Too Late Quotes - Page 13

• For a week I did not take off my mechanic's coverall day or night I did not bathe or shave or brush my teeth because love taught me too late that you groom yourself for someone you dress and perfume yourself for someone and I'd never had anyone to do that for.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Night, Teeth, Dresses

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• Once upon a time I would’ve leaped at the rare opportunity of curling up with Mom on the couch. But now it sort of felt like too little too late. I had someone else waiting for me.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Mom, Opportunity, Waiting

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

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• Anya made you kiss her? Yeah. And at our next stop, I'll expect you to deliver. I'll pay, William piped up. After you describe everything about that kiss you two shared. Did you cop a feel? You did, didn't you, you little hussy. I bet you moaned a lot, too. Too late for you to pay, she said in a sing song voice. Strider already offered, and I already accepted. And no, I won't do any describing. You can just imagine how sexy it was. Oh, and Willie. Just so you know, your imagination won't do it justice.

  Gena Showalter

  Sexy, Song, Kissing

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Secret”, p.152, HQN Books

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• When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and the Nazis will try to blame Hitler alone. They will make him bear the sins of the world. But it's not true. You suspected what was happening, and so did I. It was already too late over a year ago. I caused a reporter to lose his job because you told me to. He was deported. The day I did that I made my little contribution to civilization, the only one that matters.

  Iain Pears

  Jobs, Years, Civilization

  Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.321, Penguin

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• So if there is something on the planet that is worth living for, I'd better not miss it, because once you're dead, it's too late for regrets, and if you die by mistake, that is really, really dumb.

  Muriel Barbery

  Regret, Mistake, Missing

  "The Elegance of the Hedgehog". Book by Muriel Barbery, September, 2008.

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• 'Life has meaning and we grown-ups know what it is' is the universal lie that everyone is supposed to believe. Once you become an adult and you realize that's not true, it's too late.

  Muriel Barbery

  Lying, Believe, Adults

  "The Elegance of the Hedgehog". Book by Muriel Barbery, September 2008.

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• I'm listening to someone give up. Someone I knew—someone I liked. I'm listening... but still, I'm too late.

  Jay Asher

  Giving Up, Listening, Thirteen

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.146, Penguin

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• The next thing Jordana says makes me realize that it's too late to save her. "I've noticed that when you light a match, the flame is the same shape as a falling tear." She's been sensitized, turned gooey in the middle. I saw it happening and I didn't do anything to stop it. From now on, she'll be writing diaries and sometimes including little poems and she'll buy gifts for her favourite teachers and she'll admire the scenery and she'll watch the news and she'll buy soup for homeless people and she'll never burn my leg hair again.

  Joe Dunthorne

  Teacher, Fall, Writing

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• I learnt too late that what is most important to us is always most precious at the moment it occurs, and it is precious in its absolute immediacy and not as some vague confirmation of future directions; since the only certain fact, aside from death, is the flimsiness of everything.

  Luke Davies

  Important, Facts, Moments

  Luke Davies (2002). “Isabelle the Navigator”, p.78, Penguin

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• ‎I never wanted to have anything in my life that I couldn't stand losing. But it's too late for that.

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Losing, Late, Wanted

  "The Time Traveler's Wife". www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• - I don't want you to love me. - Too late, mi chava.

  Simone Elkeles

  Want, Late

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• But it was too late now. A lifetime too late. A million wishes too late.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Wish, Lifetime, Millions

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.67, St. Martin's Press

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• Odd, isn't it? He really was the right man for her in a sort of way; but then as you know, it is a law of love that the so-called 'right' person always comes to soon or too late.

  Lawrence Durrell

  Men, Law, Way

  Lawrence Durrell (2012). “The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea”, p.269, Faber & Faber

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• I don't want to hurt you," he said. "Too late.

  Susan Mallery

  Hurt, Want, Said

  Susan Mallery (2011). “Only Yours”, p.145, Harlequin

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• I dare say there's many a woman makes as sad a mistake as I have done, and only finds it out too late.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Mistake, Done, Dare

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1619, BookCaps Study Guides

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• She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but too late to go back, she had left him stranded there--like an astronaut wandering about on the moon. Alone.

  Katherine Paterson

  Home, Moon, Self

  Katherine Paterson (1995). “Bridge to Terabithia”, Hippo Bks

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• Spent the fortnight gone in the music room reworking my year's fragments into a 'sextet for overlapping soloists': piano, clarinet, 'cello, flute, oboe, and violin, each in its own language of key, scale, and color. In the first set, each solo is interrupted by its successor; in the second, each interruption is recontinued, in order. Revolutionary or gimmicky? Shan't know until it's finished, and by then it'll be too late.

  David Mitchell

  Keys, Order, Color

  David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.445, Random House

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• It was never too late to learn something. The past is unalterable in any event. The future is the only thing we can change. Learning the lessons of the past is the only way to shape the present and the future.

  Jim Butcher

  Past, Events, Lessons

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.225, Penguin

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• Miracles do occur, and it's never too late to turn your life around and reach for something better.

  Alyson Noel

  Miracle, Turns, Something Better

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• Meant to be?’ It's just something people say so that they don't have to look at all the things they did wrong and wish they could take back. Only by the time they figure that out, it's too late.

  Zoey Dean

  People, Wish, Looks

  Zoey Dean (2008). “The A-List #10: California Dreaming: An A-List Novel”, p.154, Hachette UK

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• Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act.

  Fanny Burney

  Difficulty, Situation, Ought

  "Evelina". Book by Frances Burney, letter LXVI, 1778.

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• Religion?" I asked more firmly. Patch dragged a hand thoughtfully along the line of his jaw. "Not religion ... cult." "You belong to a cult?" I realized too late that while I sounded surprised, I shouldn't have. "As it turns out, I'm in need of a healthy female sacrifice. I'd planned on luring her into trusting me first, but if you're ready now...

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Sacrifice, Hands, Healthy

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Hang on, did you just call me Angel?” I asked. “If I did?” “I don’t like it.” He grinned. “It stays. Angel.” He leaned across the table, raised his hand to my face, and brushed his thumb along one corner of my mouth. I pulled away, too late.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Angel, Hands, Thumbs

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; Finale”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• Your file was empty. Nothing. Not even an immunization record.” He didn’t even pretend to look surprised. He eased back in his seat, eyes gleaming obsidian. “And you’re telling me this because you’re afraid I might cause an outbreak? Measles or mumps?” “I’m telling you this because I want you to know that I know something about you isn’t right. You haven’t fooled everybody. I’m going to find out what you’re up to. I’m going to expose you.” “Looking forward to it.” I flushed, catching the innuendo too late.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Eye, Immunization, Looks

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• You didn't want to die. Most mortals don't, even if they find themselves in as desolate and soul-destroying a spot as you. Almost all of those who take their own lives wish at the last moment that they hadn't. They see at the end how much they've given up, how precious life is, even when it's treated them like dirt and crushed their dreams. Many think they've passed beyond hope, but they never really have, not until they pass beyond life itself. Alas, that knowledge comes too late for most would-be-suicides and they die with regret. Very few are offered the chance that you have been handed.

  Darren Shan

  Suicide, Dream, Regret

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