Quotes about pass
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“Don't pass it by--the immediate, the real, the only, the yours.”

Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
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“Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.”

Source: The Color Purple

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“No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.”

Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002), Chapter 12
Context: Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through, is now like something from the distant past. We're so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about every day, too many new things we have to learn. New styles, new information, new technology, new terminology... But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone. And for me, what happened in the woods that day is one of these.

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“Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

16 August 1925
Enough Rope (1926)

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“Keep passing the open windows.”

Source: The Hotel New Hampshire

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“Book love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.”

Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) English novelist (1815-1882)

Speech at the opening of an art exhibition at Bolton Mechanics' Institution (7 December 1868)

“When they passed the centaur king's cell, Volos pointed at Regin and slid his forefinger across his throat.

She replied, "Hey, didn't I see you in a donkey show down in Tijuana? No? You've got a twin then--”

Kresley Cole American writer

Variant: When they passed the centaur king’s cell, Volós pointed at Regin and slid his forefinger across his throat.

She replied, “Hey, didn’t I see you in a donkey show down in Tijuana? No? You’ve got a twin then—
Source: Dreams of a Dark Warrior

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“Seth trotted over to Kendra. Bringing good luck as usual
It was a weak pass okay”

Brandon Mull (1974) American fiction writer

Source: Rise of the Evening Star

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“I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.”

Early career years (1898–1929)
Source: The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War (1898), Chapter III.

“I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they're either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live.”

Frank Bruni (1964) American journalist

Source: Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater

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“The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom.”

Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian

Wired interview http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.09/stewart.html?pg=2&topic=stewart&topic_set=, September 13, 2005
Context: The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom. That's all it is. All those media companies say, "We're going to make a killing here." You won't because it's still only as good as the content.

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“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”

Of Revenge
Essays (1625)
Variant: Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.

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“Don't get up gentlemen. I'm only passing through!”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
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“You know things have gone bad when military marches pass for pop music.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: Witch & Wizard

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“A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness”

Bk. I, l. 1
Endymion (1818)
Context: A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

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“Pass the damn ham, please.”

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

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“Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.”

Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) English poet

Who Has Seen the Wind? http://www.repeatafterus.com/title.php?i=1191, st. 2 (1872).

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“The land is all too shallow
It is painted on the sky
And trembles like the wind-shook rain
When the Raven King passed by”

Susanna Clarke (1959) British author

Source: Jonathan Strange i pan Norrell. Tom 3

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“Gloom is but a shadow of a cloud passing by”

Source: Life of Pi

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“We all love conflagrations. When the sky changes color, it is a dead man's passing.”

André Breton (1896–1966) French writer

Source: The Magnetic Fields

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“But the Silent Brothers have tried everything to separate Jace from the heavenly fire, and they can't do it. It's in his soul. So what's their plan, hitting Sebastian over the head with Jace until he passes out?”

"Brother Zachariah said pretty much the same thing. Maybe with less sarcasm."
Clary Fray and Jace Herondale, pg. 100-101
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)

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“But you grab a moment, or you let it pass.”

Mitch Albom (1958) American author

The Time Keeper
Variant: But you grab a moment, or you let it pass.
He let it pass.

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