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Quotes About Pause

Life is a vacation from two eternities.
~ William S. Burroughs
All life is a nap. The more naps you take the better.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Can we all pause a moment to appreciate the artistry of that sentence? "Sitting casually on the floor, a guard sat..." That's freaking art right there! Someone nominate this thing for the Hugo Award already!
~ Jim C. Hines
Vai assim, vem outro café, se pita um bom cigarro.
~ João Guimarães Rosa
Statio—stopping to collect our hearts and minds before we begin something new—is the sign that we know we are about to do the will of God for the world. We know that we must not go at it when we are scattered of heart.
~ Joan D. Chittister
Are you entirely sure of that knot?' asked Morveer. 'There is no place in the plan for a lengthy drop'. 'Twenty-eight strides', said Friendly. 'What?' 'The drop'. A brief pause, 'That is not helpful'.
~ Joe Abercrombie
She had no history and nothing to plan for. It was all over for the time being. She just was.
~ Ann Morgan
It felt like a piece of punctuation in a run-on sentence.
~ Ann Napolitano
I had no idea that you would come up with this mad scheme. How did you enlist your mother in your wickedness? What lies did you tell her?" "None. From the first, my mother has known exactly who you are." His nonchalant reply knotted her stomach with shame and anger. How could he be so careless of her reputation? "Your mistress?" After a fraught pause, Lachlan's voice emerged deep and steady. "The woman I want to marry.
~ Anna Campbell
Clic Clac. Plus personne ne bouge. Moment suspendu. Bonheur.
~ Anna Gavalda
I'm with my friend TJ. He came and got me and brought me to his flat. I was a bit shocked though, but I'm fine.' There was a pause, and Rosie knew what was coming next.
~ Anna Smith
Really? Brilliant. Thanks, Don.' 'Listen. If you're coming up, leave it for at least an hour or two,
~ Anna Smith
When in doubt, don't kill anyone.
~ Annalee Newitz
Simon?" Charlie finally said. "It was just a mouse." "I know," he replied. "A small mouse." He sighed. "I know." "So," Alan said after a long pause. "That's Namid's terrible creation?" "Yeah. That's Meg.
~ Anne Bishop
It was the hour when snow goes blue and streetlights come on and a hare may pause on the tree line as still as a word in a book.
~ Anne Carson
paused in the ineluctable presence of the other, and inhaled.
~ Anne Enright
To use an electronics analogy, closing a book on a bookmark is like pressing the Stop button, whereas when you leave the book facedown, you've only pressed Pause.
~ Anne Fadiman
He lifted his hand to knock, but then he stopped. He could go neither forward nor back, so he simply stayed that way—hand frozen in the air.
~ Anne Ursu
She laughed—and then stopped.
~ Annie Barrows
Have a break, have a Kit-Kat.
~ Anonymous
You deserve a break today.
~ Anonymous
If you want it to be as perfect as it can be, then you have to learn to ride the pause. Stay in the moment.
~ Evelyn Adams
Her life was the significant pause between two glances in a mirror. ( paraphrased from The Beautiful and Damned)
~ F Scott Fitzgerald
smoking had come to be an important punctuation mark in the long sentence of a day on the road.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald