Short Quotes

“Writing is flying in dreams. When you remember. When you can. When it works. It's that easy.”
― Neil Gaiman

“Summer's lease hath all too short a date.”
― William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Sonnets

“I'm Razo, a member of Bayern's Own," he said, stopping himself from adding "Loafing is just a hobby of mine."
"Bayern's Own? But you're a child."
Razo looked up to the sky. "I'm not a child, I'm just short.”
― Shannon Hale, River Secrets

“It was true that Blue was just shy of five feet and it was also true that she hadn't eaten her greens, but she'd done the research and she didn't think the two were related.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Blue Lily, Lily Blue

“It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.”
― Ian Fleming, Goldfinger

“YOU YOU YOU

your eyes, thick as a high school scrapbook
crackling and yellow, curling at the edges
a book of myths
in which i do not appear.”
― Clint Catalyst, Caresses Soft as Sandpaper

“Suddenly I register that St. Clair is shorter than Josh. Much shorter. It’s odd I didn’t notice earlier, but he doesn’t carry himself like a short guy. Most are shy or defensive, or some messed-up combination of the two, but St. Clair is confident and friendly and—”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“Francis Crozier believes in nothing. Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. It has no plan, no point, no hidden mysteries that make up for the oh-so-obvious miseries and banalities. Nothing he has learned in the past six months has persuaded him otherwise.

Has it?”
― Dan Simmons, The Terror

“For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.”
― Cao Yu

“The sooner, the better!”
― Franklin W. Dixon, Hardy Boys Complete Series Set Books 1-66

“Physical size can not measure the ferocity and compassion of the heart, spirit and soul. Truly in the measure of a person, short or tall doesn’t matter at all.”
― William G. Bentrim, Short or Tall Doesn't Matter at All

“Life is NOT short! It's just by the time we catch up to appreciating it...we've already left life at least halfway behind us.”
― Sanjo Jendayi

“No matter how short or long your journey to your accomplishment is, if you don't begin you can't get there. Beginning is difficult, but unavoidable!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Twelve dead?” I said. “Jesus.”
― Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War

“Short questions with long answers, my boy.”
― Patrick W. Carr, The Hero's Lot

“He who makes fun of a short and fat man’s weight is much less cruel than he who makes fun of his height.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The word far is too short for me to spell.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“On the road to liberation, learn to press Next.
Even if there is no such an option.”
― Talismanist Giebra, Talismanist: Fragments of the Ancient Fire. Philosophy of Fragmentism Series.

“Fall seven times, Stand up eight”
― Chinese Proverb

“Neither the cat nor I missed you while you were gone. It's worse than that. We danced the visitor-gone dance, flinging our feet (and paws) with particular glee. You remember the dance - the one you do after shutting the door behind a difficult visitor (like a family member)? You hold your breath for 120 seconds then deadbolt the door, race to the bed, leap on to it and jump, twirl, bell-kick and prance, singing all the while, "she's go-onnne, she's gooo-oonne.”
― Melissa Checker

“Believe and you can achieve anything”
― Rosy M.

“Instead of my bucket list book, this is the story of my abbreviated life, short but nonetheless possessing secret love, joy and pain, adventure and hard work, luck and its opposite”
― Fatima Ali, Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More

“Push beyond boundaries to discover what you're capable of”
― Rosy M.

“People always think I'm younger than I am because I am so short, but inside I feel much older because I'm always very tired.”
― Kaleena Madruga, Does It Hurt?

“... No, Thanks”
― Mike Ssendikwanawa

“On Earth I was short, at just an inch under five foot, but here I'm positively squat. I'm a footstool. A cute, fluffy little human footstool that no one takes very seriously.”
― Ruby Dixon, Worse Guy

“It's a little bit sad, when you seem very near
To adventures and things of that sort,
Which nearly begin, and then don't; and you know
It is only because you are short.”
― Amy Lowell, A Dome Of Many Colored Glass

“Ο ΜΕΛΑΓΧΟΛΙΚΟΣ ΖΗΤΙΑΝΟΣ

Και σύ καρδια μου γιατί κτυπάς;

Σαν μελαγχολικός ζητιάνος παρατηρώ τη νύχτα και τον θάνατο.”
― Apollinaire Guillaume

“A well-placed kick to the ankles had always come second nature to her, helped by the fact she was already quite close to the ground.”
― Gloria Bottelman, Untethered

“Foolishness is contagious.”
― Anamikos