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Quotes About Speed

Can't you go faster?" Ashley pleaded. "Any faster, and we'll be the ones needing a rescue.
~ Richie Tankersley Cusick
Rush life like a yellow light.
~ Rick Remender
I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of: a) The dark b) Cold shivers up your spine c) Strange noises d) Going so fast you feel like your face is peeling off In other words, I thought it was awesome.
~ Rick Riordan
Um, dad? I called How's it going? Percy! Annabeth whispered. We're in a hurry!
~ Rick Riordan
The thing about plummetting downhill at fifty miles an hour on a snack platter - if you realize it's a bad idea when you're halfway down, it's too late.
~ Rick Riordan
Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. Sadly, he'd had a lot of practice.
~ Rick Riordan
Nothing like ADHD and a good fight to the death to make time fly
~ Rick Riordan
Run!" Piper said. "We are running!" Jason picked up the speed. "Run better!" Leo shouted.
~ Rick Riordan
Kronos became the Titan of time. He couldn't pop around the time stream like Doctor Who or anything, but he could occasionally make time slow down or speed up. Whenever you're in an incredibly boring lecture that seems to take forever, blame Kronos. Or when your weekend is way too short, that's Kronos's fault, too.
~ Rick Riordan
The horse seemed to bend time and space as he ran, blurring the landscape and making Frank feel like he'd just drunk a gallon of whole milk without his lactose-intolerance medicine: Seven hundred and fifty miles per hour. Eight hundred. Eight hundred and three. Fast. very Fast.
~ Rick Riordan
I guess it wasn't everyday they see a yellow lifeboat with no engine going a hundred knots an hour, manned by three kids.
~ Rick Riordan
I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing.
~ Rick Riordan
Percy's thoughts: I don't recommend shadow travel if your scared of: A) The dark B) Cold shivers up your spine C) Strange noises D) Going so fast you feel like your is peeling off In other words I thought it was awesome
~ Rick Riordan
I hoped they couldn't run very fast with those stubby little legs and flippers, but they waddled along pretty well.
~ Rick Riordan
Laufen? Auch kein Erfolg. Die Waldnymphen, die mich unterrichten sollten, sausten mir sofort davon. Sie meinten, ich solle mir darüber nicht den Kopf zerbrechen. Sie hätten Jahrhunderte Übung darin, vor liebeskranken Göttern wegzurennen. Aber trotzdem fand ich es ein wenig demütigend, langsamer zu sein als ein Baum.
~ Rick Riordan
The next millisecond demonstrated how much faster I can think than react. First I thought Blitzen had spotted an actual duck. Blitzen likes ducks. Then I realized he was telling me to get down, which is hard to do when you're the last in a line of three people on horseback.
~ Rick Riordan
I just wish we could move faster.' He chin-pointed to Nico. 'I don't see how this kid is going to last one more jump. How many more will it take us to get home?
~ Rick Riordan
My thoughts were so fast that I couldn't remember the beginning of a sentence halfway through.
~ Kay Redfield Jamison
The danger isn't the river's speed, friend, but its slowness.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
Car engines were
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
I'm warning you," he said. "You don't want to run." "Why not?" "Because I'm faster than you." "Think so?" "Know so, and when I catch you--" I took off. I ran across the open field atop the cliff, and quickly realized that was a mistake. He might not be faster than me, but he was fast enough that I could hear him right on my heels.
~ Kelley Armstrong
All the bows bent simultaneously, like blades of wheat in a field blown by a sudden summer breeze; then the arrows were released with a collective sound like a church bell tolling. The shafts, flying faster than the swiftest bird, rose into the air then turned downward and fell on the crossbowmen like a hailstorm.
~ Ken Follett
Como se suele decir: una mentira da media vuelta al mundo mientras la verdad aún se está calzando
~ Ken Follett
A lie goes halfway round the world while the truth is getting its boots on.
~ Ken Follett