D Quotes
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“Do you see, Harry? Do you see the flaw in my brilliant plan now? I had fallen into the trap I had foreseen, that I had told myself I could avoid, that I must avoid.”
“I don’t —”
“I cared about you too much,” said Dumbledore simply. “I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act.
“Is there a defense? I defy anyone who has watched you as I have — and I have watched you more closely than you can have imagined — not to want to save you more pain than you had already suffered. What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now you were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I would have such a person on my hands.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is the very essence of dreams..."
"...No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the sensation of any epoch of one's existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream--alone.”
Source: Heart of Darkness
“Do you see how he who has acquired a good heart through his efforts and by doing the commandments has acquired the whole Godhead, which is that good treasure, to dwell within him?”
Source: On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses : On Virtue and Christian Life Vol. 2
“Do you see how Jerry Heller made it work? That is how he combined what we did to make the rap music into mass music. That's exactly how it happened.”
“Do you see how much power you have when you act without fear?”
Source: The Grace of Kings
“Do you see how the sky holds the sun?
In a powerful but effortless way that shows off her beauty and strength?
That's how a King holds his Queen.”
“Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we both get so blue. I am on a lonely road and I am traveling, looking for the key to set me free.”
“Do you see it?
Do you get it?
Are you clear on
What's going on?
White women are subjugated (as human beings)
even when elevated (as muses and objects of desire).
Black men are infantilized intellectually (to diminish power)
and aged-up physically (to increase threat).
Black women are subjugated, infantilized, and aged-up,
expected to selflessly carry everyone else.
Immigrants and people of color
are supposed to dedicate their lives to the illusion--the lottery--
of the American Dream,
by actually feeding the American Machine.”
“Do you see Jesus Christ as the son of God and believe in him as the route to salvation and eternal life?”
“Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion because it is built on a long history of injustices: racism, criminality, and the genocide of millions. Many people say it is insane to resist the system, but actually, it is insane not to.”
Source: Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience
“Do you see me or the mask I put on today?”
“Do you see my diamond-studded smile and passion-filled eyes? It’s because I’m in that stage of my life where I have nothing to prove to anyone. There is no elaborate pretence and no lavish ostentations. Genuineness smoulders in yellow gold, and I carry integrity on my eyelids. I stitch virtue, ornately and intricately, in every feather of my powder silver wings, which thrusts me past the iridescent rainbow where my ambitions soar high amid the dappled blanket of the sky. This is I; the stronger me, the happier me and the empowered me.”
“Do you see O my brothers and sisters? It is not chaos or death, it is form, union, plan, it is eternal life, it is happiness.”
Source: Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856
“Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Do you see that I cherish you beyond question, that you have nothing to prove to me? You are making your journey to secure yourself. I am already tethered to your side. if you can love yourself as I love you there will be no dislocation --- you will be whole. Bring yourself home to me and I will immerse you in very ounce of tenderness I possess. - Sabine Strohem”
“Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? It's called the sun. Let's go get us a little.”
“Do you see that? That stream of lava flowing out of you?”
Source: These Walls Can Talk
“Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.”
“Do you see the colours, Salama?' Kenan whispers.
The sunset is gorgeous, but it pales in comparison to him. He's drenched in the dying day's glow, a kaleidoscope of shades dancing on his face. Pink, orange, yellow, purple, red. Finally settling into an azure blue. It reminds me of Layla's painting. A colour so stark it would stain my fingers were I to touch it.
As the sun sinks, in those few precious moments when the world is caught between day and night, something shifts between Kenan and me. 'Yes,' I breathe. 'Yes.”
Source: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
“Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to lift others onto the top rung...We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. And most of all, we become much too passive. We overlook just how large a role we all play—and by “we” I mean society—in determining who makes it and who doesn’t.”
“Do you see the Field of Mars, where I walked next to my bride in her white wedding dress, with red sandals in her hands, when we were kids?” “I see it well.” “We spent all our days afraid it was too good to be true, Tatiana,” said Alexander. “We were always afraid all we had was a borrowed five minutes from now.” Her hands went on his face. “That’s all any of us ever has, my love,” she said. “And it all flies by.” “Yes,” he said, looking at her, at the desert, covered coral and yellow with golden eye and globe mallow. “But what a five minutes it’s been.”
“Do you see the grand error of their ways? They execute the Republic’s business as if it were the business of the Force! But has a political body ever succeeded in being the arbiter of what is right and just?”
Source: Darth Plagueis
“Do you see the irony at all, Tristan?’ I stare at him and shake my head. He seems determined not to speak again until I do. ‘What irony?’ I ask eventually, the words tumbling out in a hurried heap. ‘That I am to be shot as a coward while you get to live as one.”
Source: The Absolutist
“Do you see the river of truth, Lharkin? Do you understand that two are one?”
Source: Mourning Grey: Part Two
“Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning? ...Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man's appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish.”
Source: Ishmael: A Novel
“Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is the very essence of dreams...”
Source: Heart of Darkness
“Do you see there stands the moon?-
It is but half in view,
And yet is round and beautiful!
So too are many things
We lightly laugh to scorn,
Because our eyes fail to see.”
“Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned with pretty nails and diamond rings. They're not made for paint rollers and paint splatter and that kind of manual labor.”
“Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.”
Source: Selected Writings
“Do you see those colors? Take them!”
“Do you see those dull stars?" She outlined the formation with her finger.
"A pentagram," whispered Scott.
"Yes, but not just any pentagram. Take a look through the telescope."
Scott approached the eyepiece.
"They're not stars!"
"What do they look like?" asked Jenn.
Scott studied each of the figures.
"It can't be," he stuttered. "Planets?"
"Exactly what I thought."
"But how? They're completely off their orbits."
"The earth's off its axis."
"Mount Etna erupted."
"Greece had a earthquake."
"The whole universe has gone mad!" Scott exclaimed.
"And my friends have supernatural powers," said Jenn.”
Source: M.A.J.I.C. and the Oracle at Delphi
“Do You see us? Do You know our fear? Do You see our divisions?”
Source: RISE UP: Believing God When the World is Falling Apart
“Do you see what I mean?…
They’ve proved they ARE persons, no matter how small,
And their whole world was saved by the Smallest of All!”
Source: Horton Hears a Who!
“Do you see what I mean?! About the theater?! I'm back here for three hours and I'm acting like a lunatic. I'll be in analysis till I'm a hundred”
“Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask nothing more.”
Source: The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations
“Do you see what this pure feeling ‘love’ can do to people? Just now, I know you wanted to take my head off. But if love is so pure, why do so many die in the name of love? It’s a poison. It enters your body and slowly makes you do impulsive things you wouldn’t normally do. People kill themselves because they want to be with their love. People kill others because they want to be with their love. And people kill their love because they want to be with their love. All in the name of love, but in the end, someone dies.”
Source: The Way To Dawn: Ascension Zero
“Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By the mass, and ‘tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: Very like a whale.”
“Do you see your own culture as the most beautiful and perfect culture? You poor fellow! You are so much poor when you lack the beauty and wisdom of other cultures! Why is honey precious? Because honey is not the child of one flower, but a thousand flowers!”
“Do you see yourself as a victim of the world, or do you see yourself as the world?”
“Do you see, Arren, how an act is not, as young men think, like a rock that one picks up and throws, and it hits or misses, and that's the end of it. When that rock is lifted, the earth is lighter; the hand that bears it is heavier. When it is thrown, the circuits of the stars respond, and where it strikes or falls the universe is changed.”
Source: The farthest shore
“Do you see, Solange, that you are the only woman in my world? The one woman who can choose life or death for me. You are the center of my world and you always will be. When I tell you that your pleasure is mine, I mean that literally”
Source: Christine Feehan 3 Carpathian novels
“Do you seek to know the truth? Do not listen to the words that come from the mouths of others, but rather pay attention to repeated behaviors and cycles for in those repetitious actions patterns are shown and they will tell the truth lips won't reveal. Action is always key when considering the character and what is honesty.”
“Do you sense it, peace spreading on the river?
Do you feel it, how melancholy melts in the music of the winds, for blossoms of beauty are knifing through the age-old sadness?
Do you see it, how the wings of morning are spreading like a river of light?”
“Do you sense it, peace spreading on the river?
Do you feel it, how melancholy melts in the music of the winds, for blossoms of beauty are knifing through the sadness of ages?
Do you see it, how the wings of morning are spreading like a river of light?”
“Do you seriously envision St. Paul or Calvin or Luther opening bottles of Welch's Grape Juice in the sacristy before the service? Luther at least would turn over in his grave.”
“Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?”
“Do you seriously propose that they are going to be so insane as to allow tariffs to be imposed. The EU is, I'm afraid a job destroying engine. You can see it all across southern Europe, you can see it, alas, in our country.”
“Do you serve a purpose, or purposely serve?”
“Do you serve God or do you serve your feelings? Believe the Word of God over and above your feelings.”
“Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age?”
Source: The Second Part of King Henry IV