A Quotes
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“Are we so desperate for entertainment that we will fall for a Trickless magician?? Saw a woman in half. Pull a rabbit out of a hat. Do something! What tricks does this guy have? "I'm in a box...and I ain't gonna eat.". "I'm in a box... and I ain't gonna eat!!" That ain't no trick! That's called living in the projects!”
“Are we so gleefully enraptured with our own greed that we think it wise to banish God to the barest fringes of our existence? For I would surmise that if we are that impoverished, we deserve the destruction that such impoverishment will rain upon us. And in the rain, I must tell you that I will not flee to the fringes to which we have banished God in order to find shelter in His embrace. Rather, I will pray Him into the middle of the rain so that all of us will suddenly find ourselves sheltered from the rain that we had created by the God that we had banished. For such is the character of this God.”
“Are we so made that we have to take death in small doses daily or we could not go on with the business of living?”
Source: Orlando: A Biography
“Are we so patently ignorant as to believe that today just happened? For the incalculable number of complexities inherent in a single day are leagues beyond the reach of mere happenstance, and the threads that seamlessly tie these complexities together are beyond coincidence of the most fantastic sort.”
“Are we so utterly foolish that to repent of our ignorance will require the destruction of our lives? And if this is the sad reality, then let us be destroyed so that we can begin the process of rebuilding.”
“Are we star-crossed?" I asked quietly, a whisper.
"Yes," he said. "But I would fight against the stars for you.”
Source: Star-Crossed
“Are we starting early?” Barb came strolling into the Library Bar with his usual casual smile. “He isn’t drinking before the work’s done, is he? You’ll regret that.”
“Will you shut your hoe mouth?!” Ferd screeched at Barb, and Barb just laughed it off. They really were polar opposites, and yet weirdly the same. “I need to get my Voodoo ready for her big night. I’m a professional!”
“Say that with a few less decibels,” I giggled. Man, he could screech.”
Source: A Sinful Silence
“Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out?”
“Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?”
“Are we taking the drunken drivers off the road only to turn them into drunken pedestrians?”
“Are we taking the Subaru?”
“No. We’ll run.”
Running is not part of my plan. Stopping right here is my plan.
“I’m not actually supposed to run,” I try to say. “The arm and everything.”
“I’m sorry about your arm.”
“Really?”
He swoops me up as if I weigh nothing, leans me against his chest, and carries me the way grooms are supposed to carry brides over thresholds. He is cold now, away from the fire. He smells of mushrooms. “Are you afraid of heights?”
He keeps my good arm against him, and doesn’t even jostle my cast arm. It’s smooth and quick and I don’t have time to ...He sets me down on the rolling ground in a large clearing in the middle of tall pine trees. My breath whooshes out like I’d been holding it.
“Oh, that was amazing,” I say before I realize it.
“You’re glowing. I thought you hated me.”
“I do. But flying? I don’t hate flying. I read this book once where—”
“You read?”
“Yeah.”
“Good. I like philosophy myself. It’s good to have a daughter who reads.”
I swallow, shift my weight on my feet. They won’t be able to follow us here; we left no tracks. I can’t believe we flew. “Can all pixies fly? Because I was totally unprepared for that. I mean, I didn’t read that.”
“Only ones with royal blood. You can.”
Source: Need
“Are we talking hell hounds and flames here?" Des asked, pacing at the end of our beds.
I repeated the question and gave a heaving sigh of relief when Jameson said I had the wrong idea.
"He's going to 'lead us into temptation.'"
"That doesn't sound so bad," Des said with a cheeky grin.”
Source: Hollyweird
“Are we the fool of the narrative? Whether we have tediously written out the narratives to explain our world, or allay our fears, or justify our agendas, or excuse our behaviors. Or whether we have given ourselves entirely over the narratives of others who write them for the same reasons. Are we the fool of the narrative?”
“Are we the wreck or the ship of God's Word?”
Source: Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom
“Are we to assist it in gaining power in order to save our lives? Is that the paradox of our earthly situation?”
Source: The Man in the High Castle
“Are we to conclude that these chief gods, Zeus and Yahweh, did not wish humankind to have moral consciousness and the arts of civilization? It is a mystery indeed.
The most obvious explanation is that the creative artist and poet and saint must fight the actual (as contrasted to the ideal) gods of our society—the god of conformism as well as the gods of apathy, material success, and exploitative power. These are the “idols” of our society that are worshiped by multitudes of people.”
Source: The Courage to Create
“Are we to deny our daughters the works of Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck or Shakespeare?....Where is the equality in banning girls from enjoying wonderful works of literature?....What kind of society defines suitable reading material by sex? This is indefensible censorship encouraging ignorance and bias. [About Caitlin Moran's statement.]”
“Are we to go out with trumpets and tell everything we know, just because it is true? Is there not such a thing as egotistical truthfulness?”
Source: Anne: A Novel
“Are we to have a censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who is thus to dogmatize religious opinions for our citizens? Whose foot is to be the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched? Is a priest to be our inquisitor, or shall a layman, simple as ourselves, set up his reason as the rule of what we are to read, and what we must believe?”
Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“Are we to have a church in which everyone's judgment is equal to everyone else's? That's not a church, it's chaos. Common sense dictates that you keep the fox out of the chicken coop.”
“Are we to have a parcel of oligarchs squeezing the marrow out of very bones eternally?”
Source: Sylvester Sound, the Somnambulist
“Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? To long for the moon while looking on the rain, to lower the blinds and be unaware of the passing of the spring - these are even more deeply moving. Branches about to blossom or gardens strewn with flowers are worthier of our admiration.”
“Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?”
“Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man?”
“Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ... Does man have any responsibility for the preservation of a decent balance in nature, for the preservation of rare species, or even for the indefinite continuance of his race?”
“Are we to say goodbye forever to the magic, and the dreaming and the flying of our childhoods?”
Source: How to Fight a Dragon's Fury: How to Train Your Dragon, Book 12
“Are we to say that any individual who's on steroids that has an angry moment is due to steroids? What about the individual who gets angry and kills someone who's not on steroids? What do we blame it on now?”
“Are we together now?" is what I'm wondering, but I don't ask, because he puts his arm around me and tilts my head up to his, and I'm nervous again.
"Don't be nervous," he says.”
Source: P.S. I Still Love You
“Are we treating our body kindly by the way we eat, by the way we drink, by the way we work? Are we treating ourselves with enough joy and tenderness and peace? Or are we feeding ourselves with toxins that we get from the market - the spiritual, intellectual, entertainment market?”
“Are we truly awake while experiencing the tangible world around us? Or are we adrift in a dream flux of illusions, our senses hoodwinking us at every turn?”
Source: Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality
“Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?”
Source: Money, Possessions, and Eternity
“Are we tryina stop this wedding, Bunsen?”
“’ Course not,” said Strike, pulling out another cigarette. “I was invited. I’m a friend. A guest.”
“You sacked ’er,” said Shanker. “Which ain’t a mark of friendship where I come from.”
Strike refrained from pointing out that Shanker knew hardly anyone who had ever had a job.”
Source: Career of Evil
“Are we trying to be different or better?”
Source: Quantraz
“Are we using science in ways that it wasn't intended to, in which case we should be a little careful, or are we using faith in ways that faith wasn't really designed for? There are certain questions that are better answered by one approach than the other, and if you start mixing that up, then you end up in ... conflict.”
“Are we victims of destiny, or is it all mere determination? Suppose we do not just want to blame ourselves for not being lucky. In that case, we must endeavor to be imaginative and empower our dreams to take shape. ("Camera obscura of the mind")”
“Are we willing to do for the truth what others are willing to do for a lie?”
“Are we willing to risk being misunderstood and maligned in order that truth might be told and men might be saved? Identifying a malady and explaining its seriousness are always the first steps to finding a cure... God has ordained that men come to conviction of sin, repentance, and saving faith through preaching. Yet how can the [Holy] Spirit use our preaching if we are not willing to expose sin or call men to repentance?”
“Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes.”
“Are we, finally, speaking of nature or culture when we speak of a rose (nature), that has been bred (culture) so that its blossoms (nature) make men imagine (culture) the sex of women (nature)? It may be this sort of confusion that we need more of.”
Source: Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
“Are we, like, having a conversation?" "Did you just, like, ask me for advice and listen with an open mind? If so, then yes, I would call this a conversation”
Source: The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned
“Are we, then, insane because we have not gone mad?”
Source: The Sleepwalkers
“Are women complete
human beings, with our own socialised and embodied experiences, our stories forever changing as we move through time? Or are we a cobbled together, pick-and-mix range of woman-y offerings, most of which fall into decay as we age? Is a woman really a woman when there’s nothing more for men to take from or project onto her? When she might, in fact, seem to
be on the verge of living for herself?”
Source: Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women
“Are women literal creatures? I have to admit this is not my forte.”
Source: Emotionally Compromised
“Are women necessary? Not with Ava around”
“Are writers reporters, prophets, crazies, entertainers, preachers, judges, what?”
Source: Crossing to Safety
“Are ya glad to see me, or is that a roll of poker chips in your pants?”
Source: Stop Dragon My Heart Around
“Are ya havin' a Heart Attack, a Stroke - Do Ya Smell Toast”
Source: Florida Retirement Is Murder
“Are ya trying' to kill me, lass?"
"Kill you? No." Maggie leaned closer, her hands drifting up and cradling his face as she rolled her hips again in one wicked pass. "Torture you? Maybe.”
Source: Luck of the Irish
“Are ya waiting for an invitation? Getchya self in. I ain’t gonna scare ya.”
Source: Johnny Fracture
“Are ye Hungary?”