Asks Quotes
1142 quotes by 874 authors
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Society can give its young men almost any job and they'll figure how to do it. They'll suffer for it and die for it and…
— Sebastian Junger
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Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.
— Orson Scott Card
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As we trudge back through the woods, we reach a boulder, and both Gale and I turn our heads in the same direction, like a…
— Suzanne Collins
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Christ asks for a home in your soul, where he can be at rest with you, where he can talk easily to you, where you…
— Caryll Houselander
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I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty. How free it is, you have…
— Sylvia Plath
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She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if…
— Terry Pratchett
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Why do we have to listen to our hearts?†the boy asked, when they had made camp that day. “Because, wherever your heart is, that…
— Paulo Coelho
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The wise needn't ask, the fool asks in vain.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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You show your trust in Him when you listen with the intent to learn and repent and then you go and do whatever He asks…..And…
— Henry B. Eyring
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Love asks me no questions, and gives me endless support.
— William Shakespeare
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With my eyes closed, I ask if she knows how this will all turn out. "Long-term or short-term?" she asks. Both. "Long-term," she says, "we're…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Should we say something?’ Cal asks. ‘Goodbye, bird?’ I suggest. He nods. ‘Goodbye, bird. Thank you for coming. And good luck.
— Jenny Downham
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Caesar Flickerman asks if the president has a date in mind. "Oh, before we set a date, we better clear it with Katniss's mother," says…
— Suzanne Collins
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Como un angel," I whisper. "Is our game over?" she asks nervously. "It's definitely over, querida. 'Cause what we're gonna do next is no game.
— Simone Elkeles
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Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss." "What?" I ask. "The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human…
— Suzanne Collins
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Nobody asks you to love the whole world, only to be honest, ehrlich. Don't have a loud mouth. The more you love people the more…
— Saul Bellow
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God! I hated this business of being grown-up. I hated having to make decisions where I didn't know what was behind the door. I wanted…
— Marian Keyes
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...a Dorito asks nothing of you, which is its great gift. It only asks that you are not there.
— Aimee Bender
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You in trouble?†Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.
— Holly Black
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Any other vexations to report?" he asks. "I love the word 'vexations.'" "It's the 'x.' Nice to jump off a 'v' and bite into an…
— Michael Cunningham
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