Figured Quotes

654 quotes by 559 authors

It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a chicken… — Ann Beattie
You may be the only guy my age I've ever met who knows what bergamot is, much less that it's in Earl Grey tea." "Yes,… — Cassandra Clare
It's like suddenly in the Middle Ages, people figured men should be in charge of women's bodies since they were in charge of pretty much… — Inga Muscio
Life is funny isnâ€™t it? Just when you think youâ€™ve got it all figured out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited… — Cecelia Ahern
[I]t just makes me tired even thinking about it. It reminds me of that feeling I had before I left. Like my lungs were made… — Maggie Stiefvater
No matter what anyone says, suicide takes guts. It's for heroes and martyrs, truly vainglorious men. Archie was none of these. He was a man… — Zadie Smith
I had a million plans. I knew what I was going to do. I had the next few years of my life all figured out.… — Cecelia Ahern
What the meat industry figured out is that you don't need healthy animals to make a profit. Sick animals are more profitable... Factory farms calculate… — Jonathan Safran Foer
At the end of the day, when I am lying in bed and I know the chances of any of our theology being exactly right… — Donald Miller
How?" I demanded. "How could you have screwed this one up?" "When I got in, they said the manager was on the phone and would… — Richelle Mead
Here is how you know someone has had a good idea: Other people freely admit to their friends that said idea has changed their lives.… — Kevin Hearne
I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it. — Lisa Kleypas
I was going to have to leave you anyway. Because I loved you too much to drag you down with me." My hand crept up… — Lisa Kleypas
New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly. — Jeannette Walls
I'm so tired I never want to wake up again. But I've figured out now that it was never them that made me feel that… — Maggie Stiefvater
Maybe I'd just figured out there were some things you were better off not knowing — Sarah Dessen
But I always worked harder when I was up against something, or when someone assumed I couldn't succeed. That's what drove me, all those nights… — Sarah Dessen
You know, so often we think we have each step figured out. And then when one thing doesn't go our way, we begin to question,… — Nick Jonas
I hope that's true, because I figured out why I'd never finished it, what I was waiting for. I was waiting for you, Clare. For… — Nora Roberts
People had figured out all sorts of ways to make things seem different than they truly were. — Jodi Picoult

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