I Cannot Quotes

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Randall laid his hand on Stella's, but only to remove it from his sleeve. "My precious, you really must have some regard for my clothes,"… — Georgette Heyer
I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little… — Jane Austen
I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a… — Jane Austen
I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books. — Jorge Luis Borges
I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make… — Martin Luther
It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a… — Clara Barton
the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear. — Carson McCullers
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders,… — Eudora Welty
I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an… — Charlotte Bronte
Billy had a framed prayer on his office wall which expressed his method for keeping going, even though he was unenthusiastic about living. A lot… — Kurt Vonnegut
I cannot express the uneasiness caused in me by this intrusion of mystery and beauty into a room I had at last filled with myself… — Marcel Proust
The fact would seem to be, if in my situation one may speak of facts, not only that I shall have to speak of things… — Samuel Beckett
Did I say that she was beautiful? I was wrong. Beauty is too tame a notion; it evokes only faces in magazines. A lovely eloquence,… — Clive Barker
Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is… — Mahatma Gandhi
I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I… — Jane Austen
I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible,… — Leo Rosten
If I cannot fly, let me sing. — Stephen Sondheim
And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today? — Elizabeth Gilbert
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling. — Simone Weil
My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot. — Ashleigh Brilliant

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