A Quotes
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“And I hope seeing a therapist becomes 10 times easier in the future. For me, once I came out of treatment, I got into a therapist and continued my road to recovery and health and happiness. But not everyone can do that. It's challenging to see a therapist when you work full-time, when you can't get an appointment within a week, and then by the time you do get one, maybe you feel like your "problem" has lessened and you don't bother to go in. It's about access.”
“And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker; it can make you deeper.”
Source: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
“And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.”
“And I hope that we can learn the lessons of the past in looking at the current challenge that China poses to a ruling America.”
“And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead”
“And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally.”
“And I hope you find it, what your looking for, and I hope it's everything you dreamed your life could be and so much more”
“And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks. Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first. —from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin”
Source: When he was wicked
“And I hug her again. Because I just can’t stop touching this girl.”
Source: The Female of the Species
“And I? I drink, I burn, I gather dreams.
And sometimes I tell a story. Because Promethea asks me for a bowl of words before she goes to sleep.”
Source: The Book of Promethea
“And I identify too closely with my reading, with my writing.”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“And I imagine... with great pleasure... all the horrible stirrings of the nonmanifested to bring forth the scream which creates the universe. Maybe one day I'll see you trembling, and you'll go into convulsion and grow larger and smaller until your mouth opens and the world will come from your mouth, escaping through the window like a river, and it will flood the city. And then we'll begin to live.”
“And I imagined this, his hug, his body, him, being my safe-heaven. My normal. My bad days, my good days. My every day...”
“And I Jack, the Pumpkin King, have grown so tired of the same old thing.”
“And, I just can't shake this feeling I have when I'm around him. The chemistry, The electricity I feel when he's close to me or touches me, makes me feel more alive than I've ever felt”
Source: Mending
“And I just can't live in this present. I would go mad if I did.”
Source: The Collector
“And I just know that this memory will be forever burned into my brain, because this kind of magic - the kind that can't be conjured with a spell, where everything is just right, and all your problems vanish for three perfect minutes - doesn't happen everyday.”
Source: Hexed
“And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.”
“And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.”
“And I just think that if you believe in something and you want it so much and you're not hurting anyone else, you have to go for it. Which sometimes means taking a risk, even if it's scary. But the thing you want most to happen doesn't stand a chance unless you give it one.”
Source: Take Me There
“And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story.”
“And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and, candidly, across the country, where increased taxes is just the wrong way to go. The people of our state are not convinced that state government, county government, local government has done all they can with the money we already give them, rather than the money that we have...”
“And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.”
“And I just walked away. Again and again, I walked away as her world fell down around her. As they destroyed her. We destroyed her.”
Source: The S-Word
“And I just want to say it aloud,
Even the water also flies as cloud!”
“And I just want to say it aloud,
Even the water flies as cloud!”
“And I just want to tell you, at some point it doesn’t matter who was right and who was wrong. At some point, being
angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning
yourself without thinking about it.”
Source: This Is Where I Leave You
“And I just want to work with good directors and good people.”
“And I keep on fighting for the things I want. Though I know that when you're dead you can't. But I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.”
“And I keep saying I miss who I was when I was with him .Why did it have to end ?Well maybe this person crossed your path to show that deep down ,this part of who you felt you were with him is in you ,always was,always will be and that maybe that person you were ,is the best version of yourself that you could be.”
“And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government.”
“And I keep telling Stefan I’m not stupid”
Source: Once a Princess
“And I kept each piece
that the night offered me -
for the night was full of you.”
Source: Profound Reverie
“And I kept thinking about how sky is a singular noun, as if it's one thing. But the sky isn't one thing. The sky is everything. And last night, it was enough.”
Source: Turtles All the Way Down
“and I kept writing of love
during the war
I wrote you poems
so the world seemed less obscene
so I’d suspend time
and cease the disappearing
during the war
I wrote you poems
so you felt held
in your unravelling
so the blasts wouldn’t reach
who we were becoming
during the war
I wrote you poems
so they wouldn’t win
so the fragrance of my people
lingered in the streets
like a thousand burst tangerines”
“And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable.”
“And I kind of like the Teen Rebels; they seem to be better than the Bullying Trio. Still, watch your backs, rebels!”
Source: The Summer of Our Discontent
“And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.”
“And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.”
“And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow.”
“And I kissed him back so hard, like I was trying to merge our bodies through our lips.”
Source: If I Stay
“And I knew I would nevr have that everything's-right-in-my-world feeling again.”
“And I knew in my bones that Emily Dickinson wouldn't have written even one poem if she'd had two howling babies, a husband bent on jamming another one into her, a house to run, a garden to tend, three cows to milk, twenty chickens to feed, and four hired hands to cook for. I knew then why they didn't marry. Emily and Jane and Louisa. I knew and it scared me. I also knew what being lonely was and I didn't want to be lonely my whole life. I didn't want to give up on my words. I didn't want to choose one over the other. Mark Twain didn't have to. Charles Dickens didn't.”
Source: A Gathering Light
“And I knew that in spite of all the roses and kisses and restaurant dinners a man showered on a woman before he married her, what he secretly wanted when the wedding service ended was for her to flatten out underneath his feet like Mrs. Willard's kitchen mat.”
Source: the bell jar
“And I knew that it was better to live out one's absurdity than to die for that of others.”
Source: Invisible Man
“And I knew that. Male panthers, all of them, were a very Neanderthalish lot. They liked their mates at home when they were, around, underfoot, close enough to touch at all times. Semels were twice as possessive, twice as protective, and three times as caveman-inclined.”
Source: Honored Vow
“And I knew that one day, when my kids were old enough, I would pass on the magic ornament”
Source: The Magic Christmas Ornament
“And I knew that the Spirit that had gone forth to shape the world and make it live was still alive in it. I just had no doubt. I could see that I lived in the created world, and it was still being created. I would be part of it forever. There was no escape. The Spirit that made it was in it, shaping it and reshaping it, sometimes lying at rest, sometimes standing up and shaking itself, like a muddy horse, and letting the pieces fly.”
Source: Jayber Crow: A Novel
“And I knew that there was some dark corner of me that would enjoy using magic for killing—and then long for more. That was black magic, and it was easy to use. Easy and fun. Like Legos”
Source: The Dresden Files Collection 1-6
“And I knew that you were truth
I would rather lose
Than to have never lain beside at all”