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I am ashes where I once was fire, And the bard in my bosom is dead; What I loved I now merely admire, And my heart is as grey as my head.
— William Shakespeare
Cyrus had once claimed that revenge was what made the world go round. Back then Evie had argued with him that it was love. But now she knew better.
— Sarah Alderson
I so wanted out of this conversation, but it was like a car accident: Once you started spinning, you could only wait and see what you hit.
— Laurell K. Hamilton
Little Jesus, was Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me?
— Francis Thompson
Seen on a poster: I once asked a child what the meaning of life was. "Feed the kitties," she said, "feed the kitties.
— Bren McClain
It was once said that religion explains in terms of agents what science explains in terms of processes.
— Anthony Peake
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I told you once that [our marriage] was like an adolescent's dream of what marriage should be like. That hasn't changed.
— Ronald Reagan
Once again, vague terminology helped conceal what was really going on.
— Michael Crichton
Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.
— Gyorgy Ligeti
The motionless person was once full of life in one moment in time. What a misery?
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A wise man was once asked what was the most difficult truth in life to uncover. His reply was: 'to know thyself'.
— Jean Sasson
Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.
— Paulo Coelho
What once was broken can be fixed.
— Nicole Williams
What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights.
— Hillary Clinton
Someone asked me once what my philosophy of life was, and I said some crazy thing. I should have said, how the hell do I know?
— Rock Hudson
What is a Miracle? It is something that was once thought Impossible but became Possible with FAITH.
— R.v.m.
This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.
— Seneca The Younger
I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.
— Rebecca Ferguson
Just once I knew what life was for.
— Anne Sexton
Man was engaged in a mad scramble for power and knowledge, but nowhere is there any hint of what he meant to do with it once he had attained it. He
— Clifford D. Simak
I had a girlfriend once. All we ever talked about was our relationship. That's what we did instead of having one.
— David Gilmour
Mother Theresa once said that what hurt people more than poverty or illness was feeling that they weren't needed.
— Jude Deveraux
I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, 'What do you want, a shopping list?' They kept asking, 'What's in this picture?'
— Howard Hodgkin
I once punched a bloke in the face for saying 'Hawk the Slayer' was rubbish, when what I should have said 'Dad, you're wrong.'
— Bill Bailey
She kissed back, once again content to let me take her for a ride wherever I was going. "What a beautiful mess we're in," I murmured.
— Shelly Crane
What was once dormant is now a Creeping Thing
— Ishmael Reed
What a beautiful world it was once. At least a river of it was.
— Norman Maclean
She tried to scream once, but with significant portions of her larynx already compromised, what she managed was more of a powerful, wet exhalation.
— James S.A. Corey
I remembered what it was like to die-the pain, the fear, the doubt, and the unknown. Somehow I had cheated death once. Now I was about to try again.
— Rick Chiantaretto
While my college had done an excellent job recruiting me, I had no road map for what I was supposed to do once I made it to campus.
— New York Times
Have you even held a command? Nikolai asked. I'd once led a seminar of junior mapmakers, but I didn't think that was what he meant.
— Leigh Bardugo
That was terribly thoughtless of you. What good is having friends if they don't put you in mortal peril every once in a while?
— Brandon Sanderson
I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager ... my response? Great players.
— Casey Stengel
Once I opened a book, I felt compelled to finish it. I was drawn into a world, and I had to know what would happen, how it would end.
— Marissa Moss
Why do people even take photographs, anyway? They're just reminders of what once was and what you'll never get back. It's so masochistic.-Dom
— Daria Snadowsky
Our current plight is not made inevitable by human nature. What once was could be again - in a new way.
— Gloria Steinem
It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.
— Nina LaCour
Divorce is not merely separating; it is the tearing apart of what was once joined together.
— T.D. Jakes
What you are, I once was. What I am, you will become.
— Isaac Marion
Craftsmanship, his Uncle Cornelius had once told him, was just a fancy word for what happened when labor met love.
— Dennis Lehane
What was the truth? he wondered. How important was it to know? And once he knew, what then?
— Brian Evenson
This was what it was. The ruin of it. The depth of it. Have it once and you can have it again. That's the riddle. That's the truth.
— Alice Hoffman
Secrets are festering parasites to a relationship, devouring their hosts from within, leaving behind a empty hollow husk of what once was.
— Mark W. Boyer
He wished for access to all the world's languages at once, for then he would have a better word for how he felt and what she was.
— Julie Anne Long
In zazen, one is one's present self, what one was, and what one will be, all at once.
— Peter Matthiessen
Nature was taking back what had once been hers.
— Nevada Barr
No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define what is a bird. — Emma Lazarus
We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once.
— Peter Akinola
Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter
— Christopher Paolini
I got pulled over when I was behind the wheel of a Porsche in Philly once for what we call DWB - Driving While Black.
— Charles Barkley
We've taken what was just once a racetrack and made it a multifaceted gaming destination for the entire region.
— Steve Martin
As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.
— Robin S. Sharma
What was once your pain, will be your home.
— Emily Saliers
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Putting a label [homosexual] on myself was a big step forward ... once I said, 'Yes, that's me, that's what I am,' I was able to work with it.
— Barbara Gittings
Consumer society begins at the moment when what was once the province or function of the family and community migrates to the marketplace.
— John McKnight
what is now in the past was once in the future'.
— Anonymous
"Then what do you see?" asked Irene, who perceived at once that for her not to believe him was at least as bad as for him not to believe her.
— George MacDonald
This is what I like about photographs. They're proof that once, even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect.
— Jodi Picoult
Doolittle once told me that he wasn't afraid of me. He was afraid of what I might become in spite of myself. His fears were coming true. "Power
— Ilona Andrews
Everything is imprinted for ever with what it once was.
— Jeanette Winterson
Once again the thing to do was not to think too deeply, just keep her thoughts nice and level and focused on what she had to do.
— Terry Pratchett
Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.
— Nicolas Ghesquiere
I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.
— John Sayles
Somebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, 'Don't try.' That fits the writing, too. I don't try; I just type.
— Charles Bukowski
Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.
— Patrick Rothfuss
