A Quotes
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“And when I think about that, I think that if nothing but being married will help a man, he's durn nigh hopeless.”
Source: The Best of Faulkner
“And when I think my thinking rouses me to blame he who created me, And I gave peace to my children for they are in the bliss of the abyss
Which surpasses all the pleasures of the world,
And had they been born they would’ve endured misery”
Source: The Quatrains of Abu'l-Ala: Selected From His "Lozum-Ma-La-Yalzam" And "Sact-Uz-Zind" And Now First Translated Into English
“And when I told my sons I might be in City of Ember, they said, 'Oh! You're gonna be the mayor?' And I hadn't even read the script yet.”
“And when I wake up it's wonderful, like I've been carried quietly onto a calm, peaceful shore, and the dream, and its meaning, has broken over me like a wave and is ebbing away now, leaving me with a single, solid certainty. I know now.”
Source: Before I Fall
“And when I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the 80s that wasn't a cool thing to be.”
“And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.”
“And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.”
“And when I was in the trunk, I saw Jesus. And the Virgin Mary. And Ozzy Osbourne.”
“And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in for ever.”
Source: First Light
“And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.”
“And when I was younger,
I knew a boy and a boy.
Best friends with each other...
But always wished they were more.
'Cause they loved one another
But never discovered
'Cause they were too afraid of what they'd say.
Moved to different states...”
“And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers.”
“and when
i write this out,
this isn’t to remember you…
it’s to take it away
from you,
i’ll take all these feelings i felt
and i’ll make art,
i’ll make something beautiful,
i’ll make something new
– the alchemy in poetry”
“And when I'd be reporting in Israel, Palestinians would say, the Jews they're not like us, and the Jews would say the same things about the Palestinians, they don't want what we want. And I never bought it as a reporter and I don't buy it as a novelist. I think, you know, the sound of somebody crying for their lost child sounds the same.”
“And when I'm in my car I'm laid back
I got an 8-track and a spare tire in the backseat
But that's flat”
“And when I'm introduced to one
I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!”
“And when I'm not working, my agent books three auditions a day...I'd rather go to the set and work.”
“And when I'm on set, I'm just thinking about the script and of working. I think I've stayed focused on the work so much that I haven't really noticed my life start to change except for I've gotten busier.”
“And when I'm on the microphone you best to wear your sweater,
Cause I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails,
Oh hell, there he go again.”
“And when I'm writing well and when I'm inside the feeling, then I can do fairly complicated things with some fluency.”
“And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up in the book, or in the story I'm working on, because they're simply my way of getting to know the characters”
“And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.”
“And when in doubt, Josh, follow your heart. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this... This is always true.”
Source: The Enchantress
“And when in doubt, be extreme.”
“And when is it ever convincing, the belief others have in your abilities? You know perfectly well they can't see the mess inside you.”
“And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?”
Source: Tell Me a Riddle
“And when it comes to developing the high standards we need, it's time to stop working against our teachers and start working with them. Teachers don't go in to education to get rich. They don't go in to education because they don't believe in their children. They want their children to succeed, but we've got to give them the tools. Invest in early childhood education. Invest in our teachers and our children will succeed.”
“And when it comes to gettin nookie, I'm not a rookie...
I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi.”
“And when it comes, her kiss is like something not so much felt as found.”
Source: Going Bovine
“and when it ends…
i don’t know if there’s anything
harder to let go of than the way a song
makes you feel about them
– when a music lover loves”
“And when it has got in; as one not finding what it seeks, whatever that may be, it wails and howls to issue forth again: and not content with stalking through the aisles, and gliding round and round the pillars, and tempting the deep organ, soars up to the roof, and strives to rend the rafters: then flings itself despairingly upon the stones below, and passes, muttering, into the vaults.”
Source: Dickens' Christmas Spirits: A Christmas Carol and Other Tales
“And when it is suggested that the inward feelings of power or inward monitions or losses of judgement are the germs out of which the divine machinery developed, I return that truth is just the reverse, that the presence of voices which had to be obeyed were the absolute prerequisite to the conscious stage of mind in which it is the self that is responsible and can debate within itself, can order and direct, and that the creation of such a self is the product of culture. In a sense, we have become our own gods.”
“And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.”
“And when it's quiet,
you can hear your thoughts.
You try to escape,
but you don't realize,
that you are trapped,
trapped within your thoughts.”
“And when it's really maddening
You echo in mind Dreaming you and me makes me high
This weakness in no time This craving all the time
Thought of cuddling you I can't stop even for a while
Just want to sleep in your arms day and night
why your songs every time why you don't go out of sight
Reading you in quotes line by line Dreams of our home before dying
Nights are broken quiet Talking to you is an urge Everyday Fight
Deep silent shouts why I don't want to take you out
Parties are over I just stand lost in corners.
It's blue even in laughs People ask
why silence even in noise It's like beyond you there is no life
why these roads These long night walks I just don't stop
why it's so cold why sky calls
why can't I see you why there is Moon”
“And when it started to get dark you pointed to the sky, and told me there was a star for every thing you loved about me.”
Source: Requiem
“And when it was clear that Svipdag was determined to leave, his father gave him a great axe, a handsome and dangerous weapon. Svip then counselled his son: "Do not envy others and avoid arrogance, for such conduct diminishes one's fame. Defend yourself if you are attacked. It is becoming to be humble, yet at the same time you must make a bold showing if put to a test.”
Source: The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
“And when it's all done, when there's no one left you'll come back for me. And tell me who I am and why I have to do what I do. And explain 'Eternity.' You'll come back”
“And when Jace was ten years old, Valentine killed him. Michael, I mean." "That sounds like something he would do," said Luke. His tone was neutral, but there was something in his voice that made Clary look at him sideways. Did he not believe her? "Jace saw him die, " she added, as if to bolster her claim. "That's awful," said Luke. "Poor messed-up kid.”
Source: City of Bones: TV Tie-in
“And when Jesus declared, 'It is finished,' He meant it. God’s punishment for our sin was paid for, permanently settled, finished— 100 percent. If you have responded in faith to God’s free pardon through Jesus, then God will never punish you for your sin. It’s finished. No more. If you screw up today or tomorrow (which you will), it’s already been paid for through Jesus. 'There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,' Paul said (Rom. 8: 1). None. God will not and cannot condemn you after He has already condemned Jesus for you. It’s impossible. God will never be angry with you since His anger was poured out on Jesus. All of it. One hundred percent.
Charis: God's Scandalous Grace for Us (p. 169).”
“And when life's sweet fable ends, soul and body part like friends; no quarrels, murmurs, no delay; a kiss, a sigh, and so away.”
“And when long years and seasons wheeling brought around that point of time ordained for him to make his passage homeward, trials and dangers, even so, attended him even in Ithaca, near those he loved.”
Source: The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation
“and when love came to us twice and lied to us twice we decided to never love again that was fair fair to us and fair to love itself. we ask for no mercy or no miracles; we are strong enough to live and to die and to kill flies, attend the boxing matches, go to the racetrack, live on luck and skill, get alone, get alone often, and if you can't sleep alone be careful of the words you speak in your sleep; and ask for no mercy no miracles; and don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless.”
“And when love is over when the diner of love seems closed from the outside you want all those hours back along with anything you left at the lover’s house and maybe a couple of things which aren’t technically yours on the grounds that you wasted a portion of your life and those hours have all gone southside.”
“And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes Heaven drowsy with the harmony.”
“And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.”
“And when Mary nodded, Pauline said, "You'd better hurry then, you know how how is," and laughed to show she would not be married to bald John Keane for all the tea in China. In her laugh was every confidence Mary had ever shared with Pauline about her husband's failings, every unguarded criticism, every angry, impromptu, frustrated critique of his personality, his manners, his sometimes morbid, sometimes inscrutable, sometimes impatient ways. A repository, Pauline and her laugh, for every moment in thier marriage when Mary Keane had not loved her husband, when love itself had seemed a misapprehension, a delusion (a stranger standing outside of Schrafft's transformed into an answered prayer), and marriage--which Pauline had had sense enough to spurn--simply an awkward pact with a stranger, any stranger, John or George, Tom, Dick, or Harry.
A repository, Pauline and her laugh, her knowing eye, for all that Mary Keane should have kept to herself.”
Source: After This
“And when midst fallen London, they survey The stone where Alexander's ashes lay, Shall own with humbled pride the lesson must By Time's slow finger written in the dust.”
“And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours, Claire? I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you." The wind stirred the leaves of the chestnut trees nearby, and the scents of late summer rose up rich around us; pine and grass and strawberries, sun-warmed stone and cool water, and the sharp, musky smell of his body next to mine. "Nothing is lost, Sassenach; only changed." "That's the first law of thermodynamics," I said, wiping my nose. "No," he said. "That's faith.”
Source: The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 1, 2, 3, and 4: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn
“And when my days run out, I will have lived just a blink of time and the rest will be eternal joy.”