B Quotes
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“But you possess one quality that no one else does.
Oh?
Your identity. Your history, deeds and situation. Use those to shape your creation and you will produce something unique. Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.”
Source: Eldest
“But you pulled the blade when you did and how you did because you put yourself in the right place to do so. Not your mother, not your grandmother, but you. You brought honor to your Line, and I don’t mean Arthur’s. You don’t need the sword, Bree. You are the sword. Their sword. Our sword.”
Source: Bloodmarked
“But you, Randolph Carter, have braved all things of earth’s dreamland, and burn still with the flame of quest. You came not as one curious, but as one seeking his due...”
“But you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude.”
Source: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
“But you're forgetting something, I like a challenge.
Keefe Sencen”
Source: Nightfall
“But you're forgetting something, I like a challenge." Keefe was so close, his breath warming her cheeks.”
Source: Nightfall
“but you’re giving a very good impression of a lovelorn fool pining for his girl.”
Source: Waiting for Sunrise
“But you're going to be fucking mine someday," he growled. "Come hell or high water, Emory Scott. You're my woman, and you're going to come to me every day and sit at my table and warm my fucking bed." He kissed me. "And you're going to give me a Will Grayson IV. Mark my words.”
Source: Nightfall
“But you’re one of the most talented young men I know.'
'Well, you don’t know that many then.”
Source: Ignite the Stars
“But you’re right about one thing: he’s my best friend. I know him very well, and no matter what he said or did tonight, I’ve never seen him act this way with another girl. No one,” he repeated, “except you.”
Source: Soccer Sweetheart
“But you're sleep, and you're a few miles away, and I have no means to get to you right now, so I’m writing.”
Source: Creep
“But you're so easy to sneak up on." He crossed his arms, leaning back against the wall. "You should be honored that I bother, since there's no challenge to it."
"Right," I said dryly.
Tybalt has never made a secret of his contempt for changelings in general and me in particular. Not even the years I spent missing could change that. If anything, it made things worse, because when I came back, I promptly removed myself from all the places he was accustomed to finding me. Hating me suddenly took effort - an effort he's proved annoying glad to make. On the other hand, it's actually been something of a relief, because it is something I can count on. Dawn comes, the moon rises and Tybalt hates me.”
Source: Rosemary and Rue
“But you’re so much stronger than he was. He wasn’t able to get up after being knocked down. You’re different. I’ve never even seen you fall.” - Jade, Small Circles”
Source: Small Circles
“But you're worried I'll get in trouble?" I try not to show how much this pleases me. I've managed to ignore him for days now and here I sit. Lapping up his attention like a neglected puppy. My voice takes on an edge. "Why do you care? I've ignored you for days."
His smile fades. He looks serious, mockingly so. "Yeah. You got to stop that.”
Source: Firelight
“But you reached a stage where you realized it was a waste of energy trying to change your parents’ minds about anything, ever.”
Source: A Spot of Bother
“But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are. You know, so if you take someone like Eddie Murphy, who is not a big fan of rehearsal. You know he comes out of stand-up. He comes - it's all about capturing the moment - in the moment, you know.”
“But you, Roman, must remember that you have to guide the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to graft tradition onto peace, to shew mercy to the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.”
Source: The Aeneid
“But you said so yourself,the poor lass will die of it...Do you really want her to die?
'Yes, I'd rather she died than have a bad life.”
Source: The Dream
“But you said you love me. You don’t just leave after that.”
“But you said you no longer care for the world's opinion," I said to him, "nor will I.”
Source: Mary Reilly
“But, you see, it's not what you do that matters really. It's only you."
"Me what?"
"Just you here. Or you in the city. Or you somewhere in the world. I don't know. Just that.”
Source: The Fountainhead
“But you see, my dear Guardian, everyone is the villain in someone else’s story...”
Source: Guardian of the Auras
“But you see now baby, whether you have a ph.d., d.d. or no d, we're in this bag together. And whether you are from Morehouse or Nohouse, we,re still in this bag together.”
“But you see when I play a game of Bobby, there is no style. Bobby played perfectly. And perfection has no style.”
“But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.”
Source: Dreams From My Father
“But you see, I can believe a thing without understanding it. It's all a matter of training.”
Source: Have His Carcase
“But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.”
“but you see, just because we've been...dealt a certain hand...it doesn't mean we can't choose to rise above- to conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted. to try to retain whatever essential humanity we can.”
Source: Twilight: Twilight
“But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.”
“But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I’m only condemning myself to sixty years of torture. And I can find the joy only if I do my work in the best way possible to me. But the best is a matter of standards—and I set my own standards. I inherit nothing. I stand at the end of no tradition. I may, perhaps, stand at the beginning of one.”
Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection
“But you shall not escape my iambics.”
“But you should know the love can wear away under the stress of being married. Someone you think you love now, you might start to hate when he couldn't take care of your children, it'd be even worse. Love doesn't always survive under those circumstances.”
Source: The Selection Series 3-Book Collection: The Selection, The Elite, The One, The Prince, The Guard
“But you should never jump unless you know you can fly, or at least float. Nobody wants to fall. That’s how you end up hurt.”
Source: Redemption
“But you should see the sky tonight.
Screw your astrology apps. Screw your games. Look up sometime. There is a whole wing of positive psychology--my therapist told me--that says the greatest way to affect your outlook on life is to consider what you already have more than what you don't have. And so I might not have a cell phone on me, or a sister at home, or a Dad at all, or a future, but holy shit I have the sky.”
Source: The Great American Whatever
“But you should see the sky tonight.
Screw your astrology apps. Screw your games. Look up sometime. There is a whole wing of positive psychology--my therapist told me--that says the greatest way to affect your outlook on life is to consider what you already have more that what you don't have. And so I might not have a cell phone on me, or a sister at home, or a Dad at all, or a future, but holy shit I have the sky.”
Source: The Great American Whatever
“But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.' 'Yes, we do,' said Pippin sadly. 'The story seems to be going on, but I am afraid Gandalf has fallen out of it.”
Source: The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
“But you still fight. You still hope. Because there's a chance you might win. And even if you don't - you fight for the people you love, especially when they can't fight for themselves - Kennedy”
Source: Unmarked
“But you succeeded in your assignment because you, my darling Gwendolyn, are my perfect match”
Source: A Match in the Making
“But you take a four-year state college, with a broader range of admission, and what happens during those four years may be an even greater value-added educational experience. I don't know.”
“But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.”
“But you tell yourself stories, don't you? Convince yourself the truth is different, because it hurts too much to admit it. That's how we all get through the day, every day, constructing our own little illusions of a never-ending life, of a reality that we have the power to control.”
Source: The Sight
“But you the pathways of the sky Found first, and tasted heavenly springs, Unfettered as the lark that sings, And knew strange raptures, - though we sigh, "Poor Iccarus!"”
“But you think that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I would if I could get into a better before I was called into the best, and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole.”
“But you think we're here for beautiful things and you think sadness is beautiful?"
"It can be," I say.”
Source: If He Had Been With Me
“But you thought wrong, Amanda; For turn the case, and let it be your story; Should you come home, and tell me you had seen a handsome man, should I grow jealous because you had eyes?”
Source: The relapse
“But you too, help one another: help one another always. One another. In this way, by helping one another, we will do some good.”
Source: I Ask You to Pray for Me: Opening a Horizon of Hope
“But you've always used words so wordily in crafty defense of your Trinity, although He never needed such defense before you got Him from me as a Unity.”
Source: A Canticle For Leibowitz
“But you've been distracted for weeks, thinking of nothing but that green-eyed bitch. She's brought you to this."
Garrett.
She wouldn't know he'd been thinking of her at the last moment. She would never know what she'd meant to him. It would make dying so much easier if only he'd told her. But she would do well without him, just as she had before. She was a strong, resilient woman, a force of nature.
He only worried that no one would bring her flowers.
How strange that as his life was spinning down to its end, there was no anger or fear, only soul-scorching love. He was dissolving in it. There was nothing left but the way she'd made him feel.
"Was she worth it?" Gamble jeered.
Gripping the railing behind him, Ethan smiled faintly. "Aye.”
Source: Hello Stranger
“But you've looked forward to this trip for so long."
"And now I won't have it to look forward to any longer.”
Source: The Arrangement
“But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?"
Simon raised his eyebrows in response.
"Well, aside from mine, of course," Jace said. "And I'm sure my blood is fan-tastic.”
Source: City of Glass