Quote by Richard Yates Download Open image ““Oh, you’ll what? You’ll leave me? What’s that supposed to be—a threat or a promise?”” — Richard Yates ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Promise me you won’t leave.” Livvie’s arms gripped me tight. “I promise. Can you say the same?” I almost dreaded the answer. “I promise.… — C.J. Roberts Copy Share Image
“I’ll go with you,” I promised. “Always. For as long as you want me to, I’ll stay.” — Rachel Higginson Copy Share Image
“What I want is your promise that you and those connected to me won’t kill me or my family.” — Donna Grant Copy Share Image
“This time, whatever you’re gonna do, make sure it’s for keeps. You might be able to threaten those guys into leaving us alone, but… — Melyssa Winchester Copy Share Image
“If that’s what it takes to protect you, I will leave you. Even if it kills me.” — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
“Rachel was a girl who depended on small, recurrent rituals - that was one of the things he'd come to know about her, and… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“In the East, he then believed, a man went to college not for vocational training but in disciplined search for wisdom and beauty, and… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us. — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“And you know what else I used to love? I loved to watch you get into your car and drive away - just because… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“The movies were wonderful because they took you out of yourself, and at the same time they gave you a sense of being whole.… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love. — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“It had been easy to decide in favor of love on Bethune Street, in favor of walking proud and naked on the grass rug… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk. — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in dreams there are visions of the past. For that reason Alice Prentice had always welcomed sleep, but she suffered an insomniac's dread… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“There she was, lying on a single bed in a room so small that there wasn't even space for a chair, and the first… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
