I Cannot Quotes
2161 quotes by 1455 authors
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But as the scissors snip-snapped through her hair and the razor shaved the rest, she realized with a sudden awful panic that she could no…
— Jane Yolen
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I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.
— Nhat Hanh
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Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither…
— Oscar Wilde
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I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live…
— Alison Goodman
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I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my rain. She was…
— Garth Stein
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I cannot exist without the oxygen of laughter.
— Dawn Powell
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But Kate, dost thou understand thus much English? Canst thou love me?" Catherine: "I cannot tell." Henry: "Can any of your neighbours tell, Kate? I'll…
— William Shakespeare
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Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don’t care, I’m still free You can’t take the sky from me…
— Joss Whedon
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Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it,…
— Twyla Tharp
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God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f***…
— Stephen King
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When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness—I am nothing.
— Virginia Woolf
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When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.
— Hudson Taylor
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I cannot become modest; too many things burn in me; the old solutions are falling apart; nothing has been done yet with the new ones.…
— Elias Canetti
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You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I must look after…
— Libba Bray
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Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth.
— William Shakespeare
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I cannot draw a human figure if I don't know the order of his bones, muscles or tendons. Same is that I cannot draw a…
— Irving Stone
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Sudden Light I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell,…
— Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Life is holy and it is for all of us. God's design, I cannot understand myself and I never will, but I do know that…
— F. Sionil José
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I have become interested in languages which I cannot make up, which I cannot create or even create in: I have become interested in languages…
— Kathy Acker
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