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long time Quotes

24 of the best book quotes about long time
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“Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.”
Jeff VanderMeer
author
Annihilation
book
Biologist
character
unanswered question
longing for answers
long time
concepts
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“May summer last a hundred years.”
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“I spent a long time trying to find my center until I looked closely at it one night & found it had wheels and moved easily in the slightest breeze. So now I spend less time sitting and more time sailing. ”
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“When she played her music even the night demons stopped their work & it took them some time to remember what it was they were doing & the best of them had no stomach for it for a long time after that.”
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“Don’t you hear it? She asked & I shook my head no & then she started to dance & suddenly there was music everywhere & it went on for a very long time & when I finally found words all I could say was thank you. ”
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″ So much of the ritual had been forgotten or discarded. ”
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“Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. ”
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“Ove has probably known all along what he has to do, but all people at root are time optimists. We always think there’s enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding on to words like ‘if.‘”
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“‘Months are different in college,’ Levi said, ‘especially freshman year. Too much happens. Every freshman month equals six regular months—they’re like dog months.’”
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“It’s clear to me now that I have been moving toward you and you toward me for a long time. Though neither of us was aware of the other before we met, there was a kind of mindless certainty bumming blithely along beneath our ignorance that ensured we would come together.”
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“Waiting for my cake takes hour and hours.”
Room
book
Jack
character
time
long time
cake
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“Sometimes you cry, Susie, even when someone you love has been gone a long time.”
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“It’s clear to me now that I have been moving toward you and you toward me for a long time. Though neither of us was aware of the other before we met, there was a kind of mindless certainty bumming blithely along beneath our ignorance that ensured we would come together.”
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“It had been a long time ago, but also, it was no time at all.
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“I’ve been worried for a long time. I’ve just been doing what I could. I don’t really have much choice.”
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“In the end, the train stood 2 hours motionless in the middle of nowhere. Every minute seemed like an eternity.”
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“Time felt crept by slowly, with clear malice towards me. All I could do was grip my teeth and try to hold back my tears...”
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“Instant gratification takes too long.”
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“Sutra 1.14: sa tu dîrgha-kâla-nairantarya-satkârâsevito drdha-bhûmih” Translation: When this practice is done for a long time, and with sincere devotion, then the practice becomes a firmly rooted, stable, and solid foundation.
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“Edward had not been out for a long time; he began to feel sad. Just then the Driver and Fireman came along to start work. The Driver looked at Edward. ‘Why are you sad?’ he asked. ‘Would you like to come out today?”
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“The piglets took as long as they could having their baths and made a great many puddles and splashes in the bathroom, but at last Mother Pig got them upstairs.”
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“Father Pig went out into the night and carried the blanket bundle to the middle of the bridge. There he leant over the parapet and shook Mrs Wolf into the swirling depths of the big river. And she was not heard of again for a very long time.”
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“Michiel, though, had secretly decided that war was a very exciting business, and he hoped it would go on for a long time. He changed his mind soon enough. In fact, his first doubts came after only five days.”
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“The boy did not remember his age. He knew he had lived a long, long time.”

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