sprinting QUOTES

1 " Aelin took a step forward. One step, as if in a daze.She loosed a shuddering breath, and a small, whimpering noise came out of her - a sob. And then she was sprinting down the alley, flying as though the winds themselves pushed at her heels.She flung herself on the male, crashing into him hard enough that anyone else might have gone rocking back into the stone wall. But the male grabbed her to him, his massive arms wrapping around her tightly and lifting her up. Nesryn made to approach, but Aedion stopped her with a hand on her arm.Aelin was laughing as she cried, and the male was just holding her, his hooded head buried in her neck. As if he were breathing her in." Who is that?" Nesryn asked.Aedion smiled. " Rowan. "

2 " Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the weights and sprinting towards his goals. Those who insincerely misunderstand, who intentionally distort the motives of a pure-intentioned individual, then, no longer have the opportunity to block his path; instead, they are the ones left to stand on the sidelines shouting frustratedly in the wind of his trail. "

― Criss Jami , Killosophy

3 " When has life listened to anyone?
It goes on at its own pace...
Limping, when we wish it should run,
And when calm desired, sprinting as in a race… "

― Neelam Saxena Chandra

4 " Time is passing : not leaden stepping
But sprinting on winged feet,
Quick silver slipping by. "

― Richard L. Ratliff

5 " Stumbling up a hill strengthens you more than sprinting down a mountain. "

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6 " Stumbling towards greatness is better than sprinting towards mediocrity. "

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7 " Walking to success is better than sprinting to failure. "

8 " My unfurling began with stillness. Instead of sprinting from terror or trying to karate chop the emptiness away, I set out a welcome mat. If I was going to be mad, I might as well acquaint myself with madness. It was an open house for monsters and I turned none away. I sat breathing in and out, sometimes for hours, as a parade of pronged horns, sharp claws, and hungry jaws moved past, invisible bodies breathing hot against my neck. (p. 240) "

― Clara Bensen , No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering

9 " Aurora!” Dad came running out.
“Over here.”
“We’re going to head home.” Dad leaned against a post at the bottom of the steps. “Hey, guys. What’re you talking about?”
I smiled. “Just…girl stuff.”
“Tampons,” Blake blurted.
My jaw dropped. Dad’s eyes went wide. “Well, that’s…very…uh…” He backed a few steps. Glanced over his shoulder. “I’ll just…um…Gemma!” And he was sprinting toward the building.
“Blake!” we all snapped.
“Sorry, I panicked.”
“Aurora,” Ayden said. “You’d better—before your mom—”
“Yep.” I raced down the steps. “Dad, he was kidding! "

― A. Kirk , Demons at Deadnight (Divinicus Nex Chronicles, #1)

10 " Leif gripped Benny's shoulders to hold him back, but he broke free and chased the truck, pumping his tiny arms and legs with great furry." I love you!" he called out, when he was just ten feet away. I gripped the metal bars, my throat choked with emotion." I love you!" Silas cried, as he followed.They both kept after us, sprinting wildly behind the cage. I watched their mouths moving, saying those words over and again, as the truck bounded through the woods and their small bodies disappeared, unreachable, behind the trees. "

11 " She remembers sprinting over the thin after-waves that slid over each other like sheets of glass. When she ran with the waves it looked like she wasn’t moving. When she ran against them it looked like she was flying. She refuses to believe her brother will never know these things. Somewhere, they will find sand. "

― Isaac Marion , The New Hunger (Warm Bodies, #0.5)

12 " My first kiss as a single woman. It sent a tingle sprinting down my spine like a tingle panther. "

― Rosen Trevithick

13 " My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like 'Yogi-isms.' He always said if you want to be a good quarterback, when sprinting left you want to be amphibious and throw left-handed. I told him, 'You mean ambidextrous, coach?' "

14 " The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down question mark-shaped carbon fiber sprinting prosthetics, called Cheetah blades, Mr. Pistorius can challenge the fastest sprinters in the world. "