Too Late Quotes - Page 17

• 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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• It was Adam, but he was too late. He couldn’t love me anymore. He would be so angry with me. I had to hide. He didn’t love me so he might hurt me when he was angry. When he calmed down, that would hurt him. I didn’t want him hurting because of me. There was nowhere for a person to hide. So I wouldn’t be a person. My eyes fell on the shelves that lined the far back corner. A coyote could hide there.

  Patricia Briggs

  Hurt, Eye, Coyotes

  Patricia Briggs (2010). “Iron Kissed: Mercy Thompson”, p.148, Hachette UK

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• Lissa lowered her voice and added, "I might not even go to school anyway. I might defer and join the Peace Corps and go to Africa and shave my head and dig latrines." "Shave your head?" I said, because, really, this was the most ludicrous part of the whole thing. "You? Do you have any idea how ugly most people's bare heads are? They've got all kinds of bumps, Lissa. And you won't know until it's too late and you're flat-out bald.

  Sarah Dessen

  School, Ideas, Voice

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.117, Penguin

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• It's too late," she said. "Don't say that." His voice was half a whisper. "I love you, Tessa. I love you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love You, Voice, Half

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.468, Simon and Schuster

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• Tessa had begun to tremble. This is what she had always wanted someone to say. What she had always, in the darkest corner of her heart, wanted Will to say. Will, the boy who loved the same books she did, the same poetry she did, who made her laugh even when she was furious. And here he was standing in front of her, telling her he loved the words of her heart, the shape of her soul. Telling her something she had never imagined anyone would ever tell her. Telling her something she would never be told again, not in this way. And not by him. And it did not matter. "It's too late", she said.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Heart, Boys

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• All I know is that I've wasted all these years looking for something, a sort of trophy I'd get only if I really, really did enough to deserve it. But I don't want it anymore, I want something else now, something warm and sheltering, something I can turn to, regardless of what I do, regardless of who I become. Something that will just be there, always, like tomorrow's sky. That's what I want now, and I think it's what you should want too. But it will be too late soon. We'll become too set to change. If we don't take our chance now, another may never come for either of us.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Change, Thinking, Years

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• Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Opportunity, Views, Life Is Like

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• You want what you can’t have. I see it in your eyes. The pain that fills your nights is because of my pack of lies. I’ve opened up the door for you to walk away. There’s a better path for you even though I want you to stay. I’ve broken the rules, I’ve veered from the path but when I met you I knew to save you was worth the wrath. Let me leave now before it’s too late. Let me leave now before you know what I am and your love becomes hate.

  Abbi Glines

  Pain, Hate, Lying

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• 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

  Thank You, Gratitude, Quality

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