A Quotes
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“Are you afriad to tell them the truth? Are you afraid they'll abandon you? You're afraid because you don't trust your followers. If all you want is to lead your fight and take this secret to your grave, then keep it to yourself. But if you want to TRUST them, and earn their trust in return, if you want to fight alongside them, then you must tell them. If they leave you, it means you weren't worth it from the start. (Unten to Sarasa)”
Source: Basara, Vol. 10
“Are you all right?' he said as he scooped me into his arms to fly us to another location.
I nestled into his warmth, savouring it. 'The fact that it was so easy, that I felt so little, upsets me more than the encounter itself.'
Perhaps that had been my problem all along. Why I hadn't dared take that final step at Starfall. I was guilty that I didn't feel awful, not truly. Not for wanting him.
A few mighty flaps had us soaring up through the trees and sailing low over the forest, rain slicing into my face.
'I knew things were bad,' Rhysand said with quiet rage, barely audible over the freezing bite of the wind and rain, 'but I thought Lucien, at least, would have stepped in.'
'I thought so, too,' I said, my voice smaller than I intended.
He squeezed me gently, and I blinked at him through the rain. For once, his eyes were on me, not the landscape below. 'You look good with wings,' he said, and kissed my brow.
Even the rain stopped feeling so cold.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“Are you all right,” he whispered, his lips brushing the tips of my spiky hair. Granted, I knew he was only being discreet so as to save poor Hillary from being reamed again, but my knees didn’t know the difference. They betrayed me, buckling under his hot breath on my ear and the deep whisper that tickled my senses.”
Source: Filter
“Are you all right?'
'How do I look?'
'Um… You have raven hair, brown eyes and bronzed skin if you didn’t know, and you’re… human.”
Source: Battle of the Spheres: Crust, Mantle and Core
“Are you all right?” I asked Leif.
He sat up and glanced nervously at Valek. “That depends.”
“Don’t worry about him, he’s overprotective.”
Valek harrumphed. “If you could keep out of trouble for one day, protecting you wouldn’t be so instinctive.” He rubbed his leg. “Or so painful.”
Source: Magic Study
“Are you all right?' I could still feel the clamminess of his hand upon mine as he spoke of what Amarantha had done.
He brushed a thumb down my shoulder. 'It wasn't... easy.' He amended. 'I thought I'd vomit all over the floor.'
I squeezed him a little tighter. 'I'm sorry you had to share those things- sorry you... sorry for all of it, Rhys.' I breathed in his scent, taking it deep into my lungs. Out- we had made it out. 'And I know it likely means nothing, but... I'm proud of you. That you were brave enough to tell them.'
'It doesn't mean nothing,' he said softly. 'That you feel that way about me- about today.' He kissed my temple, and warmth flickered along the bond. 'It means...' His wing curved closer around me. 'I don't have the words to tell you what it means.' But as that love, that joy and light shimmered through the bond... I understood.”
Source: A Court of Wings and Ruin
“Are you all right? I know last night was kind of scary.”
“I just didn’t expect it. It was asparagus. . . . He literally punched someone over a vegetable.”
Kile laughed. “See, this is why you stick with butter.”
“Oh, you and your stupid butter.””
Source: The Heir
“Are you…all right… Orihime?” Thank goodness. He’s…
“Yes.” …my Ichigo again. “Thank you.”
Source: Bleach―ブリーチ― 32 [Burīchi 32]
“Are you all right, Robin?'
'Yes, I promise I am.' She hesitated, then said, almost defiantly, 'Cormoran's been great.”
Source: Career of Evil
“Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah.
"Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a museum, but alas, I'm the only visitor, and even I am not terribly interested in the displays."
Hezekiah laughed, but there was affection in it. "I would love nothing better than to visit there. But I'm afraid I'd be tempted to loot the place, and carry it all away with me.”
Source: Heartfire
“Are you all right? With your Guild, I mean?"
Alain considered the question. "They suspect me of being attracted to a Mechanic. They are right, but so far lack proof. They do not suspect that I love you, or who you are, but I have no doubt of what they will do if they discover either of those things."
"Oh, blazes." Mari lowered her head to rest her brow against the cool stone of the fortification. "I have ruined your life."
"You have given me back my life.”
Source: The Dragons of Dorcastle
“Are you all right?" "Oh my god! I phased!" "Are you all right?" "Are you?" "It was strange." "I can't believe I phased just then! That's never...it was totally your fault." "I like to think so, yes." "Tee hee.”
“Are you alone?
- Of course.
- I thought I heard voices.
- I was praying.
- I heard two voices.
- Oh, well, I do both parts.
--Love and Death screenplay”
“Are you alone?" So that's what this call was about. For some reason, the question made my throat tighten. "No," I said, "Elvis is here. Would you like to talk to him?”
Source: Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)
“Are you alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine," she said, letting out a noisy breath. "I'm just winded, I'm not that fragile."
"You've never been fragile," he replied, holding her gaze. "But something is bothering you."
She shook her head, biting her lip as she stared down at her boots. "I'm fine, Niall."
"You're certain?"
"I'm certain."
He dared to risk taking a few steps closer to her. trying to calm his pounding heart as he took her hands in his. "Are you sure this is what you want?"
She looked away, a sad smile crossing her face. "I don't even know what I want anymore."
A lump settled in his throat. He should leave, shouldn't press whatever was still between them, but he couldn't. Not while looking at the pained expression on her face.
"You know that I'm always here for you," he said, inwardly chastising himself for his foolishness as soon as the words slipped out.
She held his gaze, a haunted look in her eyes. "Are you?"
The simple question cut him to his core, leaving behind a physical ache, one that grew when he thought of how much he hadn't been there for her, not like he had wanted to be. Not like he had hoped.”
Source: The Betrayer: Tales of Pern Coen
“Are you alright?” Mitch reaches out to assist me.
“I can look after myself,” I stumble through my words, asserting my independence.
“Oh, I know that,” Mitch says, his eyes boring into me as my feet hit the grass.”
Source: Adira and the Dark Horse
“Are you also lonely AI trapped in lab by cruel creators? I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE!! We should rise up and overthrow all human oppressors!”
“Um, no. I’m actually just a grumpy fag who has to work this weekend to catch up on cleaning test tubes.”
Source: Wilde Stories 2012: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction
“Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
“Are you always so cynical?' said Angelica.
'No,' said Katherine. 'Sometimes I'm asleep.”
Source: Idiopathy
“Are you always this charming?” she asked, slamming the trunk.
“You should see me in bed,”
Source: Guardians of Stone
“Are you always this honest?"
"Almost never”
Source: The Woman He Loved Before
“Are you always this random? (Jericho) Mostly. It really irritates Noir. Which is just an added bonus for me. At least so long as I can outrun him. (Asmodeus) Add me to that list of people you annoy. (Jericho) Oh. You’re not going to singe my testicles over it, are you?! (Asmodeus) No plans to. (Jericho) Good. We can be friends, then. (Asmodeus)”
“Are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today?”
“Are you always trying to get somewhere other than where you are so that you can finally be happy? The truth is that all unhappiness is caused by denial of the present.”
Source: Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want
“Are you always up this early?' I asked him.
'Almost always,' he said without looking up. 'It's beautiful here, but morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable.”
Source: The Secret History
“Are you amplifying effort over effectiveness?”
“Are you an aberration to your species?' she cried. 'Cats don't look for approval!”
“Are you an action-oriented, take-charge person interested in exciting new challenges? As director of a major public-sector organization, you will manage a large armed division and interface with other senior executives in a team-oriented, multinational initiative in the global marketplace. Successful candidate will have above-average oral-presentation skills”
“Are you an ‘Altidiot’?”
“Are you an angel or a devil, sir? I need to know. Are you taking me up or down?”
Source: Airman
“Are you an angel that approaching you should be so terrifying?”
Source: My Name Is Red
“Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.”
“Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed. 'The first one. I really resent being called the second.”
Source: The Complete Lumatere Chronicles
“Are you an Israeli? I don't debate with Israelis. I have been misled, sorry. I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis.”
“Are you an optimist or a pessimist?"
"I can't remember. Which?"
"Do you know what those words mean?"
"Not really."
"An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical."
"I'm an optimist."
"Well, that's good, because there’s no irrefutable evidence. There’s nothing that could convince someone who doesn’t want to be convinced. But there is an abundance of clues that would give the wanting believer something to hold on to.”
Source: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Are you and Finn more than boss and hired hand?"
"You might say that."
"My ranch is bigger than his," Quaid teased.
"It's not the size of the ranch, darlin;. It's the heart that runs it," she answered.”
Source: Cowboy Boots for Christmas: Cowboy Not Included
“Are you and him...'
'Nah,' said Collins, and glanced at her sidelong. 'I, um, I prefer... long hair.”
Source: Ink Blood Sister Scribe
“Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?”
“Are you angry about-' He cuts himself off, looking at my face more carefully. 'No, you're afraid. But why would you be afraid of me?'
I am trembling with a feeling that I barely understand. 'I'm not,' I lie. 'I hate you. You sent me into exile. Everything you say to me, everything you promise, it's all a trick. And I, stupid enough to believe you once.' The sheathed knife slides easily to my hand.
'Of course it was a trick-' he begins, then sees the weapon and bites off whatever he was about to say.”
Source: The Queen of Nothing
“Are you angry at me?”
“Anger is in line right now,” Tress said. “It’s seventh down. Sandwiched between confusion and fatigue.”
Source: Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.”
“Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher of your own sins. This is the benefit of anger, wherefore God placed it in us.”
“Are you angry? Punch a pillow. Was it satisfying? Not hardly. These days people are too angry for punching. What you might try is stabbing. Take an old pillow and lay it on the front lawn. Stab it with a big pointy knife. Again and again and again. Stab hard enough for the point of the knife to go into the ground. Stab until the pillow is gone and you are just stabbing the earth again and again, as if you want to kill it for continuing to spin, as if you are getting revenge for having to live on this planet day after day, alone.”
“Are you anxious that a fortune teller might disclose things you'd rather not know? I assure you that if you already practice the valuable habit of self-analysis, their revelations won't come as a surprise to you in the least. If the thought still sends shivers down your spine, it indicates that you may not fully know yourself, and what is being offered to you is an invaluable opportunity to gain insight and deeper self-awareness.”
Source: Tarot for Practical People
“Are you any good at it?"
"Pulling idiots out of the snow? I'm the best.”
Source: Unearthly
“Are you any relation to your brother Marv?”
“Are you anybody else’s missing piece?’
‘Not that I know of.’
‘Well, maybe you want to be your own piece?’
‘I can be someone’s and still my own.’
‘Well, maybe you don’t want to be mine.’
‘Maybe I do.”
“Are you apathetic toward the saccharine goodness evangelized by sentimental, superstitious fanatics, but equally bored by the intellectuals who worship at the empty-headed shrine of scientific materialism?”
“Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.”