Jane Hamilton Quotes

No, I'm too tired to run, and you're too fast. You'd only catch me." "That's right, luv." Softly, but with unyielding resonance. "if you run from me, I'll chase you. And I'll find you. Bones said.

It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you.

Never run from one such as me, female. You will no’ get away - and we like it.

Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster!

I saw a man pursuing the horizon;Round and round they sped.I was disturbed at this;I accosted the man."It is futile," I said,"You can never-""You lie," he cried,And ran on.

Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.

But when you flee someone, no matter how far you roam, that person will follow you as doggedly as the stars.

If you run from me, I will chase you, and I'll find you.

You can run I will chase you. You can hide I will find you. We're gonna fight and I'm gonna hurt you.

The wildest hath not such a heart as you. Run when you will, the story shall be changed: Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind Makes speed to catch the tiger; bootless speed, When cowardice pursues and valour flies.

He can run, but he can't hide.

Running, close companion to death, summons us to the most vivid acts of life. Our ancestors (we have forgotten) ran for food and for love, love and lust. For us, a prime symbol of sexuality is the automobile. For the ancients it was the chase, the foot race. Satyr and nymph, maiden and god, hot pursuit. The mythic hunters, Diana and Atalanta, available only to the males, men or gods, who could outrun them; death to all others.

Until we see love as the meaning of life, life seems to have no meaning at all. The sense of meaninglessness produces chaos, and the chaos produces fear. There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.

I am in flight from my story every day, and it dogs me like a faithful stray.

If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

The way I see it," she continued, "is that some things are just meant to be the way they are.

Every search has its own momentum. It is why a search makes such an excellent plot for a film or story.

I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover there was no one there.

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

Life just happens the way it's supposed to happen. It delivers you to where it delivers you.

Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run

You run and you run to catch up to the sun but it's sinking, racing around to come up behind you again.