Quotes of: Second-city Keyword

There had come to him one of those moments of quiet despair that lie in wait for even the happiest. Stealthy-footed they leap upon us, as we walk along the street, as we sit at evening with fruit and wine upon the table and laughter on our lips, as w...

A City of Bells

I will quote one sentence from this text, namely, the one with which it ended. It was also the sentence which finally dissolved the writer’s block that had inhibited the author from starting work. I have since used it whenever I myself have been gr...

The City of Dreaming Books

A boy, if he's lucky, discovers his limitations across a leisurely passage of years, with a self-awareness arriving slowly. That way, at least he has plenty of time to heroically imagine himself first. Most boys unfold in this natural, measured way, ...

A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

I have this theory, that this will be the only city that future archaeologists find, Las Vegas. The dry climate will preserve it all and teams of scientists in the year 5000 will carefully sweep and scrape away the sand to find pyramids and castles a...

Jess Walter

And it was to this city, whenever I went home, that I always knew I must return, for it was mistress of one's wildest hopes, protector of one's deepest privacies. It was half insane with its noise, violence, and decay, but it gave one the tender secu...

Willie Morris

The thing with do-overs it’s that they don’t exist. Second chances are just another chance to mess up.

Dominion

Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.

The Dunciad

Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.

Down the River

Perhaps life is like an hour glass, with dear ones the sand that slips from the upper glass--the earth--into the second--eternity.

Elizabeth I

Smile. it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.

Head Over Heels

Yeah, well,” Nico said, “not giving people a second thought…that can be dangerous.

The House of Hades

It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.

The Art of War

A brick could be slid on a wood floor, like a rolling bowling ball, in an attempt to fill the seconds between swallows of beer. 

Blanket

a life can change in a tenth of a second. or sometimes it can take 70 years.

Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories

Ukippers are the kinds of fools who haven't noticed they're sleep-walking towards fascism. Many UKIP candidates are of the age when their parents fought in the Second World War.

Robert Webb

Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.

Eddie Bernice Johnson

What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?

Bernard Levin

I killed him, but that doesn’t mean I enjoyed every second of every month of the torture process.

$3.33

Loving for the second time isn’t sweet; it’s bitter, and hurt more than the first.

It's Just Love

It can take years to mold a dream. It takes only a fraction of a second for it to be shattered.

The Kiss of Deception

You take care of family first, friends second, and neighbors when you can.

The Shifter