Quotes About Moment

It was like a trapeze act: How could you really tell at what second the acrobat pushed away, at what moment the anchor let go? You couldn't, and that was that. You and your deductions from the outcomeL a successful landing or a spiraling fall.

He kissed her so gently she wondered if she had imagined it. She pulled back slightly, to look into his eyes. And then there was a shot.

Sometimes I think there's a beast that lives inside me, in the cavern that's where my heart should be, and every now and then it fills every last inch of my skin, so that I can't help but do something inappropriate. Its breath is full of lies; it smells of spite. And just at this moment, it chose to rear its ugly head.

When the universe calls, don't place it on hold.

If I hadn't left at that moment, I knew I would have stayed forever.

I also know that when you're in the thick of living your life, you don't often get to push pause and reflect on it. It's just really hard to sit in the moment, and not worry if pause is going to turn into stop.

A staccato kiss

When the life left a person, it wasn't by degrees. It was instant, like someone pulling down a shade on a window. The

he would see this moment forever—one of life's gallery of pictures—

I've thought a lot about it: how you can ricochet from a moment where you are on top of the world to one where you are crawling at rock bottom. I've thought about all the things I could have done differently, and if it would have led to another outcome. But thinking doesn't change anything, does it?

When you're seventeen, it's all about the now, not the after.

For years, Thisbe will later think of that one moment in the field as the only time she was ever sure about anything in her life.

Real life happens in real time, and decisions have to be made in an instant.

I shall never shine 'til some animating occasion calls forth all my powers.

Things can harden meaningfully in the moment of indecision

The snaplight hit the beast square in the face. And did nothing

But then, at what moment, of all our moments, is life not utterly, utterly changed, until the final, most momentous change of all?

But then, at what moment, of all our moments, is life not utterly, utterly changed, until the final, most momentous change of all? We

By? mo?e caÅ'e ?ycie jest zaledwie dÅ'ugim przygotowaniem do chwili, w której siÄ™ z nim rozstajemy.

something inside me seemed to shift and slide, and for a moment I felt nauseous, and panic sent a hot bead rolling down my spine. ... Slowly the nausea gave way to a stifling sensation, as if an invisible caul were being pulled down over my head and shoulders.

And my life is changed forever. But then, at what moment, of all our moments, is life not utterly, utterly changed, until the final, most momentous change of all?

He held it out to Maude, who leaned forward, keeping her eyes locked on his as the cigarette began to spark, and then she sat back again, her left hand poised on the mattress behind her. She continued to stare at him before turning her face towards the ceiling and blowing a great cloud of white smoke in the air, as if she was preparing to announce the election of a new Pope.

I like 'fresh fruit flan', said the donkey. Three excellent words. I don't have one, said Noah immediately before the question could even be asked, and the donkey opened his eyes wide in suprise, and for a moment Noah wondered whether he might even consider eating him.

Beklager så meget , sa han. Jeg er ikke helt meg selv i kveld. Saken er nemlig den at jeg er død i dette øyeblikk.