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- So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will)…
- You don't want romantic advice from me, you want romantic advice from Edward Cullen. I completely understand but he is completely unavailable right now and…
- Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye contact while telling…
- My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy.
- Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.
- I am crying, he thought, opening his eyes to stare through the soapy, stinging water. I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but…
- And I wanted to tell her that the pleasure for me wasn't planning or doing or leaving; the pleasure was in seeing our strings cross…
- You just gotta tell her, man,’ I said. ‘You just gotta say, “Angela, I really like you, but there’s something you need to know: when…
- But a lot of times, people die how they live. And so last words tell me a lot about who people were, and why they…
- I call my mom from the car. I tell her that Neutral Milk Hotel is playing at the Hideout and she says, "Who? What? You're…
- I have to tell you man, that my stalker meter is kind of registering in the red zone right now.
- I mean, I am pretty fabulous. Am I not?' 'You're a pillar of fabulosity in the community,' I tell him.
- Compromise is when you do what I tell you and I do what I want. ~Tiny Cooper
- Don't make fun of her," the Duke said. "She needs gentle encouragement. Carla, baby, we love you. You are such a good car. And we…
- I don't want to hear another negative word about cheerleaders. If it weren't for cheerleaders, who would tell us when and how to be happy…
- As far as I can tell, there are two basic (kissing) rules: 1. Don't bite anything without permission. 2. The human tongue is like wasabi:…
- Nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource. And guys, do not tell me that nerd girls are not hot because that shows a…
- Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot.…
- There was quite a lot of competitiveness about it, with everybody wanting to beat not only cancer itself, but also the other people in the…
- I told Augustus the broad outline of my miracle: diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen. (I didn’t tell him that the…
- You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice.
- I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because…
- Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me, so I knew what Augustus was…
- Gus knew. Gus knows. I will not tell you our love story, because—like all real love stories—it will die with us, as it should. I'd…
- But I will say this: When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell me to try…
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- We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more… — Chinua Achebe
- What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them,… — Dave Attell
- I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and… — David Attenborough
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew… — Chinua Achebe
- A reader can never tell if it's a real thimble or an imaginary thimble, because by the time you're reading it, they're… — Margaret Atwood
- I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader.… — Margaret Atwood
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood
- 'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.' — Wystan Hugh Auden