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Once Quotes (page 146)

We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once it’s gone – its value is incontestable. Joyce Carol Oates
Fred started to follow, but Nita caught him in cupped hands, holding him back for a moment. "Fred! Did we do right?" Even here she couldn't keep the pain out of her question, the fear that she could have somehow have prevented his death. But Fred radiated a serene and wondering joy that took her breath and reassured her and filled her with wonder to match his, all at once. Go find out, he said. Diane Duane
Voltaire quote: "After all, it is no more surprising to me to be born twice..."
After all, it is no more surprising to me to be born twice than it is to be born once. Voltaire
Mahatma Gandhi quote: "One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they..."
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. Mahatma Gandhi
He flung his arms around her neck, but only once he saw Silvertoungue's back was turned. He never knew with fathers. "I'll save him, Meggie!" he wispered in her ear. "I'll bring Dustfinger back. This story will have a happy ending. I swear! Cornelia Funke
And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope. For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. Barack Obama
Jimmy Buffett quote: "Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in..."
Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time. Jimmy Buffett
About as genuine as tea made from a bit of paper which once lay in a drawer beside another piece of paper which had been used to wrap up a few tea leaves from which tea had already been made three times. Soren Kierkegaard
Margaret Fuller quote: "Let every woman, who has once begun to think, examine herself"
Let every woman, who has once begun to think, examine herself Margaret Fuller
Tom Stoppard quote: "If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice."
If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice. Tom Stoppard
The painter once believed in something, but now he paints only a hole without meaning, without anything- nothing but nothingness, the nothingness of our time. George Grosz
Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often given to wonder what's so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there, and what's so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell... Douglas Adams
Daniel Boone quote: "I've never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three..."
I've never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once. Daniel Boone
He began to trace a pattern on the table with the nail of his thumb. "She kept saying she wanted to keep things exactly the way they were, and that she wished she could stop everything from changing. She got really nervous, like, talking about the future. She once told me that she could see herself now, and she could also see the kind of life she wanted to have - kids, husband, suburbs, you know - but she couldn't figure out how to get from point A to point B. Jodi Picoult
It would be best if this obscure chapter in the history of the world were terminated at once, if these ugly people were obliterated from the face of the earth and we swore to make a new start, to run an empire in which there would be no more injustice, no more pain. J. M. Coetzee

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