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Might Have Been Quotes (page 10)

Suzanne Collins quote: "To me, there's no point in talking about things that might..."
To me, there's no point in talking about things that might have been. Suzanne Collins
Contrary to popular belief and hope, people don't usually come running when they hear a scream. That's not how humans work. Humans look at other humans and say, 'Did you hear a scream?' because the first scream might have been you screaming inside your head, or a horse backfiring. Terry Prachett
Hang on . . .” Harry muttered to Ron. “There’s an empty chair at the staff table. . . . Where’s Snape?” "Maybe he's ill!" said Ron hopefully. “Maybe he’s left,” said Harry, “because he missed out on the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again!” “Or he might have been sacked!” said Ron enthusiastically. “I mean, everyone hates him —” “Or maybe,” said a very cold voice right behind them, “he’s waiting to hear why you two didn’t arrive on the school train.” Harry spun around. There, his black... J. K. Rowling
(..) and they would imprint upon each other's lips such a long and languishing kiss, that a little straw cigar might have been smoked during the time it lasted. Nikolai Gogol
She gave me this look? she might have been watching from a lifeboat as the ship went down. Or maybe it was the other way around. Haruki Murakami
Beyond the window, some kind of small, black thing shot across the sky. A bird, possibly. Or it might have been someone's soul being blown to the far side of the world. Haruki Murakami
Fernando Pessoa quote: "Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts..."
Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me! Fernando Pessoa
Edward Gorey quote: "I don't think anything might have been. What is, is."
I don't think anything might have been. What is, is. Edward Gorey
Thomas Love Peacock quote: "But still my fancy wanders free. Through that which might have..."
But still my fancy wanders free. Through that which might have been. Thomas Love Peacock
He would be a consul no doubt by and by, at some foreign port, of the language of which he was ignorant; though if ignorance of language were a qualification he might have been a consul at home. Mark Twain
And at last father flung the rug off as if it were hampering him and strode over to the table saying, 'cocoa, cocoa!'-- it might have been the most magnificent drink in the world; which, personally, I think it is. Dodie Smith
Paul Auster quote: "But lost chances are as much a part of life as chances taken,..."
But lost chances are as much a part of life as chances taken, and a story cannot dwell on what might have been. Paul Auster
My dear Mr. Schwartz, you appeared in the nick of time. It might have been a drama on the stage! I am very much in your debt. Agatha Christie
Well, sure, but I don't bring God into it. I think shower massage might have been invented by the devil. God invented the missionary position. Janet Evanovich
... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go down or are cast upon the shore, wrecks of what they might have been Louisa May Alcott

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