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Momentous Quotes (page 108)

The conversation had turned again to those moments, by now enriched by a private mythology, when they first set eyes on each other Ian Mcewan
Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downsing that is sure to follow. David Sedaris
I love you,' Marius whispered suddenly, passionately as a mortal man might. 'I have always loved you. I wish that I could believe in anything other than love at this moment; but I can’t. Anne Rice
Laura Lippman quote: "Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it...."
Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for. Laura Lippman
I'd drink your blood if I could and hook you into every memory inside me, every heartbreak, frame of reference, temporary triumph, petty defeat, mystic moment of surrender. Anne Rice
Joseph Addison quote: "Oh! think what anxious moments pass between. The birth of..."
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between. The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods. Joseph Addison
I believe that what separates humanity from everything else in this world? spaghetti, binder paper, deep-sea creatures, edelweiss, and Mount Mc. Kinley? is that humanity alone has the capacity at any given moment to commit all possible sins? --Hey Nostradamus! Doug Coupland
Do you really think ... that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to. To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not -- there is no weakness in that. Oscar Wilde
What are you reading?" Polonius asked."Words, words, words," said Hamlet."And what's the subject?"Lesser than the king, but still not nothing."It took polonius a moment to realize he had answered another meaning of 'subject.' "I mean what do you read about?"All in a line, back and forth." said Hamlet. "I go from left to right with my mind full, and then must drop it there and head back empty-headed to the left side again, and take up another load to carry forward. It's a most tedious job, and... Orson Scott Card
But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them. J. K. Rowling
Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run now, Fire Girl," says Thresh. I don't need to be told twice. I flip over and my feet dig into the hard-packed earth as I run away from Thresh and Clove and the sound of Cato's voice. Only when I reach the woods do I turn back for an instant. Thresh and both large backpacks are vanishing over the edge of the plain into the area I've never seen. Cato kneels beside Clove,... Suzanne Collins
T. S. Eliot quote: "This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you..."
This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy. T. S. Eliot
The experts are right, he thought. Venice is sinking. The whole city is slowly dying. One day the tourists will travel here by boat to peer down into the waters, and they will see pillars and columns and marble far, far beneath them, slime and mud uncovering for brief moments a lost underworld of stone. Their heels made a ringing sound on the pavement and the rain splashed from the gutterings above. A fine ending to an evening that had started with brave hope, with innocence. ("Don't Look Now") Daphne du Maurier
Jodi Picoult quote: "When the door opens, I realize that the only thing worse than..."
When the door opens, I realize that the only thing worse than waiting is the moment you realize a decision has been made. Jodi Picoult
Suddenly, I viddied what I had to do, and what I had wanted to do, and that was to do myself in; to snuff it, to blast off for ever out of this wicked, cruel world. One moment of pain perhaps and, then, sleep forever, and ever and ever. Anthony Burgess

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