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Quotes About Arrival

The German steamer Frankfurt had been the first to respond to the CQD call, but she was more than 170 miles, and many hours, away. The Cunard liner Carpathia was roughly 58 miles from the Titanic and had sent a message saying they were coming as quickly as possible and expected to be there within four hours.
~ Hugh Brewster
Arriving half-drunk in a foreign place is hard on the nerves. You have a feeling that something is wrong, that you can't get a grip.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
üks inimene, kes ootab teist, on nagu matemaatiline tehe, mil pole emotsioonidega mingit pistmist. Ootab. Üks inimene ei tee lihtsalt tükil ajal midagi, kuni teine kohale jõuab.
~ Ian Mcewan
If only she could, like the mother of Jesus, arrive at that swollen state by magic.
~ Ian Mcewan
The double doors separating the private dining room from the rest of Bernard's swung open. A tall broad-shouldered body filled the doorway. Hugh d'Ambray strode into the room.
~ Ilona Andrews
My brother arrived some months after my father left. Um, and he ah, was thus eight years younger than me and it was um, you know, it was such a time that my mother probably had people wondering was it his.
~ Thomas Keneally
When I first arrived at Napoli, I was the ball boy, which meant that I got to watch as the legends trained. Then, once I joined the youth team as a young teenager, I was a midfielder just like Tardelli.
~ Fabio Cannavaro
American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.
~ John Amery
I felt like I'd culturally arrived when a character on the HBO show 'True Blood' was reading a hardback of 'Heartsick' at Sookie's kitchen table.
~ Chelsea Cain
Here it comes. My inevitable death, ignoring me all those years when I wished for it daily, arriving only after I've decided I want to live forever.
~ Isaac Marion
People don't really look forward to flying that much. It's like they want to get to the place, but they don't look forward to the experience.
~ David Neeleman
If it is peace you seek then you need only turn and walk away. Leave." "To leave here is to arrive elsewhere. I cannot retreat from disorder, for it shall surely follow. Peace must be asserted where one finds oneself. Only when discord is resolved will there be peace.
~ Steven Erikson
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
~ Steven Erikson
Uh-huh. We're about … five minutes away? Maybe less? … Still can't believe it: a real murder!
~ Stuart MacBride
Proud parents document the arrival and growth of their future CIA officer in all forms of social media that the world can access for decades to come.
~ David Petraeus
I am flying blindly but sure to meet some day...wait for me!
~ Archana Singh
It's time to leave, though i've never really been arrived.
~ Siska Astriana
We come here (literally) reaching for intimacy and love. But it seems soon after our arrival, we're made to believe that they're luxuries not necessities.
~ Rashod Ollison
Only fate would decree how it reached its destiny, which always waited just around the corner, over the hill...
~ Virginia Alison
Svitalo je, kada je Filip stigao na kaptolski kolodvor. Dvadeset i tri godine nije ga zapravo bilo u ovom zakutku, a znao je još uvijek sve kako dolazi: i truli slinavi krovovi i jaka buka fratarskog tornja i siva, vjetrom isprana jednokatnica na dnu mra?nog drvoreda.
~ Miroslav Krleža
Your voice will come. We all go through the same thing. You cannot talk when you first arrive. He smiled. It helps you listen.
~ Mitch Albom
Hello, Edward. I've been waiting for you.
~ Mitch Albom
At certain moments, when death is close, the veils pull back between this world and the next. Heaven and earth overlay. When they do, it is possible to glimpse certain souls already departed. You can see them awaiting your arrival. And they can see you coming.
~ Mitch Albom
And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.
~ Mohsin Hamid