I Ask Quotes

778 I Ask quotes by 574 unique authors

He gives me a kiss that barely touches my lips – it means nothing or everything. After he’s gone, I think, Happy birthday to me.… — Melissa Bank
On the dashboard of our family car is a shallow indentation about the size of a paperback book. If you are looking for somewhere to… — Bill Bryson
if it is thus, I ask emphatically whence comes this thusness. — James Joyce
I don't ask myself what did I live for, said Carlene strongly. That is a man's question. I ask whom did I live for. — Zadie Smith
If there is an amateur reader still left in the world—or anybody who just reads and runs—I ask him or her, with untellable affection and… — J D Salinger
Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and… — Markus Zusak
I meet a third man he's an old man he trips in the street he falls and I help him up, walk him to the… — James Frey
Kartik places a sovereign in the lady's cup, and I know that it's likely all he has. "Why did you do that?" I ask. He… — Libba Bray
and I ask myself and you, which of our visions will claim us which will we claim how will we go on living how will… — Adrienne Rich
On the girl's brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars… — Chris Cleave
My favorite random email I got was from some guy who wrote: "Mr. Max, with the hope of a six year old on the night… — Tucker Max
If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to… — Brigham Young
Can I ask you a question?" "I'd be disappointed if you didn't." "How many of those suits do you have? Do you like, send them… — D. J. MacHale
As you yourself have said, what other explanation can there be?' Poirot stared straight ahead of him. 'That is what I ask myself,' he said.… — Agatha Christie
She sits before me, sullen but hopeful, characterless, about to dissolve into tears. I squeeze her hand back, moved, no, touched by her ignorance of… — Bret Easton Ellis
Can I ask you something personal?” Six inches but I tell everyone eight. — John Barnes
His shoulder bumped mine again. "Can I ask you something?" I didn't answer. He was going to ask me anyway. People don't say that if… — Lilith Saintcrow
What's the difference between bulimics and anorexics?" I ask. "Anorexics are anorexics all the time," she says, "I'm only bulimic when I'm throwing up." Wow.… — Sherman Alexie
I ask myself: is every story that has ever been written in this world, a story of suffering and affliction? — Clarice Lispector
I ask one thing: I ask the right to hope and suffer as I do now." Vronsky — Leo Tolstoy
When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to hear '27 months.' 'He's two' will do just fine. He's not a cheese.… — George Carlin
All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s… — Conan O'Brien
That's more than three questions, Max. And sometimes wheter someone is your friend or enemy is all in how you look at it. But if… — James Patterson
Finally, in October 1945, a man with swampy eyes, feathers of hair, and a clean-shaven face walked into the shop. He approached the counter. "Is… — Markus Zusak
All I ask is that my final months be happy ones, and that I be permitted a husband who will see to my proper Christian… — Seth Grahame-Smith

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