Quotes About Pause

the stranger met every remark; not a thoughtful pause, but rather as though he wondered if it were worth while to make any answer.

They stood, caught in the eternity of a moment.

The pause that followed felt very important. It was one of those moments in a marriage when you have to make a critical decision with alarming speed and the consequences could last a long time, even forever.

Stop. Revive. Survive

Can I join you at lunch?" She paused. "You have every other day." He laughed, a sound as musical as the chiming song of the lupine fey when they ran. "Yes. But you resented it every other day." "What makes you think I won't resent it today?" "Hope. It's what I live on...

Good night, Seth." "So you're running again, then?" One of his boots thudded on the floor. "I'm not running." The other boot hit the floor. "Really?" "Really. It's just—" She stopped; she didn't have anything that would finish that sentence and be honest. "Maybe you should slow down, so I can catch you." He paused, waiting.

What gives me so much pause, and makes me feel so badly, [is] that the country is willing to be that intolerant and not understand the empathy that's necessary to understand other groups' situations.

That's it for today.

I paused, deciding which story to pluck from my quiver and shoot in his direction" -Eve

You gotta take it easy some time,

Just resting my eyes." Susan gave her grandmother's favorite reply

I pray that in the heat of planning, of running, of achieving and performing, that you would pause. Hear the Lord calling you to draw close to him. God loves you, and as unbelievable as it is, he wants to be with you. Find some time today to climb up in your Father's arms, let him drive the universe, and just rest. He's a strong dad. And you never get too big for his lap.

Life's pulse is gauged in the hollows, the intervals between events.

Would she understand that time had stopped while she was gone.

I pretended I was pausing before telling him about the secret feeling of joy I hide in my chest, waiting, waiting, waiting for someone to notice that I rise each morning, seemingly with nothing to live for, but I do rise, and it is only because of this secret joy, God's love, in my chest.

The boy looks at his teacher. The sun is shining into his eyes and he squints, and there is a pause wherein the shining of the sun and the squinting of the boy are the only two movements on earth.

Just a sec. Just two months. Just a lifetime. Just a sec.

They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug

Every once in awhile the human race pauses in the job of botching its affairs and redeems itself by a noble work of the intellect.

Either the car is stationary, or it's on the move.

There is no braking system on the boat. Either go forward or stop altogether.

We can only stop our watches, but not real time itself.

So we literally made the earth move? A slight pause, before Kaleb said, I suggest we don't engage in sex in populated areas.

The King paused at the door, suddenly looking almost shy. "I don't wish to be bold, or to instruct you of matters that are none of my concern," he began, and I froze, fearful of what was coming. "But I like you in blue," he finished, and disappeared.