I Try Quotes
2830 I Try quotes by 2080 unique authors
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The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant “I try…
— Anthony Horowitz
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Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?
— Sylvia Plath
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What is literature, and why do I try to write about it? I don’t know. Likewise, I don’t know why I go on living, most…
— M. John Harrison
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I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts" - Leo Valdez
— Rick Riordan
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What in the world are you thinking?” She sounded pretty flustered. “I try not to think,” Leo admitted. “It interferes with being nuts. Just concentrate…
— Rick Riordan
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I have a box inside me now that never used to exist. I never needed it before. It's down in my deepest, darkest corner, and…
— Karen Marie Moning
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I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.
— Suzanne Collins
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When the universe is ephemeral, one can easily feel that human existence is meaningless. Why should I do anything at all? On the other hand…
— Erlend Loe
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I try to be appreciative of what I have instead of bitter about what I’ve lost.
— Jenny Lawson
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I try to imagine keeping something like that a secret for my whole life. It would be like always wearing a mask over your face,…
— Liz Kessler
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I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.
— Herman Wouk
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I try not to laugh at the fact that even when she’s drunk, she has a hard time saying it. “Where do you want me…
— Jessica Sorensen
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I try to get centered: Watching white moon face The stars never feel anger Blah, blah, blah, the end
— Chuck Palahniuk
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I told you I try not to live in the past and nothing could change the fact that my mum was gone. But I’m a…
— Rick Riordan
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I try to catch my breath and calm myself down, but it isn't easy. I was dead. I was dead, and then i wasn't, and…
— Veronica Roth
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Are there sexual fetishes that involve books? There must be. I try not to imagine how they might work.
— Robin Sloan
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You really need stitches," she tells me."Or you're going to have a scar." I try not to laugh. Stitches aren't going to help. They fix…
— Jessica Sorensen
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Is that what the wine is for? To help you think?" "Oh, the wine. The wine, Costis, is to help hide the truth. It doesn't…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers...To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy...If I try self consciously…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering.
— Sylvia Plath
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You have an amazing ability to depress me sometimes, you know that?" "I try my best.
— Derek Landy
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And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an abundance of everything,…
— Melina Marchetta
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I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle along behind me,…
— Maureen Johnson
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You see how I try To reach with words What matters most And how I fail.
— Czeslaw Milosz
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No matter how much I try and hide this, bit by bit, I start to fall apart.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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