Seconds Quotes - Page 6

• They lay there for a few seconds, in the dark, in the future, listening to the fabulous clockwork of their hearts and lungs, and loving each other

  Michael Chabon

  Heart, Dark, Listening

  Michael Chabon (2012). “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content): A Novel”, p.380, Random House

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• What's with what you're wearing?" Griggs asks while we stand outside waiting for the others. "It's pretty hideous, isn't it?" I say. "Don't force me to look at it," he says. "It's see-through." That kills conversation for a couple of seconds.

  Melina Marchetta

  Couple, Waiting, Looks

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• It's kind of funny...the moments on which life hinges. I think growing up you always imagine your life - your success - depends on your family and how much money they have, where you go to college, what sort of job you can pin down, starting salary...But it doesn't, you know. You wouldn't believe this, but life hinges on a couple of seconds you never see coming. And what you decide in those few seconds determines everything from then on... And you have no idea what you'll do until you're there.

  Marisha Pessl

  Jobs, Growing Up, Couple

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• I am the flying saucer man from another world trapped on yours until they come to rescue me. One day the saucer will land. Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane will open the hatch and tell me to get in before someone tries to blow up the ship. I'll just ask what took them so long. Within seconds we'll be out of here.

  Henry Rollins

  Blow, Men, Land

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• Shouldn't that be flipped right-side up?" I asked. "No," she said, eyes on the cards. After several moments of heavy silence, said, "You will destroy that which is undead." I waited about thirty seconds for her to continue, but she didn't. "Wait, that's it?" She nodded. "That's what the cards say to me.

  Richelle Mead

  Eye, Waiting, Silence

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• They'd been standing like that for thirty seconds of forever.

  Markus Zusak

  Forever, Thirty, Standing

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.388, RH Childrens Books

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• It should take you about four seconds to walk from here to the door. I'll give you two.

  Truman Capote

  Doors, Two, Giving

  Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.63, Vintage

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• There was Tyson moving into the Poseidon cabin, giggling to himself every fifteen seconds and saying, "Percy is my brother?" like he'd just won the lottery. Aw, Tyson," I'd say. "It's not that simple.

  Rick Riordan

  Brother, Moving, Simple

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds.

  John Flanagan

  Battle, Ifs

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• Jim eyed me for a couple of seconds, then got off the bed and went to curl up on the pile of blankets I'd arranged as its bed. "I don't suppose you'd care to lend me a couple hundred euros?" I pointed at the wall. It turned its back to me so I could get into the nightgown Perdita had lent me. "You are not going to bet on me. Or against me. No betting whatsoever. Got that?" Jim huffed and settled down for the night. "You sure do know how to take all the fun out of life. Bet you even made Drake use a condom.

  Katie MacAlister

  Wall, Couple, Fun

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• And he waited. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like a small forever.

  Neil Gaiman

  Forever, Felt

  Neil Gaiman (2009). “The Graveyard Book”, p.164, A&C Black

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• Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry." I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on her face, more than the words themselves. Not always rational," she said, smiling. "But you're the best kind of crazy.

  Jim Butcher

  Crazy, Humble, Men

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• The average TV commercial of sixty seconds has one hundred and twenty half-second clips in it, or one-third of a second. We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes for thinking.

  Ray Bradbury

  Thinking, Average, People

  "Fahrenheit 451". Book by Ray Bradbury, 1953.

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• Failure is just a few seconds away from success.

  John Flanagan

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• People don’t really want to know anything about you. They just want you to fit into their little predetermined slots. They decide what you are in the first two seconds, and they only get nervous or upset if you don’t live up to their snap judgments.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Two, People, Upset

  "Strange Angels". Book by Lilith Saintcrow, 2009.

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• Imagine you are walking down a leafy path...The sun is receding, and you are walking alone, caressed by the breezy light of the late afternoon. Then suddenly, you feel a large drop on your right arm. Is it raining? You look up. The sky is still deceptively sunny...seconds later another drop. Then, with the sun still perched in the sky, you are drenched in a shower of rain. This is how memories invade me, abruptly and unexpectedly.

  Azar Nafisi

  Memories, Rain, Light

  Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.59, Random House

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• As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.

  Hans Zimmer

  Life, Adventure, Needs

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• Witihin seconds the headhunter had lost control of his car and it squealed, sliding sideways right into several other cars. Cool!' said the Gasman.

  James Patterson

  Car, Sideways, Lost

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• I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.

  David Levithan

  Kissing, Long, Skins

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.96, Egmont UK

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• I hate both of my parents right now: for sitting quietly in our house, while out in the darkness my heart was beating away all of the seconds of my life, ticking them off one by one until my time was up; for letting the thread between us stretch so far and so thin that the moment it was severed for good they didn't even feel it.

  Lauren Oliver

  Hate, Heart, House

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• Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost to himself. “There’s only one reason I can think of that they might do that,” Umar said. “That’s if they are going to execute them.” Will lookd at him for several seconds before speaking. “Well, that’s a big comfort.

  John Flanagan

  Thinking, Speaking Well, Waiting

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• Where are the cops when you need them? (Nick) Probably eating beignets. As the old saying goes, when seconds count, the police are just minutes away. (Caleb)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Police, Needs, Cop

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “Chronicles of Nick”, p.212, St. Martin's Griffin

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• The trouble with aggressive nonsmokers is that they feel they are doing you a favor by not allowing you to smoke. They seem to think that one day you'll look back and thank them for those precious fifteen seconds they just added to your life. What they don't understand is that those are just fifteen more seconds you can spend hating their guts and plotting revenge.

  David Sedaris

  Revenge, Hate, Thinking

  David Sedaris (2010). “Barrel Fever”, p.127, Hachette UK

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• People took what they wanted, they clutched at coincidences, the few there were, and made a life from them. . . . Choices are made in brief seconds and paid for in the time that remains.

  Paolo Giordano

  People, Choices, Coincidence

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• He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything.

  Sarah Dessen

  Optimism, Fearless, Enough

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.223, Penguin

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