Quotes of: Last Keyword

Indeed, for the last three years, he had carefully avoided her, as a result of the natural cowardice so characteristic of the stronger sex...

Madame Bovary

My last two girlfriends both had the same name—and they looked similar. One looked older than the other, but they were in fact the same person.

Sleepwalking is restercise

That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells and the totter-moss between, but something in the hearts of men.

The Shield Ring

Your penis betrayed you, son. Made you think stupid. It won't be the last time that happens.

Sh*t My Dad Says

But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.

The Sea of Trolls

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

The Sense of Wonder

Everytime I hold you is the last time I hold you, I've known that since the very first time.

The Swimmer

... it was with an unusual intensity of pleasure, a pleasure destined to have a lasting effect upon his character and conduct...

Swann's Way

It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

I plant a gentle parting kiss on his lips, our strategy is well and truly screwed at this stage anyway. We barely lasted a day.

True Calling

...friends were more important than lovers - not least for the fact that friendships generally lasted longer than relationships.

In One Person

You are speaking...as if the pleasure were one thing and the memory another. It is all one thing... what you call remembering is the last part of the pleasure.

Out of the Silent Planet

When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.

The Princess Bride

But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, 'The last truth is that there is no magic.

Prince of the Blood

Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.

The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last forever.

The Pocket Pema Chodron

How you die out in me: down to the last worn-out knot of breath you're there, with a splinter of life.

Poems of Paul Celan

Old love, middle love, the kind of love that knows itself and knows that nothing lasts, is a desperate shared wildness.

The Plague of Doves

Hope is the last thing that dies. Maybe because hope is one of those dratted things that is truly, honestly, genuinely immortal.

The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Before I can say anything else, he steps forward and takes my face in his hands. Then he's kissing me one last time.

Prodigy

When they told him this, Ransom at last understood why mythology was what it was -- gleams of celestial strength and beauty falling on a jungle of filth and imbecility.

Perelandra