After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers; and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by-and-by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him; because I don't take no stock in dead people. - Mark Twain It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle. - Lynn Abbey A friendship between a man and a woman was what you called it when one had been pursuing the other for a long time and never gotten anywhere. - Joe Abercrombie You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say. - J R R Tolkien You are a set of deceitful scoundrels! But bless you! I give in. I will take Gildor's advice. If the danger were not so dark, I should dance for joy. Even so, I cannot help feeling happy; happier t...

Well hello Peter " said Lupin pleasantly as though rats frequently erupted into old school friends around him. "Long time no see. - J K Rowling Once upon a time, out of nowhere a car appeared and headed straight for Mal Bennett. 'Long time, no see,' the engine roared, and the clanging muffler agreed. The car embraced Mal, really soul-kissed him, then said 'Farewell,' tossing him back onto his beloved, sacred lawn. - Henry H Roth Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved. - Kevin Smith

I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away. - Lee Child Can you at least tell us what these Sevens look like?" He said "could we pick one out in a crowd?" "A long time ago, they used to appear wearing robes and golden girtles," Ivy explained. "They sound like losers," Xavier muttered. - Alexandra Adornetto When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing. - Paulo Coelho I learned a long time ago with you that folks who were trying to be kind would rather do it with a macaroni-an...

It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle. - Lynn Abbey For making Adron human again. It's been a long time. (Tiernan) Screw you, Tier. (Adron) Yeah, bro, since when was Adron ever human? More like a festering subspecies of some kind. You know. Like a pimple on the ass of a warthog. (Taryn) - Sherrilyn Kenyon (Zarek attacks Valerius.) Cease! I know it's been a long time since you were around another Dark-Hunter, Z, but remember, whatever you do to him, you will feel it tenfold. (Acheron) Pain I can take, it's him I can't. (Zarek) - Sherrilyn Kenyon Nella vita: chi non risica, non rosica," he said finally, his voice quiet. "In life: nothing ventured, nothing gained. My mom used to tell us that. It's been a long time, but I can still hear her saying it. - J M Darhower It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, a...

My name is growing all the time, and I've lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to. - J R R Tolkien Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly. - Edward Albee ...life can seem either very long or very short, according to how you live it. - Paulo Coelho and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart. - Jodi Picoult The gun slipped on Emily's temple, and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the sam...