Suddenly

Famous quotes containing the word suddenly:

“It is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by.”
—Eva Figes (b. 1932)

“It was inspiriting to hear the regular dip of the paddles, as if they were our fins or flippers, and to realize that we were at length fairly embarked. We who had felt strangely as stage-passengers and tavern-lodgers were suddenly naturalized there and presented with the freedom of the lakes and woods.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“All I remember is
The horseman, the moonlit hedges
The hoofbeats shut suddenly in the yard....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)