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Shortness Quotes (page 30)

When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, ‘Who is Tinker Bell?’ ‘O Peter,’ she said, shocked; but even when she explained he could not remember. ‘There are such a lot of them,’ he said. ‘I expect she is no more.’ I expect he was right, for fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them. J. M. Barrie
The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success. Brian Tracy
Anatole France quote: "We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn..."
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal. Anatole France
You want a piece of advice?" said Ripred."Don't bother. I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid," said Gregor."Quite the contrary. I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening." said Ripred. Suzanne Collins
The night in Lonsdale Square was cold, dark, and clear. There were two policemen in the square. When he got out of his car, they pretended not to notice him. They were on short patrol, watching the street near the flat for a hundred yards in each direction, and he could hear their footsteps even when he was indoors. He realized, in that footstep-haunted space, that he no longer understood his life, or what it might become, and he thought, for the second time that day, that there might not be... Salman Rushdie
All roads, whether long or short, are hard," said Frog. "Come, you have begun your journey, and all else necessarily follows from that act. Be of good cheer. The sun is bright. The sky is blue. The world lies before you. Russell Hoban
Madame Magloire sometimes called him ‘Your Highness.’ One day, rising from his armchair, he went to his library for a book. It was on one of the upper shelves, and as the bishop was rather short, he could not reach it. ’Madame Magloire,’ said he, ‘bring me a chair. My highness cannot reach that shelf. Victor Hugo
He appeared before me and departed. We were not able to speak to or touch each other. But in that short interval, he transformed many things inside me. He literally stirred my mind and body the way a spoon stirs a cup of cocoa, down to the depths of my internal organs and my womb. Haruki Murakami
In short, on the basis of horse sense and the best scientific information, there was nothing good to be said for the exploration of space. The time was long past when one nation could seem more glorious than another by hurling some heavy object into nothingness. Kurt Vonnegut
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "the supply of the milk of human kindness was short by several..."
the supply of the milk of human kindness was short by several gallons P. G. Wodehouse
Charlotte Bronte quote: " in short, as a man, he would have wished to coerce me into..."
... in short, as a man, he would have wished to coerce me into obedience; Charlotte Bronte
William Shakespeare quote: "Benvolio: What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours? Romeo: Not..."
Benvolio: What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours? Romeo: Not having that, which, having, makes them short. William Shakespeare
Perhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, probe, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short. Milan Kundera
Virginia C. Andrews quote: "Love, in short is the most dangerous emotion human can experience"
Love, in short is the most dangerous emotion human can experience Virginia C. Andrews
Grandma Mazur stood two feet back from my mother. "I gotta get me a pair if those," she said, eyeballing my shorts. "I've still got pretty good legs, you know." She raised her skirt and looked down at her knees. "What do you think? You think I'd look good in them biker things?" Grandma Mazur had knees like doorknobs. Janet Evanovich

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