Top 100 Fades Quotes
#1. Remember that day I made you the elevator?" he suddenly asks.
I give him a faint smile. "How could I forget?"
"That was the day I had my first kiss."
My smile fades.
"I'm better now," He sets the apple beside me. "At kissing, just so you know.
Stephanie Perkins
#2. When I'm in the middle of a book it can go up from there. When you're putting in those hours, the real world kind of fades and the world you're creating becomes almost more real to you than the outside world.
Dean Koontz
#3. When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond the human, that pain is to be endured and fades, if it fades, only with time, then God became nothing to me but a dyslexic dog, with neither bark nor bite.
Yann Martel
#5. That you are not already golden word in our streets Already memories Your love fades Already Whether you are no longer to have perished.
Louis Aragon
#6. I'm not nervous if I think about something for nine years and then I don't write it. Even if it fades it doesn't concern me. It'll come back if it's worth it.
Aleksandar Hemon
#7. Ask a man enough questions, and his belief in his understanding fades before him as does a dream upon waking - unless it is a true understanding.
Ki Longfellow
#8. The voice blurs and fades, like a faint cry riding on the tails of the wind. I yawn and stretch, rolling over. I fold my pillow under my head and wait for the voice to return. When I hear nothing but the sound of my own breathing I allow myself to drift back into a dreamless slumber.
Lauren Hammond
#9. Love breaks your heart, love takes no less than everything. Love makes it hard, and it fades away so easily.
Vanessa L. Williams
#10. Beauty fades. But love? Love is a fire that needs sex to be burning strong. What good is a man who doesn't own a match to light your fire?" I
J.C. Reed
#11. Lost love, precious," Grams replied, turning her head to look out the side window. "Stings like a wasp bite that never fades.
Kristen Ashley
#12. No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.
John Grisham
#13. Fashion's important to me, but beauty fades. All that stuff is fun while it lasts, but anything can happen tomorrow. You've got to have so much more about you than the way you look or your clothes.
FKA Twigs
#14. The experience is necessary to add emotional belief to intellectual understanding. But the impact of experience always fades to some degree.
Brian L. Weiss
#15. Keep everything young and soft, keep everything on the surface, even with the knowledge that the surface fades and can't be held together forever - take advantage before the expiration date appears in the nearing distance.
Bret Easton Ellis
#16. The magic fades too fast
the scent of summer never lasts
the nights turn hollow and vast
but nothing remains...nothing lasts.
Sanober Khan
#17. For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.
Viswanathan Anand
#19. Time passes, like clouds in the sky. Weeks and months go by as if they were a single day. Summer fades to fall, winter yields to spring, different minutes of the same hour.
Martel, Yann
#20. Women survive their men. Men
men like him
don't live long when their women are gone. You'll see
he'll just start wandering, all the familiar things are going to be gone with her. He gets tired and he fades and then he gives up and then he's gone.
Neil Gaiman
#21. Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake. I'm not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.
Wale
#22. For every star that falls to earth a new one glows.
For every dream that fades away a new one grows.
When things are not what they would seem
you must keep following your dream.
Rod McKuen
#23. The magnitude of any one day is compromised by its passing quickly into the next, a mere moment in time which soon fades into the collective memory of our past.
Timothy W. Tron
#24. Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a first love never fades away.
Tim McGraw
#25. When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less.
E. Stanley Jones
#26. At all events, when I look back upon the boy I was, I see the beginnings of a real person who fades little by little as manhood arrives and advances, until suddenly I am aware that a stranger has taken his place ...
Winston Churchill
#27. I change jobs like drinking water ... And as I grow accustomed to the new flavor of a drink I regard as delicious, yes, vital, something fades, life balks. So I break camp; I shed skins.
Rita Dove
#28. What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely.
Ian McEwan
#29. A thing which fades With no outward sign- Is the flower Of the heart of man In this world!
Ono No Komachi
#30. Scientists say there is a noise that snowflakes make when they land on water, like the wail of a coyote; the sound reaches a climax and then fades away, all in about one ten-thousandth of a second.
Craig Johnson
#31. I know this about celebrity (fame). Glory fades away. It's fickle. It comes and goes.
Adolph Caesar
#32. As the earth dies your spirit will bloom; as the world fades your soul will rise and glisten. Amongst the dehydrated crevices of a desert earth you will stumble upon your diamonds; in between the dry skulls and cracked bones you will find your sapphires.
C. JoyBell C.
#33. Most of the people who say beauty fades say it with a smirk. Fading is more than just expected, it's what they want to see. I don't.
Helen Oyeyemi
#35. Beauty fades, but the heart remains the same...Physical desire is a lie, Emele continued. It is not a bad thing, but it blinds a person and makes them unable to see truth. Falling in love is a matter of the heart, not of the exterior.
K.M. Shea
#36. Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
Gary Hamel
#37. It is only by seeing beauty in everything that we can see it in any one single thing, day after day. Don't run into the arms of obsession, for that quickly fades. Long lasting love comes from an open, loving heart.
Vironika Tugaleva
#38. You know I love you too, sweetie. Forever and ever, until the sun fades.
I. W. Gregorio
#39. Just as an athlete with natural gifts may fail to develop the fundamental skills necessary to play their sport after their talent fades, so people naturally disposed to faith may fail to develop the skills necessary to sustain them for a lifetime.
Stanley Hauerwas
#40. What we have isn't aligned with that part of my life. We live in a galaxy of our own," I whisper, kissing his earlobe. I smile when his breath quickens. "Where the storms pass, and the light fades, and everything ceases to exist except for us." His
Claire Contreras
#41. Stay out of the spotlight. It fades your suit.
Lew Wasserman
#42. The contrast between good and evil fades by diluting the essence of one or the other.
Craig Smedley
#43. The color of the land fades gradually from dark jungle green to pale green and then a sere reddish-brown as the tail extends from the fat center of the island out to the end, and the soil becomes dryer.
Neal Stephenson
#44. When I die, never say that I am gone. The sun sets. The moon fades. My body perishes. But my leaving has nothing to do with being gone. I will stay forever with you.
David Paul Kirkpatrick
#45. People change, they have faulty memories, gratitude for past generosities fades.
Mario Puzo
#46. Methamphetamine is so Flowers for Algernon: All that super-human cerebral ability fades to limited physical activities like stapling carpet scraps to the wall or masturbation antics worthy of The Guinness Book of World Records.
Clint Catalyst
#47. As the old-school approach of command-and-control leadership fades, companies in all industries will inevitably move in the same direction as these tech firms, and try to tap into the deeper passions of employees.
Adam Bryant
#49. The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it soon fades away. The in memory of injuries is engraved on the heart, and remains forever.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
#51. It was one of those times when the unsatisfactory complexity of the world fades far enough into the distance for the moment to become a thing in itself.
William Shaw
#52. She smashes her knuckles into winter
As autumn's wind fades into black
She is the saint of all the sinners,
the one whose fallen through the cracks ...
(iViva la Gloria!)
Green Day
#53. The sun fades like the spreading
Of a peacock's tail, as though twilight
Might be read as a warning to those desperate
For easy solutions.
John Ashbery
#54. When the wolf howls and the moon dims
hope fades with the waning light.
Evil lurks at every turn as shadows waltz
across the ebony night.
Behold the midnight hour
where all of reason takes flight.
Grace Willows
#55. The money cost of the reservoir plan literally fades into insignificance when it is compared with the financial burden which the great depression imposed on the nation.
Benjamin Graham
#57. It's your glove, your baseball glove. It's got a soul, a memory all its own, and a future that never fades because it has never let go of the grasp the past has on you and so many others.
Mike Barnicle
#58. A poet's interest in craft never fades, of course.
Mary Oliver
#59. my old world is feeling more and more like a ghost. You know how a dream feels the farther you get from it? It loses its color and intensity and logic. Your emotional connection to it fades.
Blake Crouch
#60. Your own innocence is the only flower that exists. It never fades, and because of that, the world never fades either.
Deepak Chopra
#61. It was more than that, he said, looking down briefly at her. Love fades when you die. I am clearly dead, but my love for her hasn't diminished. It still burns inside me like a flicker in a flame.
Rachel M. Greenebaum
#62. And?" he murmurs.
"And . . . sapphire." My voice fades into a whisper.
"For the angel of Joy."
"Joy?" Magiano smiles, gently this time.
"Yes." I look down, overwhelmed by sudden sadness.
"Because I can see so much of it in you.
Marie Lu
#63. Love is like smiling, it never fades and is contagious.
Paula Deen
#64. Screw pretty. I'd rather be strong. Pretty fades over time. Strength gets you through the bad shit.
Thea Harrison
#65. All flesh is grass. and all its glory fades
Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind;
Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream;
The man we celebrate must find a tomb,
And we that worship him, ignoble graves.
William Cowper
#66. In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you."
"I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has.
Richelle Mead
#67. You're my light, Amanda. In a life full of shadows, and darkness, and monsters, you're my light. When the blackness fades, and the memories subside, you'll be there. You're always there.
Jay McLean
#68. Scars heal, glory fades, and all we're left with are the memories made. pain hurts, but only for a minute. life is short, so go on and live it.
Chris Cagle
#69. The body fades. A leader who lasts relies on more.
N.K. Jemisin
#70. Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own.
Dorothy West
#71. I don't like days that end without answers. I'll just keep my eyes open and we'll see what happens. I look up. One of the streetlights fades, disappearing as quick as it shone, the light sucked out of it. Life can be so hilarious sometimes I don't have time to laugh.
Stacey Donovan
#72. Knowledge is power. The moment the masses acquire this power, control fades. And when control fades, chaos erupts.
Felix O. Hartmann
#73. Finality of it all has me in a fragile state, but I know the suffering won't last forever. It can't. Pain always fades. Love fades.
Kelly Stevenson
#74. Lust fades after climax, love lasts until breakfast!
Tom Conrad
#75. Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused
hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and further away from our world, or that magical beings require our faith, our belief in their existence, to survive. That is a lie. All they require is our recognition.
Charles De Lint
#76. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor. God's voice is no longer heard; the quiet joy of his love is no longer felt, and the desire to do good fades.
Pope Francis
#78. Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
Mick Jagger
#79. .... yet all experience is an arc, where through gleams the untraveled world, whose margin fades forever, and forever as I move...
Alfred Tennyson
#80. Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to see.
Jane Bowles
#81. You reap what you sow!" I scream at him as he fades. All the rage I've felt swells in me, blinding me, and fills me with a pulsing, tangible hatred that seeps away only as Apollo's boots deactivate and he tumbles down through the swirling storm. I
Pierce Brown
#82. Love for the beauty of the soul.
I shall love you always.
When the flower of life has gone,
ever I shall find you.
When all is lost and winter comes,
I shall be your spring time.
And memory fades and wilts then,
I shall always find you ...
I shall always find you ...
Laurel A. Rockefeller
#83. Pain fades," I said slowly. "But being a nutcase seems to stick around. Guess who got the better deal here?" The last thing I remember is Mr. Chu's face blazing with fury.
James Patterson
#84. Ask yourself: What did I eat for breakfast today? What did I eat for dinner last night?
You see how fast reality fades away?
Chuck Palahniuk
#85. Wandering flushes a glory that fades with arrival.
J.A. Baker
#86. Ideas can come from anywhere and at any time. The problem with making mental notes is that the ink fades very rapidly.
Rolf Smith
#87. The trouble with "sacrifices as symbolic acts" is that the immediate impact on those for whom the sacrifice is made quickly fades, while the impact on those who actually make the sacrifice can go on and on.
Preston Manning
#88. Then I let the stories live
inside my head, again and again
until the real world fades back
into cricket lullabies
and my own dreams.
Jacqueline Woodson
#91. Our tongues meet, probing, exploring, welcoming, and everything else fades into the background. All the secrets and lies. All my worries and concerns. When we're together like this, I have all the proof I need to know this is what's right for me. He's right for me.
Siobhan Davis
#92. In this moment that blooms and fades as it passes, he is enough, and all is well in the world.
Lauren Groff
#94. What is it, I wonder, that makes two people suddenly become important to each other? So important that everything else around them just fades away?
Sylvia Engdahl
#95. Microsoft has built loyalty at the end-user level, including upper management, .. That works for a while in the early stages of a product, but after a couple of years the blush fades from the rose. It's reality versus marketing.
Murphy J. Foster Jr.
#96. Everything else, every thought, goes fore and forever fades away into the recesses of time, and therein what remains is my soul's love for you.
Francesco Petrarca
#97. Love, it never dies. It never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Love can make you immortal
Gayle Forman
#98. The prodigy who fades is an old story. But the prodigy who sets a high mark when young and then hits that mark, or exceeds it, over and over again, for a full lifespan, is truly remarkable, and worth celebrating.
John Baird
#99. Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that is a treat.
Joanne Woodward
#100. Poverty is much more than a way of life," Jack later wrote. "It goes much farther than skin-deep. It's no tattoo that fades with time. Nor a brand that can be put out of mind except when faced. Poverty, if you've known it, is you.
Gerald Clarke