When Something Quotes
418 quotes by 361 authors
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There's a lot youdon't know, Sam. There's a lot I don't tell you. I know who I am. I know what I do, and what…
— Michael Grant
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The Auditors fluttered anxiously. And, as always happens in their species when something goes radically wrong and needs fixing instantly, they settled down to try…
— Terry Pratchett
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I'm always telling myself I don't have many feelings. Even when something does affect me I'm only moderately moved. I almost never cry. It's not…
— Herta Muller
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They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them. Joe would have…
— Jennifer Donnelly
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You know, they've got these chocolate assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat all the ones you like, and…
— Haruki Murakami
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When something happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or get better.
— Donald Miller
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When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things…
— Meg Cabot
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It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined.
— Alan Bennett
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I know when something is too important to be decided by logic.
— Lisa Kleypas
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It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it;…
— Paulo Coelho
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That's the paradox: the only time most people feel alive is when they're suffering, when something overwhelms their ordinary, careful armour, and the naked child…
— Ted Hughes
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Maybe, there's a moment growing up when something peels back... Maybe, maybe, we look for secrets because we can't believe our mind.
— Susanna Kaysen
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Even then, it hurt. The pain was always there, pulling me inside of myself, demanding to be felt. It always felt like I was waking…
— John Green
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Because when something happens, she's the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.
— David Levithan
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I noticed you the first week. Not just because of how pretty you are, though of course, that played into it. It was the way…
— Tammara Webber
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Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.
— Erich Maria Remarque
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All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it…
— Tom Stoppard
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You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris
— Veronica Roth
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I would like to sing someone to sleep, to sit beside someone and be there. I would like to rock you and sing softly and…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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when something is right, it will feel easier and much more effortless
— Sherry Argov
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