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Quotes About Impatience

Sometimes, Tiffany thought, I am so fed up with being young.
~ Terry Pratchett
Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past like a stampede.
~ Terry Pratchett
If he went over the falls now, he might get to the bottom before they did. That wasn't a good sentence, however he tried it.
~ Terry Pratchett
No, he must possess her if he could — to-day, quickly, as soon as possible. It was in that frame of mind that he returned to Mrs. Bracebridge's home from his visit to Lorrie Street.
~ Theodore Dreiser
Delay in justice is injustice.
~ Walter Savage Landor
Instant gratification is bringing this planet to its knees.
~ Giles Coren
He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird
~ Karen Chance
Great. I'd been dumped in Hell's waiting room.
~ Karen Chance
Oh, he rarely gets angry. But he is perpetually irritated.
~ Karen Hawkins
Christian : You two gonna stand there fucking each other with your eyes all night, or can we get on with it ?
~ Karen Marie Moning
Tell them, Gabrielle," Adam urged impatiently. Blinking, Gabby nodded. "I have one of the, er… fairies here with me –" "Tuatha Dé," Adam corrected irritably. "You're bloody well making me sound like Tinkerbell.
~ Karen Marie Moning
What the feck?" Dani snapped when I answered. "You sleep like the fecking dead up there! I been calling you for five fecking minutes!
~ Karen Marie Moning
I return my attention to the situation at hand and realize Reality—the impatient bitch—has made my decision for me. She does that a lot. You get busy planning your life, then it has the nerve to just go ahead and happen to you before you're ready. Before you even get the chance to aim yourself right!
~ Karen Marie Moning
He bristles with impatience. I feel the lust rolling off him, the violence beneath it. "You said you wanted something. What is it, Ms. Lane?" I smile coolly. "The deed to my bookstore, Barrons. What else?
~ Karen Marie Moning
So"--he gestured impatiently--"when will you marry him?" "Who?" She seethed, plucking at the folds of her gown. Clouds passed over the moon, momentarily obscuring him from her view. His eerily disembodied voice was mildly reproaching. "Try to follow the conversation, lass. Quinn." "By Odin's shaft--" "Spear," he corrected with a hint of amusement in his voice.
~ Karen Marie Moning
as jittery as a caffeine addict outside a closed Starbucks.
~ Karen Robards
I was like a child leaving a gift unwrapped, the anticipation more exciting than the reality.
~ Karen White
They were simply the moanings of sperm cells locked away too long in scrotums.
~ Katherine Clark
My insides started itching and my feet started hopping, one then the other,because they were 10 min. Past being ready to go.
~ Katherine Hannigan
I'm terrible with patience.
~ Katherine Heigl
It gets more exciting," Imogen assured her. "You must be patient, Galina." "If it takes too long, I'll be dead," Nana replied.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
We ain't got time for a goddamn poetry recital. An' your juices feel like rain on the inferno? What the fuck is that, is that from the letter you wrote to penthouse?
~ Garth Ennis
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.
~ Brian Adams
As long as you are following God's will, friend Kline. But even God sometimes becomes impatient. You know the story of Jonah, friend Kline? How many whales do you suppose God will deign send to swallow you? When does God run out of whales?
~ Brian Evenson