives.

  Albert Payson Terhune

  Dog, Memories, Animal

  Terhune, Albert Payson (2014). “A Book of Famous Dogs”, p.79, Read Books Ltd

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• Truly, Autumn is my season,” the scarlet beast chorted. “Spring and Summer and Winter all begin with such late letters! But Autumn and Fall, I have loved best, because they are best to love.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Summer, Spring, Fall

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• Was there any fate more bitter than to get what you long for most, when it's too late?

  Laini Taylor

  Fate, Long, Too Late

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• I love language, words, and all the lovely, exciting, and heart wrenching things you can do with them. Pick the right ones, put them in the right order, and you’ve created a moment in time where the reader forgets about the late car payment, the dirty dishes, the impending workweek. You have created a state of bliss. Or negligence, depending on your perspective.

  Darynda Jones

  Dirty, Heart, Language Words

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• It's nothing. A school project. My go-to answer for anything. Staying out late? School project. Need extra money? School project.

  Jay Asher

  School, Needs, Answers

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.17, Penguin

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• I stare at him. "You can't risk not winning. Not because of me." Sean doesn't lift his eyes from the counter. "We make our move when you make yours. You on the inside, me on the outside. Corr can come from the middle of the pack; he's done it before. It's one side you won't have to worry about." I say, "I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick." Now he looks at me. He Says, very softly, "It's late for that, Puck.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Moving, Eye, Winning

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• Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.

  Jonathan Tropper

  True Love, Pain, Answers

  "The Book of Joe". Book by Jonathan Tropper, 2005.

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• Interesting" people were her favorite hobby. She collected them: the type who did gay things late at night and smoked cigarettes in mixed company, those would have most scandalized her own mother.

  Anna Godbersen

  Mother, Gay, Night

  Anna Godbersen (2011). “Beautiful Days”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• Will-," Tessa began but it was too late, Church made a yowling noise at being woken, and lashed out with his claws. Will began to swear. Tessa left, unable to hide the slightest of smiles as she went.

  Cassandra Clare

  Church, Too Late, Noise

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.525, Simon and Schuster

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• No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.

  Julia Cameron

  Dream, Art, Selfish

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.10, Souvenir Press

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• Can you hear the dreams crackling like a campfire? Can you hear the dreams sweeping through the pine trees and tipis? Can you hear the dreams laughing in the sawdust? Can you hear the dreams shaking just a little bit as the day grows long? Can you hear the dreams putting on a good jacket that smells of fry bread and sweet smoke? Can you hear the dreams stay up late and talk so many stories?

  Sherman Alexie

  Dream, Sweet, Smell

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• Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late.

  Joseph Campbell

  Regret, War, Ignorance

  Joseph Campbell (2008). “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, p.101, New World Library

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• Told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered.

  Jane Austen

  Too Late

  Jane Austen (2010). “Sense and Sensibility”, p.280, Bethany House

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• You'll have to leave my meals on a tray outside the door because I'll be working pretty late on the secret of making myself invisible, which may take me almost until eleven o'clock.

  S. J. Perelman

  Doors, Secret, Meals

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• You are still young, free.. Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. One day it will be too late.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Motivational, Inspiring, Travel

  FaceBook post by Jhumpa Lahiri from Jul 23, 2012

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• You got a problem?" "Aside from the fact that we are about to die? No. But I want to say thank you before it is too late.

  Diana Pharaoh Francis

  Too Late, Want, Facts

  Diana Pharaoh Francis (2009). “Bitter Night: A Horngate Witches Book”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

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• ...To be honest, I'd be the last person who should be doling out gardeinng advice. I don't have the patience for growing things. Yes, I realize there's nothing quite as satisfying as eating food that you've pulled up from the ground and that's why, at the height of the planting season, I bury cans of tomato soup in my backyard and dig them up in late spring.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Spring, Advice, Backyards

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• I got to thinking—when it was too late—you have to reach out to people. To your family, too. You can't just let them sit there, you should put your hand out. If they slap it back, well you reach out again if you care enough. If you don't care enough, you forget about them, if you can.

  Cynthia Voigt

  Thinking, Hands, People

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• Rain amplifies your mistakes, and water on the track can make your car handle unpredictably. When something unpredictable happens you have to react to it; if you’re reacting at speed, you’re reacting too late. And so you should be afraid.

  Garth Stein

  Mistake, Rain, Track

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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• The thing about plummetting downhill at fifty miles an hour on a snack platter - if you realize it's a bad idea when you're halfway down, it's too late.

  Rick Riordan

  Snacks, Ideas, Too Late

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• I learn things late-and only the hard way.

  James Ellroy

  Way, Hard Way, Hard

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