Quotes by category:Missing

She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil's lair. She wasn't innocent now, but she didn't know what to do about it. This was her life: magic and shame and secrets and teeth and a deep, nagging hollow at the center of herself where something was most certainly missing.

magic girl missing

Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.

succeed missing thinking

Muhammad Ali could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.

missing hands moving

I LOVE THE COMEDY CLUBS AND THE CLOSENESS OF THE CROWD. HOWEVER THE MORE YA DO THE BIG ROOMS THEY START TO BECOME YOUR HOME AS WELL AND YOU ADJUST TO THE SURROUNDINGS. I LOVE THEM BOTH. I MISS THE CLUBS BUT THATS WHAT YA WORK FOR TO DO THE BIG ROOMS!

Larry the Cable Guy

crowds missing home

I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I've done, but it was right for me.

i-love-my-family missing people

When you miss the target, never in history has it been the target's fault. Ya gotta take responsibility!

target responsibility missing

Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies. by Larry Wall

Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.

genes missing enemy

Miss Havisham is a glitch in the smooth functioning of the Patriarchy, enforcing awareness of a moment of social disaster and personal shame, something it seems she would want us to forget (but no one would forget). (Maybe an interesting "discussion question" for readers of Complicated Grief might be, "What do Terry Barton and Miss Havisham have in common?"?)

grief missing interesting

I'd love to do movies and be on TV. But I think if I transitioned into TV/film completely, I would really miss singing and dancing. It would be ideal to be cast in a movie musical!

dancing missing thinking

Until the missing story of ourselves is told, nothing besides told can suffice us: we shall go on quietly craving it.

missing goes-on stories

Since there is no one else to praise me, I will praise myself -- will say that I have never tampered with a single tooth in my thought machine, such as it is. There are teeth missing, God knows -- some I was born without, teeth that will never grow. And other teeth have been stripped by the clutchless shifts of history -- But never have I willfully destroyed a tooth on a gear of my thinking machine. Never have I said to myself, 'This fact I can do without.

teeth missing thinking

I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasn't slick and sophisticated enough for this. What do you say to boyfriend A when he finds you naked in the bed of boyfriend B? Especially if boyfriend A turned into a monster the night before and ate someone. I bet Miss Manners didn't cover this at all.

Laurell K. Hamilton

missing night sex

There is some comfort in killing that which has hurt you, but it is cold comfort. It'll destroy things inside of you that the original pain wouldn't have harmed. Sometimes it's not a question of whether a piece of your soul is going to go missing, only which piece it's going to be.

Laurell K. Hamilton

pain hurt missing

He had the air of a spy in a melodrama, missing nothing, liking nothing, looking forward to the great day when everything would be turned upside down.

great-day missing air

Life and work are not things apart. Work is more than gaining privileges and possessions; it is ongoing, ecstatic, LIVING experience. When we tap into living experience, we no longer feel as though we must be king. We can just be ALIVE at work! When we live in the bliss, there is no difficulty which is insurmountable. If we miss the bliss, there is no compensation which is adequate.

ongoing kings missing

Don't you miss it?" I say. "Being free." He laughs. by Lauren DeStefano

Don't you miss it?" I say. "Being free." He laughs.

Lauren DeStefano

being-free missing laughing

I'll miss Hollywood. Of the twenty friends I thought I had, I'll... by Lauren Bacall

I'll miss Hollywood. Of the twenty friends I thought I had, I'll miss the six I really had.

hollywood twenties missing

Daniel Grigori!" Arriane hooted through her hands. "No!" Daniel h... by Lauren Kate

Daniel Grigori!" Arriane hooted through her hands. "No!" Daniel hooted back without missing a beat.

beats missing hands

Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black. She has a knife, knife, knife, stuck in her back, back, back. She cannot breathe, breathe, breathe. She cannot cry, cry, cry. Thats why she begs, begs, begs. She begs to die, die ,die...

Laurie Faria Stolarz

knives black missing

...if you are one tardy away from missing out on a big competition, you should probably make your coffee at home.

coffee missing home