Quotes about wait
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“My mama used to say, 'Are you sad? Then just wait a minute.”

Shannon Hale book Book of a Thousand Days

Source: Book of a Thousand Days

“Mahoney: "Thirty-seven seconds. Great, well done; now we wait."

Mr. Magorium: "No, we breathe, we pulse, we regenerate. our hearts beat, our minds create, our souls ingest. Thirty-seven seconds well used is a lifetime.”

Suzanne Weyn book Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Source: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Soul, Waiting, Heart

“A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.”

Christopher Paul Curtis book Bud, Not Buddy

Source: Bud, Not Buddy

Love, World, Flowers, Waiting

“Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: How They Met, and Other Stories

Music, Waiting

“Bite your lips, little brother… Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now… Wait. Clench your teeth and wait…”

Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor

Hate, Waiting, Cry, Anger

“Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

Waiting

“Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

Men, Beauty, Waiting

“Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

Death, Waiting

“She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It was immaculate anonymity.”

Alice Sebold book The Lovely Bones

Source: The Lovely Bones

World, Imagination, Time, Waiting

“What's a mediator you ask? Oh, a person who acts as a liason between the living and the dead. Hey, wait a minute… what're you doing with that strait jacket?-Suze Simon's imagination”

Meg Cabot book Twilight

Source: Twilight

Imagination, Waiting, Personality, Dead

“As for oblivion, well, we can wait a little while for that.”

Anne Rice book The Vampire Lestat

Source: The Vampire Lestat

Waiting

“They're waiting for you. Go on in." Adrian leaned close to Keith's ear and spoke in an ominous voice."If. You. Dare.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

Waiting

“Why does it take girls so long to shower?” he demanded. “Mortal girls, Shadowhunters, female warlocks, you‘re all the same. I‘m not getting any younger waiting out here.”
-Magnus to Clary, pg.272-”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Girl, Waiting

“There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.”

Ann Brashares book The Last Summer

Source: The Last Summer

Way, Waiting

“The non-fiction bestseller lists frequently prove that we all want to know more about everything, even if we didn't know that we wanted to know - we're just waiting for the right person to come along and tell us about it.”

Nick Hornby (1957) English novelist

Waiting, Personality

“She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.”

Haruki Murakami book Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Variant: I sometimes think that people's hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what's at the bottom. All you can do is guess from what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

People, Imagination, Thinking, Waiting

“We'll be friends until forever, just you wait and see”

A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author

Waiting

“Please God, please suh, don't let him love nobody else but me. Maybe Ah'm is uh fool, Lawd, lak dey say, but Lawd, Ah been so lonesome, and Ah been waitin', Jesus. Ah done waited uh long time.”

Zora Neale Hurston book Their Eyes Were Watching God

Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God

Love, God, Fools, Time

“If a man wants to be romantically involved with you, he tries to kiss you. That's the entire story, and if he doesn't kiss you, there is never a reason to wait around for him.”

Curtis Sittenfeld (1975) Novelist, short story writer

Source: The Man of My Dreams

Kiss, Waiting

“It's first owner… well, things didn't turn out too well for her. Her name was Helena.'
Piper let that sink in. "Wait, you mean the Helena? Helena of Troy?'
Annabeth nodded.
"And it's just sitting in your toolshed?”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

Waiting

“If we wait until life is in order before making our decision, we'll never make any”

Judith McCoy Miller (1944) American writer

Source: An Uncertain Dream

Life, Decision, Waiting

“It's a coffee cup."
She could hear the irritation in her own voice. "I know it's a coffee cup."
"I can't wait till you draw something really complicated, like the Brooklyn Bridge or a lobster. You'll probably send me a singing telegram.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

Coffee, Singing, Waiting, Drawing

“Don't cross me Scooby-Doo. I'm not an old man in a mask waiting to be thwarted by you meddling kids.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Infinity

Waiting

“You gotta wonder about someone who would be dumb enough to fallo a person as crazy as him!
wait, I think I just insulted myself
- ganju”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Thinking, Waiting, Personality

“Some women waited for a night in shining armor. She, apparently, had ended up with a knight in black jeans and leather, who wanted to chase her down and have his evil way with her.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Bayou Moon

Women, Way, Evil, Waiting

“The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change.”

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer

Source: The Hero With a Thousand Faces

Beauty, Light, Change, Waiting

“Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiting and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it.”

Jenny Nimmo (1944) British author of children's books

Source: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

Hope, Waiting

“I wrestled futilely, then relaxed as a vine wrapped three times around my throat and squeezed.
Right," I choked out, and shut my eyes. "I'll wait here, then.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Thin Air

Time, Waiting

“I've seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

Beauty, Waiting

“When you quit drinking you stop waiting.”

Caroline Knapp (1959–2002) American writer

Source: Drinking: A Love Story

Drink, Waiting

“Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him.”

Walker Percy book Love in the Ruins

Source: Love in the Ruins

Singing, Waiting

“Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he’s standing in front of you”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Love, Waiting

“Waiting for your
answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At
least let me know whether or not I hurt you.”

Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

Pain, Waiting, Hurt

“We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes.”

Winston S. Churchill book The Second World War

Radio broadcast, London, Dieu Protège La France [God protect France], October 21, 1940 ( partial text http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/LaFrance.html). <br class="br">The Second World War (1939–1945)

Fish, Waiting

“Wait, wait, wait.” V waved his hand-rolled around. “I’m the son of a deity and she picked you?”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

Source: The King

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