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Missed Quotes (page 40)

And wasn't it terrible, how much he looked forward to those moments, so much so that sometimes even a ride by himself on the subway was the best part of the day? Wasn't it terrible that after all the work one put into finding a person to spend one's life with, after making a family with that person, even in spite of missing that person...that solitude was what one relished the most, the only thing that, even in fleeting, diminished doses, kept one sane? Jhumpa Lahiri
Now Coraline," said Miss Spink, "what's your name?"Coraline," said Coraline."And we don't know each other, do we?"Coraline looked at the thin young woman with black button eyes and shook her head slowly. Neil Gaiman
He had the air of a spy in a melodrama, missing nothing, liking nothing, looking forward to the great day when everything would be turned upside down. Kurt Vonnegut
But why must everything have a practical application? I'd been such a diligent soldier for years - working, producing, never missing a deadline, taking care of my loved ones, my gums and my credit record, voting, etc. Is this lifetime supposed to be only about duty? In this dark period of loss, did I need any justification for learning Italian other than that it was the only thing I could imagine bringing me any pleasure right now? Elizabeth Gilbert
Mark Twain quote: "Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most."
Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. Mark Twain
Suzanne Collins quote: "I miss him so badly it hurts."
I miss him so badly it hurts. Suzanne Collins
Very strange things comes to our knowledge in families, miss; bless your heart, what you would think to be phenomenons, quite ... Aye, and even in gen-teel families, in high families, in great families ... and you have no idea ... what games goes on! Charles Dickens
He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best. Nicholas Sparks
He saw it for the first time: on the day he died he would be wearing unmatching socks, there would be unanswered e-mails, and in the hovel he called home there would still be shirts missing cuff buttons, a malfunctioning light in the hall, and unpaid bills, uncleared attics, dead flies, friends waiting for a reply and lovers he had not owned up to. Ian Mcewan
Nicole Polizzi quote: "I never knew how much I missed pickles and pickle juice. It's..."
I never knew how much I missed pickles and pickle juice. It's like, an overwhelming feeling that I can't even explain. Nicole Polizzi
Will Rogers quote: "Never miss a good chance to shut up."
Never miss a good chance to shut up. Will Rogers
Lingering here, bored and comfortable, was a form of self-punishment tinged with pleasure, or the expectation of it; if she went away something bad might happen or, worse, something good, something she could not afford to miss. Ian Mcewan
The Guide says that there is an art to flying," said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack likes in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams
Wayne Gretzky quote: "You miss hundred percent of shots you never take."
You miss hundred percent of shots you never take. Wayne Gretzky
I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths that are incapable of statement in prose. There are no such truths; there is nothing about death that Swinburne and Landor knew but Epicurus and Heidegger failed to grasp. Rather, it is because I would have lived more fully if I had been able to rattle off more old chestnuts—just as I would have if I had made more close friends. Richard Rorty

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