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Timing Quotes (page 668)

There must still be room for the falling note, of course. Even in an undying world there are times when beauty passes from sight, or love passes from the heart, and we feel the sorrow of partition. Clive Barker
Henri Matisse quote: "for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we..."
...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions. Henri Matisse
Jenny Holzer quote: "A sense of timing is the mark of a genius."
A sense of timing is the mark of a genius. Jenny Holzer
Dante Alighieri quote: "There is no greater sorrow. Than to recall a happy time. When..."
There is no greater sorrow. Than to recall a happy time. When miserable. Dante Alighieri
If you are thinking about something that happened a long time ago: Somebody asked you a question and you did not know the answer. That is my name. Richard Brautigan
For the first time, also, I felt what the duties of a creator toward his creature were, and that i ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
You won't forget me, Peter, will you, before spring-cleaning time comes? Of course Peter promised, and then he flew away. He took Mrs. Darling's kiss with him. The kiss that had been for no one else Peter took quite easily. Funny. But she seemd satisfied. J. M. Barrie
After all, what was the whole wide world but a place for people to yearn for their heart's impossible desires, for those desires to become entrenched in defiance of logic, plausibility, and even the passage of time, as eternal as polished marble. Richard Russo
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
It is difficult when reading the description of certain fictional characters not at the same time to imagine the real-life acquaintances who they most closely, if often unexpectedly, resemble. Alain de Botton
Diligence and Application have their due Encouragement, even in the remotest Parts of the World, and that no Case can be so low, so despicable, or so empty of Prospect, but that an unwearied Industry will go a great way to deliver us from it, will in time raise the meanest Creature to appear again in the World, and give him a new Case for his Life. Daniel Defoe
Nancy Astor quote: "One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am..."
One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. Nancy Astor
Most of us forget to take time for wonder, praise and gratitude until it is almost too late. Gratitude is a many-colored quality, reaching in all directions. It goes out for small things and for large; it is a God-ward going. Faith Baldwin
The Reverend William Trent, whose mind was of a serious order, had several times warned his elder sister that too lively a sense of humour frequently led to laxity of principle. She now perceived how right he was; and wondered, in dismay, whether it was because he invariably made her laugh that instead of regarding the Nonesuch with revulsion she was obliged to struggle against the impulse to cast every scruple to the winds, and to give her life into his keeping. Georgette Heyer
Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms and said, "Darling, love me!" I wanted to shake her,' answered Mrs. Jo, wiping her pen with energy. Louisa May Alcott

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