O Quotes
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“ONE MORE CHNCE. Words that my mother heard, more than once. Words that women debate. Whether you CAN forgive and whether you SHOULD trust. I think of all the judgment from society, friends, and family, the overwhelming consensus seeming to be that you should not grant someone who betrayed you a second chance. That you should do everything you can to keep the knife out of your back, and to protect your heart and pride. Cowards give second chances. Fools give second chances. And I am no coward, no fool.”
“One more cockeyed optimist thrown under the reality bus.”
Source: Lucky Bastard
“one more creature dizzy with love”
Source: The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993
“One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”
Source: Lord of Chaos
“One more death would make no difference. He was already damned.
It was for his queen.
It was for his queen.”
Source: The Paragon
“One more drink and I'd have been under the host.”
“One more drink and I'll be under the host.”
“One more drink and you're dead. This is no way to talk to a suicide head.”
Source: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“One more game," somebody behind her said, and somebody else said, "But who's going to be It?”
“One more item for the delusional Miss Grundys still obtusely citing Reagan as their model of “niceness”: As governor of California, Reagan gave student protesters at Berkeley the finger. Remember that next time you ask yourself: “What would Reagan do?” People who are afraid of ideas whitewash Reagan like they whitewash Jesus. Sorry to break it to you, but the Reagan era did not consist of eight years of Reagan joking about his naps.”
“One more joy I had failed to consider: that I can talk strangers into reading books that I love.”
Source: The Bookshop Strikes Back
“One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley.”
“One more love
That can't be fulfilled
In this world
There must be a destiny
For the salvation hug
For the redemption kiss
Just one moment
How it feels to love
Above the danger and risk”
Source: Hollow: a Love Like a Life
“One more minute of this, and she’d be a certifiable simpleton.”
“One more month," he said finally. "And then they—and Samuel, too—will just have to get used to it. His eye is the color of a bitch with dark chocolate, worst few years and he leaned forward. "And you will marry me."
I smiled, showing my teeth. "Don't you mean, ‘will you marry me?’"
I meant it to be funny, but his eyes brightened until the gold flecks were swimming in the darkness. "You had your chance to run, coyote. It's too late now.”
Source: Silver Borne
“One more never ends.”
“One more night’s sleep, and he might feel life still had some point.”
Source: Wizard
“One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.”
“One more piece of sky in the jigsaw puzzle of our school.”
Source: Shift
“One more point I`ll just make about [Michael] Flynn is that we`re already seeing, and we`ve seen Democrats come forward and start to express their opposition.”
“One more ray of sun and I will be rotten.”
Source: Tropic of Cancer/Tropic of Capricorn
“One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like.”
“One more royal trait properly belongs to the poet. I mean his cheerfulness, without which no man can be a poet,--for beauty is his aim. He loves virtue, not for its obligation, but for its grace; he delights in the world, in man, in woman, for the lovely light that sparkles from them. Beauty, the spirit of joy and hilarity, he sheds over the universe.”
Source: Representative Men: Seven Lectures
“One more salt to try," Kellan said, reaching into the box. He brought a jar of black, flaky crystals up to the light. "Black diamond finishing salt. Extremely rare and too bold for those with meek palates. But, for a true connoisseur, the flavor is incomparable." He lowered her head and torso to the ground and pushed her sweater up to expose her stomach and ribs. "I want to sample it on your skin.”
Source: The Trouble with Cowboys
“One more secret smile. One more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for.”
Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale
“One more sign of how perfect Damen is—he keeps a pair of trunks in his car.”
Source: The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland
“One more spin around the sun... Ain't nuthin' changed. Still got trouble on my mind. Still got suckas that need to get dealt with... Still in mortal combat with the wicked....”
“One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.”
“One more stage, one more limo, one more run for your life.”
“One more such victory and we are undone.”
“One more thing...”
“One more thing about women's external genitals. The name for the whole package of female genitalia is "vulva." "Vagina" refers to the internal reproductive canal that leads up to the uterus. People often use "vagina" to refer to the vulva, but now you know better.”
Source: Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
“One more thing, don't forget the music box. I'll be honest, I never liked that puppet thing... It was always...Thinking...”
“One more thing," I said because I couldn't help myself. "Mallory, if your middle name is Audrey and your initials are M. A. K.. -"
She raised an index finger. "Don't say it, Beantown."
"We are totally calling you Mack now."
"Mallory fumed. "My friends in Belfast used to call me that. Constantly."
That wasn't a no so I decided we had permission.”
Source: Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead
“One more thing. She wears Patchouli. Every tart in Montmartre wears it. Place Pigalle reeks of it. If she wants to carry out her pose as an aristocrat, she ought to refine her tastes.”
Source: Luncheon of the Boating Party
“One more thing
when they call you a bitch, say thank you. say thank you, very much.”
Source: New American Best Friend
“One more thing, one more time.”
“One more thing," Jace said. "Is there a holy place around here?" “Good idea. If you're going to take on a lair of vampires by yourself, you'd better pray first.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“One more thing," Megan said, stopping Doug in his tracks. His shoulders slumped and he turned around. "What? You want my kidney?" "I want in on the next ultimate Frisbee game," Megan said. Doug grinned. "You're playing skins." Megan grinned back. "We'll see about that.”
Source: Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys
“One more thing. I sold the mustang. Too conspicuous. Don't get too excited, but I bought you a little something with the extra cash. I heard you've had your eye on a Volkswagen. The owner is dropping it by tomorrow. I paid for a full tank of gas, so make sure she delivers.”
Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale
“One more thing: don't spend too much time merely reading. The best part of this work is the play, so play and enjoy!”
“One more thing: don’t feel bad for not telling me that you loved me. You didn’t need to say it. I knew all along that you did.”
“One more thing: Linda, can you get to Canterbury and take over my Chaucerian Society? They're at Dovecote Hostelry in the old city. We're visiting all the scenes of the great murders. Tomorrow they want to see where Becket was killed. They're a bloodthirsty lot, it seems.”
“One More Time: But even though I've failed spectacularly and often, I've also learned that all the worst failure does is create momentary shame, and eventually that too will turn into motivation, however slow or belated.”
Source: The Messy Joys of Being Human: A Guide to Risking Change and Becoming Happier
“One More Time: It's not linear and it's not reliable for a long while, but starting to trust yourself more is a very cool feeling. The next round will be different.”
Source: The Messy Joys of Being Human: A Guide to Risking Change and Becoming Happier
“One More Time: Tell yourself what you're proud of, but also be honest about where you're slacking. These check-ins are not just to make you face the scale the next morning, but rather to support your intention to change.”
Source: The Messy Joys of Being Human: A Guide to Risking Change and Becoming Happier
“One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.”
Source: When Beauty Tamed The Beast: Number 2 in series
“One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me. I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.”
Source: The Hunger Games Trilogy
“One more time? We've done this. We've done this at least four times where there's a new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. None of these programs have worked. I don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. All it does is delay the clearing of the market. As soon as the market clears and we understand where the prices really are - that will be the most important thing we can do in order to improve home values around the country.”
“One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal Green - one more, and my bosom Feels new life with an ecstasy.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated)