Ask Why Quotes

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And questions give us no rest. We know not why our curse makes us seek we know not what, ever and ever. But we cannot… — Ayn Rand
You'll wrest a burning sword from an angel, but you're afraid of bats?" "I'm not afraid of them. I just don't like them. They're...furry. Flying… — Kelley Armstrong
For as long as there's anyone to ask 'Why?' the answer will always be, 'Why not? — Vera Nazarian
Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isnâ€™t as bright as it could be. — Rob Bell
Why?" she screamed. "Are you crazy? You know the English subjunctive, you understand trigonometry, you can read Marx, and you don't know the answer to… — Haruki Murakami
One can ask why the I has to appear in the cogito {Descartesâ€™ argument â€œI think therefore I am.}, since the cogito, if used rightly,… — Jean-Paul Sartre
She asks why I like her. Might as well ask Why I breathe. Maybe tomorrow I won't Breathe or like her Anymore. Maybe tomorrow the… — Gail Carson Levine
You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off… — Ray Bradbury
we wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals, in turn, we would all celebrate its tenacity, we would… — Tupac Shakur
...we ask: Why suicide? We search for reasons, causes, and so on.... We follow the course of the life he has now so suddenly terminated… — Thomas Bernhard
She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he was here to… — Leo Tolstoy
Cover your glass in France or Germany --even worse, in England - and in the voice of someone who has personally affronted, your host will… — David Sedaris
Suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build. — Anne Sexton
I could tell by his expression that once he got over his anger at me for keeping this secret from him, there was nothing left… — Portia de Rossi
But suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build. Twice I have so simply declared… — Anne Sexton
I was only glad to be saved and never once thought to ask why. — Jennifer Donnelly
Lying in bed, half-covered by the blankets, I would drowsily ask why he had come to my door that night long ago. It had become… — Margaret George
I would simply ask why so many critics, so many writers, so many philosophers take such satisfaction in professing that the experience of a work… — Pierre Bourdieu
We donâ€™t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of Exodus is short… — Susan Cain
Can I ask why youâ€™re throwing knives at cheese?â€™ â€˜Caleb came by to discuss something,â€™ Tobias says, leaning his head against the wall as he… — Veronica Roth

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