I Ask Quotes
778 I Ask quotes by 574 unique authors
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What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly. "Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most intriguing story about…
— Melina Marchetta
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Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that again.” “Or what?” I ask. “Or . . . or…
— Suzanne Collins
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Can I ask you a personal question"? Of all the rhetorical questions in the world, that is the one which irritates me most with its…
— Kamila Shamsie
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I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone.
— Salvador Dali
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When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the courage to mercilessly pluck it out.
— Paulo Coelho
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Man, you cannot be real," the human said softly. "Why not?" "You just can't." She laughed a little. "Well, I am." He cleared his throat…
— J R Ward
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What you learn today?" I ask even though she ain't in real school, just the pretend kind. Other day, when I ask her, she say,…
— Kathryn Stockett
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Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. "I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness." "May I ask for a specific example?"…
— Judith McNaught
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Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information. I attribute it to the superior…
— Oscar Wilde
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What?" I ask. "I'm developing a theory." "And it is?" She picks up her hamburger, grins, and says, "That you have a death wish.
— Veronica Roth
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Do you know what my father used to say?" I ask her. "He used to say that songs had a heart. A crescendo that can…
— Lauren DeStefano
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Can I ask you about Caroline Mathers?" "And you say there's no afterlife.
— John Green
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Really? What did you cost me again? I ask. A lot of trouble. Don't worry. You'll get it all back,he says.
— Suzanne Collins
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And now brothers, I will ask you a terrible question, and God knows I ask it also of myself. Is the truth beyond all truths,…
— Frederick Buechner
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What I need first of all is not exhortation, but a gospel, not directions for saving myself but knowledge of how God has saved me.…
— John Gresham Machen
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You got a lot of ladies to get through. You’re still young. First love’s the sweetest, but it doesn’t last.” “Not ever?” I ask. Grandad…
— Holly Black
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Can I ask why you’re throwing knives at cheese?’ ‘Caleb came by to discuss something,’ Tobias says, leaning his head against the wall as he…
— Veronica Roth
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Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up. They need leaders…
— Brandon Sanderson
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So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good…
— Sharon Shinn
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I look down from the branch I'm perched on. The Careers look murderous. Now I smile.'How have things been with you?' I ask sweetly.
— Suzanne Collins
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Whom can I ask what I came to make happen in the world?
— Pablo Neruda
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I ask for nothing. / In return I give All. / There is no earning my Love. / No work needed, no effort / Save…
— Ki Longfellow
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It appeals to the higher nature of the self to put aside food which once lived - I do not consider myself food, why should…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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I fell in love with you," he said, "because you were one of the bravest people I've ever known. So how could I ask you…
— Cassandra Clare
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Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it isn't easy to…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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