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Quotes About Arrival

Anyway, I arrived in New York City safely- a girl so freshly hatched that there was practically yolk in my hair (13).
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
If a cab would be kind enough to appear, I'll take it.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
The station was crowded by the time the express pulled up. I felt then, as I do now, that there is no joy like the arrival of a train [...] particularly a European train that will carry you south.
~ Elizabeth Kostova
La velocidad de la oscuridad ha de ser superior a la de la luz, por el sencillo razonamiento de que, cuando la luz llega a un sitio, la oscuridad ya está allí.
~ Elizabeth Moon
And there they were, arrived; and it was San Salvatore; and their suit-cases were waiting for them; and they had not been murdered.
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
Hey! Not so fast, or we might arrive on time. Freedom means never arriving on time—never, never!
~ Alfred Jarry
By two-thirty, the Caird was a little more than 3 miles off the coast
~ Alfred Lansing
But the dawn did come—at last.
~ Alfred Lansing
The next night was quite different. They came at sundown to a settlement. The houses were brown and homelike
~ Alice Dalgliesh
but I know I never really arrive.
~ Alice Notley
Change will arrive suddenly for me.
~ Alice Notley
I have all faith in you. I will look to your coming when spring walks in the land.
~ Alison Croggon
He was coming home.
~ Alison Croggon
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.                                                    George F. Will
~ Alison James
scolding look. 'Mistress Celia and her companion only arrived home a few minutes before
~ Alys Clare
At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.
~ Lou Holtz
At Ellis Island, I mean, you didn't go there if you arrived in first class. It was only the poorest, the people in the worst shape.
~ James Gray
My first port of call was Los Angeles. That's where I laid my first foot on America.
~ Elaine Chao
It's funny, but when I arrived in California to start college I was much more interested in becoming a surfer and cruise along in life from one beach to the next. I didn't plan out any huge career for myself.
~ Benicio Del Toro
For months, my parents had been trying to prepare me for the arrival of a real sibling. They had given me a doll to play with and encouraged me to take care of her. And when the baby, a little boy they named Rahm, finally arrived, they encouraged me to help take care of him, too.
~ Ezekiel Emanuel
A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent.
~ Stuart Woods
'Arrival' talks very little about language and how to precisely dissect a foreign language. It's more a film on intuition and communication by intuition, the language of intuition.
~ Denis Villeneuve
I'm hoping to be recognized in Europe, because that would truly indicate that the Tampa Bay Rays have arrived on the continent.
~ Joe Maddon
The car that brought you here still runs.
~ Richard Hugo