Asks Quotes
1142 quotes by 874 authors
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A guy's calling to say he's failing algebra II. Just as a point of practice, I say, Kill yourself. A woman calls and says her…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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The mountain trembled like an earthquake. Dust flew into the sky. And the rock turned dark red, like the color of blood'. 'How would you…
— Mohsin Hamid
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I suddenly realize that I'm naked, which shouldn't bother me since it's the phone, but for some reason it does. "How's it hanging?" Kyra asks…
— Barry Lyga
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She put a hit on her boyfriend, so it's not like she hasn't murdered someone." "And you know that how?" Sam asks. I'm trying really…
— Holly Black
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A true friend never asks you to feed their imaginary fish. Or fertilize their imaginary crops.
— Teresa Medeiros
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What do you think would happen if we kissed right here, right now?" he asks, digging his hands into the pockets of his khaki pants,…
— Melina Marchetta
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Your teacher might be a child who takes you by the hand and asks you a question that you hadn't considered before, and your answer…
— Wayne Dyer
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He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks…
— Jerome K. Jerome
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Lend's dad, two werewolves, and a vampire. It was like the setup to a bad joke or something. A doctor, two werewolves, and a vampire…
— Kiersten White
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Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be…
— Tom Robbins
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And the lesson is that I should always wear these, so no one asks me to do anything crazy like climb onto a roof. ~Jaime…
— Kelley Armstrong
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What's the point in being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life,…
— John Green
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But if a stranger in the train asks me my occupation, I never answer "writer" for fear that he may go on to ask me…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
— Euripides
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Humanity does not ask to be happy.It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, and then happiness as we can manage…
— Orson Scott Card
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What God asks of men, said [Billy] Graham, is faith. His invisibility is the truest test of that faith. To know who sees him, God…
— Laura Hillenbrand
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Then he continues his rant,saying, "And even if I didn't know them, I know their type." "And what type is that?" she asks,leaning foward in…
— Emily Giffin
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Why are you making a joke out of this?" she asks. "Because it's stupid, Nik. There's not even room in my day to think about…
— Simone Elkeles
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Emma hears me come up the stairs and asks me to watch a movie with her. I stick Band-Aids on my weeping cuts, put on…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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The Doctor: Sorry, do you have a name? Idris: Seven hundred years and finally he asks. The Doctor: But what do I call you? Idris:…
— Neil Gaiman
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