Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.
Ah! what is human life? How, like the dial's tardy-moving shade, Day after day slides from us unperceiv'd! The cunning fugitive is swift by stealth; Too subtle is the movement to be seen; Yet soon the hour is up--and we are gone.
This race is not for the swift, but for the smart, for the one who knows himself as the winner
I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e. g. , my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training!
The backlash to [Sarah] Palin`s comments was swift, with veterans and veterans` groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder.
There was no Prussian bastion to stop the Scotsman's swift conquest of the territory once claimed by reason.
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die. . . Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
All the lines that held me to my life were sliced apart in swift cuts, like clipping the strings of a bunch of balloons. Everything that made me who I was - my love for the dead girl upstairs, my love for my father, my loyalty to my new pack, the love for my other brothers, my hatred for my enemies, my home, my name, my self - disconnected from me in that second - snip, snip, snip - and floated up into space.
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.
She stood, squared her shoulders. “We’ll do it. Together. ” And then she did something that shocked them both. She rose on her tiptoes and pressed a swift kiss on his lips. “Thank you for returning to help me. ” When she tried to move away, he latched onto her forearms and held her in place. His eyes were gleaming. "Next time you decide to do that…" What?" she said, stiffening. "Give you a little warning?" No. " He grinned. "Linger.
So swift, silent and furtive were his movements like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a scent, that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity against the law instead of exerting them in its defense. -Dr. Watson, The Sign of the Four
And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
I like nudging readers into a slightly different perspective, but in a sly way - I want to be the writer who slips a stiletto in and out, to make so swift and clean a cut, it's not until a chapter ends that the reader looks down and sees she's bleeding and asks what happened.
Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness
The real troublemakers are anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred. With them, problems cannot be solved. Though we may have temporary success, ultimately our hatred or anger will create futher difficulties. Anger makes for swift solutions. Yet, when we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better.
We have far more to fear from swift than from torpid government.
O time! swift devourer of all created things!
The seasons run with swift feet.
I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift. ' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she's living and standing by that.
The swift years slip and slide adown the steep; The slow years pass; neither will come again.