A Quotes
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“A sloth once whispered in my ear and told me that when he is clinging to branches he closes his eyes and imagines that he's still a baby holding on to his mama.”
“A slow band can be great. A slow 100-metres runner is just obsolete.”
“A slow grin slid across his face, lighting his eyes with a very different, decidedly wicked glow. For the first time, she could honestly believe he'd come from the rough part of town. There was something elemental in the way he was looking at her, like a man willing to brawl, to fight with his bare hands, if that's what it took to get what he wanted. It made her skin prickle with awareness... and her muscles shudder with need.
And her heart ache with want.
"But you should know, Lei, that kissing you, feeling you kissing me back... didn't feel much like torture." He stepped in, and lowered his mouth until his lips were almost, but not quite touching hers. A mere breath of air separated their bodies.
Her breath caught in her throat as his warm, spicy-sweet breath fanned her lips... lips he'd so recently taken with his own. She quivered when he framed his hands, palms in, then moved them slowly down the outline of her body without ever once touching her. She was trembling by the time he finished.
"And this," he whispered gruffly, "is never going to go away, whether we will it or not.”
Source: Sugar Rush
“A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.”
Source: The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series
“A slow, knowing smile came over Keirah's face. Her heart filled with happiness, believing the Gwarda gypsy sitting next to her at this very moment was worthy of her beloved sister.”
Source: Magnificence
“A slow-motion hunt so gradual that the prey didn’t even realise it was being pursued, and would eventually just lie down to be mauled.
~Jane”
Source: Putney
“A slow nature such as Maurice's appears insensitive, for it needs time even to feel. Its instinct is to assume that nothing either for good or evil has happened, and to resist the invader. Once gripped, it feels acutely, and its sensations in love are particularly profound. Given time, it can know and impart ecstasy; given time, it can sink to the heart of Hell.”
Source: Maurice
“A slow smile began on Gideon's face, and his blue eyes sparkled. With a shake of his head, he put his hand on his chest, as if the sight of her was more than his heart could bear.”
“A slow smile curved over my face, and I leaned down over him. "No," I said. "Wishes are lies. Tell me you're going to leave. Tell me you're not going to stay. Tell me that it's only for a while so I can enjoy today," I whispered in his ear, as if saying it louder would break me. "And when you go, don't think me cold when I don't cry. I can't cry anymore, Pierce. It hurts too much.”
“A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but the rewards are substantial. I highly recommend wives. Especially one's own.”
Source: Mine Till Midnight
“A slow smile spread across his lips, and he threaded his fingers through mine. "I can see why I like you.”
Source: Tremble
“A slow start is better than no start.”
“A slow, tender smile spread across his face. He shrugged out of his coat, and tossed it over one arm, his dark eyes never leaving hers. Threads of Kindness”
Source: Threads of Kindness: The Eleventh Novel in the Rosemont Series
“A slowly moving queue does not move uniformly. Rather, waves of motion pass down the queue. The frequency and amplitude of these waves is inversely related to the speed at which the queue is served.”
“A slug is always on its own. It's a lonely insect.”
“A sluggish, dawdling, and dilatory man may have spasms of activity, but he never acts continuously and consecutively with energetic quickness.”
Source: Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-general U. S. Army
“A slumber did my spirit seal;
I had no human fears:
She seemed a thing that could not feel
the touch of earthly years.”
Source: The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth
“A slumpbuster is when you have to take one for the team. It's finding the biggest, nastiest, fattest broad, and you put the wood to her to come out of your slump. Also known as 'jumping on a grenade for the team'.”
“A slut is someone, usually a woman, who’s stepped outside of the very narrow lane that good girls are supposed to stay within. Sluts are loud. We’re messy. We don’t behave. In fact, the original definition of “slut” meant “untidy woman.” But since we live in a world that relies on women to be tidy in all ways, to be quiet and obedient and agreeable and available (but never aggressive), those of us who color outside of the lines get called sluts. And that word is meant to keep us in line.”
“A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.”
Source: The Poetical Works of George Crabbe. With Life. Eight Engravings on Steel
“A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.”
“A sly smirk curled at the corner of his mouth as he peered into the trunk. "Why do you have Robin Hood's toy chest?"
- Brendan Daniels”
Source: Cranberry Blood
“A small, 4.8 quake, it was unlikely many other people in my town felt it. But alone in the house, I had shaken alongside the breaking earth, 1920s carnival glass looking on.”
Source: Making Peace With Paradise: an autobiography of a California girl
“A small act is worth a million thoughts.”
“A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.”
“A small amount of wine such as three or four glasses is of benefit for the preservation of the health of human beings and an excellent remedy for most illnesses.”
Source: Moses Maimonides' Treatise on Asthma
“A small and sinister snow seems to be coming down relentlessly at present. The radio says it is eventually going to be sleet and rain, but I don't think so; I think it is just going to go on and on, coming down, until the whole world...etc. It has that look.”
“A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything.”
Source: Heretics
“A small baby step forward is still a step in the right direction. The key is to keep taking that step.”
Source: How To Not Be Broke: Stop Working Just to Pay Bills
“A small bad intention is often far more easily believed than a big one, Magnificence”
Source: Flight of the Nighthawks
“A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea.”
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“A small boy puts his hand on the wall, and looks down intently as he wriggles his toes. The birth of thought?”
“A small brazier glowed near the monk's left hand. On a lecturn before him lay pots of paints, brushes, a quill, a pen, a knife, a sizeable handbell, the tooth of some animal--and a piece of parchment.
It was the parchment that commanded the room. Until he saw it Len didn't realize how starved he had been of colour. Villagers dressed in various shades of brown and beige, like their furniture and fields and now, here, was an irruption of the rainbow, as if a charm of goldfinches had landed on the manuscript and been transfixed.”
Source: Fitzempress' Law
“A small brownish-gray terrier had been sitting on the brick, but he hopped to his feet as soon as he saw Bridget and gave one sharp emphatic bark.
"Now hush," she said to him- not that he seemed to care. She set the tin plate down and uncovered it, revealing the scraps that Mrs. Bram had saved for her.
The terrier immediately began gobbling the food as if he was starving which, sadly, he might be.
"You'll choke," Bridget said sternly. The terrier didn't listen. He never did, no matter how businesslike she made her voice. Grown men- footmen- might jump to obey her, but this scrawny waif defied her.
Bridget bit her lip. If she was forced to leave Hermes House, who would feed the terrier? Mrs. Bram might- if she remembered to do so- but the cook was a busy woman with other matters on her mind.
The dog finished his meal and licked the plate so enthusiastically that he overturned it with a clatter.
Bridget tutted and bent to pick it up.
The dog thrust his short snout under her hand as she did so and she found herself stroking his head. His fur was wiry rather than silky, almost greasy, but the dog had liquid brown eyes and seemed to smile as his mouth hung open, tongue lolling out. He was very, very sweet. She'd never been allowed a pet dog as a child. Her foster father was a shepherd and had considered dogs farm animals. A pet dog wasn't even to be thought of, especially for her, the cuckoo.
Housekeepers, and indeed servants of any kind, weren't allowed pets. Sometimes a cat might be kept to catch mice in the kitchens, but it was a working animal. Dogs were dirty things and required food and space that, technically, she didn't own.
Bridget stood and frowned down at the dog. "Shoo now."
The dog sat and slowly wagged his tail, sweeping the bricks. One of his triangular ears stood up while the other lay down.”
Source: Duke of Sin
“A small bubble of air remained unabsorbed... if there is any part of the phlogisticated air [nitrogen] of our atmosphere which differs from the rest, and cannot be reduced to nitrous acid, we may safely conclude that it is not more than 1/120 part of the whole.
[Cavendish did not realize the significance of the remaining small bubble. Not until a century later were the air’s Noble Gases appreciated.]”
“A small bubble of self-esteem percolated up from my depths.”
Source: The Fourth State of Matter
“A small business person has Uncle Sam as a partner, a partner who puts up no money, does no work, and wants 30 or 40 percent”
“A small businesses ability to gain an edge for a profitable niche is not by just focusing on the dynamic market gap, but by identifying a market within the gap.”
“A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.”
Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition
“A small change at the beginning of the design process defines an entirely different product at the end.”
“A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place to inhabit. So, don’t be afraid to take a stand .”
“A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.”
“A small comfort zone is an indication of a narrow mind.”
Source: Quantraz
“A small communication breakdown is enough for everyone to be working on slightly different things. And then you loose focus.”
“A small compassionate act enlarges the scope of community.”
“A small compromise leads to another small compromise, and finally we wind up doing something that we do not really love. It's a sneaky thing.”
Source: Cabinet Maker's Notebook by James Krenov
“A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong”
“A small country like Georgia has little influence on conflicts that must be resolved at the global level.”
“A small country like Rwanda is not ready for the expansion that its leader seeks, it should follow the wise advice of the Spartans, simply because the more they insist on expansion, the sooner they will end up ruined.”