I Kept Quotes
411 I Kept quotes by 356 unique authors
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I don't know how long I kept at it... I felt reasonably safe, streched out on the floor, and lay quite still. It didn't seem…
— Sylvia Plath
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I kept waiting for that loneliness and nervousness to make me want to go back. But it never did.
— John Green
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I may not know the weight of those things, but I could feel the weight of that one, so I kept it to myself. You…
— Nick Hornby
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You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid—and I know they are—yet I won't be wiser?
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I'd move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I'd meet Ingrid Bergman. Or…
— Haruki Murakami
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
— Roald Dahl
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A new person in your life gives the rest of you a chance to be new, too. Your life can be whatever you want it…
— Deb Caletti
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I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak…
— Osamu Dazai
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So much had happened that morning. Yet it was this image, this moment, that i kept going back to hours later, after we'd made it…
— Sarah Dessen
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And you expect me to commute two hours each way from the Keep to the Order." I kept my voice mild. "I suppose I won't…
— Ilona Andrews
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So I kept reading, just to stay alive. In fact, I'd read two or three books at the same time, so I wouldn't finish one…
— Marc Acito
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This is the secret I kept from you, Bails, from myself too: I think I liked that Mom was gone, that she could be anybody,…
— Jandy Nelson
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I kept it to remind me that although there is evil, there is sometimes beauty and light. You, Jillian. You were always my light.
— Karen Marie Moning
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Let me claim that Africa and I kept company for a while and then parted ways as if we were both party to relations with…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father's love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase.…
— Mitch Albom
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Just in case, though, I stormed into my apartment, tossed a quick hello to Mr. Wong, then rummaged through my entertainment center to lay out…
— Darynda Jones
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..."Good, because I need your help." "Help is my middle name." I was pretty sure she'd already told me bad was her middle name, but…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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And so I beat him and beat him until he kissed me. And then I kept on beating him until he did it properly.
— Loretta Chase
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I didn't trot my pain out to show around. I kept it better hidden than anyone. I did.
— Sarah Dessen
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It took us five hours to reach Tokyo, but I was really happy. I kept talking about myself, and didn't hear anything about Nana. But…
— Ai Yazawa
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I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high.
— Jerry Stahl
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Eventually she fell asleep, but I kept the phone against my ear, lulled by her breathing, and her breathing again in the background. And yes,…
— David Levithan
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At such times I felt something was drawing me away, and I kept fancying that if I walked straight on, far, far away and reached…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Randy [Rhoads] was laid to rest at a place called Mountain View Cemetery, where his grandparents were buried. I made a vow there and then…
— Ozzy Osbourne
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All of his life had been about making sure I kept mine.
— Rob Thurman
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