A Quotes
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“And I realized, that the reason why good things were not happening to me as often as wanted them to, was because I in fact was a good thing that needed to happen. I needed to happen to me, to other people and to the world. And so I happened.”
“And I realized that there's a big difference between deciding to leave and knowing where to go.”
“And I realized there is a big difference between deciding to leave and knowing where to go.”
“And I realized why I have become a poet. It’s because I can feel the pain and love of people. I can feel the innermost feelings of people. The tenderness of hurt souls. And I want to heal the world by my words.”
“And I realized, when I'd come in to the meetings with these corrugated metal and chain link stuff, and people would just look at me like I'd just landed from Mars. But I couldn't do anything else. That was my response to the people and the time.”
“And I really believe good journalism is good business.”
“And I really believe that. Asthma is NOT a disability!”
“And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it's enormously comforting to believe that you're going to see your loved ones.”
“And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.”
“And I really have done everything that I said I did do. The rest is just a story that somebody else made up.”
“And I really haven't done a damn thing.”
“and I really hope no white person ever has cause
to write about me
because they never understand
Black love is Black wealth and they’ll
probably talk about my hard childhood
and never understand that
all the while I was quite happy”
Source: Black Feeling, Black Talk / Black Judgement
“And I really suspect that of all the things we think we want to know, the only thing we really want to know is that we are loved. And if Jesus means anything, he means that you are loved. I hope you know that. And I hope you stop worrying about all the stuff you don't know, because I don't think it amounts to a hill of beans.”
“And I really wanted a driver's license. I was 43, had my learner's permit and had failed the test once already - but that was in Riverhead, on Long Island.”
“And I really wanted to see you, too," she said. "When I couldn’t see you any more, I realized that. It was as clear as if the planets all of a sudden lined up in a row for me. I really need you. You’re a part of me; I’m a part of you.”
Source: Sputnik Sweetheart
“And I refuse to feel guilty about not letter-writing either. There are times when one can, times when one can't. In the times when an enormous amount of living is going on, one can't.”
“And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.”
“And I rejoiced in being what I was.”
Source: Selected poems
“And I remember "normal" might never be the same again.”
Source: Gallagher Girls: Out of Sight, Out of Time
“And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.”
“And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates.”
“And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.”
“And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.”
“And I remember most of what I know that is good and true and lasting has come not from scholars but from minstrels and gypsies.”
Source: One good road is enough: essays
“And I remember that about three years before that, her first record had come out. And I just remember really liking this one song off it called "In My Bed" and being a little bit enamored. This, you know, this young kind of Jewish girl from North London, you know, I have the same thing - from a Jewish family from North London - with this incredible voice.”
“And I remember that hiding the truth doesn’t stop things from being true. Not talking about things doesn’t stop them from happening. Pretending that a thing is something else doesn’t change its true nature.”
Source: It's Not Like It's a Secret
“And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it.”
“And I remember when I met him, it was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew it, right away. And as the years went on, things got more difficult – we were faced with more challenges. I begged him to stay. Try to remember what we had at the beginning.
He was charismatic, magnetic, electric and everybody knew it. When he walked in every woman’s head turned, everyone stood up to talk to him. He was like this hybrid, this mix of a man who couldn’t contain himself. I always got the sense that he became torn between being a good person and missing out on all of the opportunities that life could offer a man as magnificent as him. And in that way, I understood him and I loved him.
I loved him, I loved him, I loved him.
And I still love him. I love him.”
“And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.”
Source: The Joy Luck Club
“And I remembered how it felt to be loved by him.”
Source: A Thousand Times
“And I remembered. I would not be the person I am without the authors who made me what I am- the special ones, the wise ones, sometimes just the ones who got there first. It's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It's the most important thing there is.”
“And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt.”
Source: Change of Heart: A Novel
“And I remembered with a pang what had happened to me the previous summer - that even Gallagher Girls aren't always as strong as they need to be.”
Source: Gallagher Girls: United We Spy
“And I remind you of your mother now? I have got to look into a manlier cologne.”
Source: City of Lost Souls
“And I reminded myself that it's easy to be grateful for the obvious blessings in life, much harder to be grateful for the tough moments and the lessons they teach.”
Source: You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning
“And I repeat: if there is anything that can divert the land of my birth from its current stampede into the Stone Age, it is the widespread dissemination of the thoughts and perceptions that Robert Heinlein has been selling as entertainment since 1939.”
“And I Reven, your faithful servant, fair maiden"
Elfwyn beamed at Reven.
"He's a robber". Said Jinx
"And this is my stout companion, Jinx" said Reven.
"I'm one of the people he's robbed" said Jinx.”
Source: Jinx: The Wizard's Apprentice
“And I ride horses, swim, do a lot of reading, writing.”
“And I roam the rainy alleys of your voice
get lost in the forests of your eyes
I yield to the city of your mouth
and dream in the valley of your breast
Oh to be this empty and this drunk
to be this mortal and eternal at once
Oh to forget and keep forgetting oneself
—this is the only living”
“And I rose In rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days.”
“And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started.”
“And I said, 'A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could've had you?' And he said, 'Because when he sings ... even the birds stop to listen.”
Source: The Hunger Games
“And I said couldn't we be more moderate? And he said why? And I said because I care about the team. And he said, 'No Jony, you're just really vain. You just want people to like you. I'm surprised at you, because I thought you really held the work up as the most important and not how you are perceived by people.' People misunderstand Steve because he was so focused.”
“And I said, 'Do I have leprosy?' And they said, 'You are a dangerous element.”
“and I said it is the nature of love to be infinite and in such an ocean any fear and jealousy is washed away”
Source: The Thing Itself
“And I said, "See, this is passion"
You beamed and glowed
And it was at me
But it was not for me
I wilted and you were the live one
And as quickly as it came, it left
And we both slumped
And the little life left in me wanted to go
And I spoke to that part
Take that little life and leave
It can be bigger again
But you asked me to stay
Saying Help Me over and over
And just like you knew
I would want to talk about wounded birds
You always knew that I always wanted to help
So I killed myself and I stayed
And we were casualties together
Finally connected.”
Source: Handsome Vanilla
“and i said to my body. softly. ‘i want to be your friend.’ it took a long breath. and replied ‘i have been waiting my whole life for this.”
“And I said to myself that he was the first thing that I had ever missed in my life.”
Source: Hollywood
“And I said to myself that unless you conceive Death to be a violent guerrilla and kidnaper who snatches those you love, and if you are not cowardly and cannot submit to such terrorism as civilized people now do in every department of life, you must pursue and inquire and explore every possibility and seek everywhere and try everything.”
Source: Humboldt's Gift
“And I said to myself, here's the problem with the world: The Italians are too Italian, and nobody else is Italian enough.”