I Quotes
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“I don’t believe in coincidence or fate
But I know one thing for sure
Your face was meant to be
Burned into the deepest reaches
Of my blackest memories.”
Source: Black Box
“I don't believe in destiny, although I am sometimes tempted by the freedom implied by inevitability.”
Source: In the Cut
“I don't believe in failure. I'm perseverant - I believe in failing.”
Source: Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic
“I don't believe in failure. Whenever you take action and do something, irrespective of the outcome, you have succeeded by simply doing and trying. The universe rewards action. So believe in yourself and do whatever it is you want to do.”
Source: Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
“I don't believe in fairy tale. It sucks. They don't always have a happy ending, do they?”
Source: Orion & Roseline
“I don’t believe in fate. I don’t want to. Because once
you submit to it, you are nothing but a puppet on
strings. Let the hands that move me be mine. Let the thought that moves those hands be mine.”
Source: FT Legacy 1: Who is Frank Twine?
“I don't believe in fate, Uncle Chris. I'm not sure I believe in anything anymore."
To her surprise, Christopher chuckled.
"I bet you a nickel and a penny you change your mind.”
Source: Extant
“I don't believe in fear.”
Source: The Return of the Elephant
“I don't believe in funerals.
Funerals aren't for the dead. The dead are gone. They couldn't care less.
Funerals are for the living.
They're for the people trying to feel better about the things they could have said, the things they could have done for the dead while they were still alive.
The dead don't give a damn.
The dead couldn't care less about what's being said to them, about them.
Hell, they're dead.
The dead know the living aren't there for them, but for themselves. To feel better, to feel less guilty, less regretful, to feel loved, better appreciated by all the other living people who, like them, should have paid attention to the dead while it still mattered, while they were still alive.
So screw funerals.
Forget the dead.
Tend to the living.
Before it's too late.
Before they're dead”
Source: Celebrating Time Alone: Stories Of Splendid Solitude
“I don't believe in giving people chances." "I didn't until I came here," Neil said. "I took a chance on you when I decided to stay. You took a chance on me when you trusted me with Kevin. Is it really that hard to support them when they've been with you every step of the way?" "What will you give me in exchange for my cooperation?" Andrew asked. "Because revenge isn't good enough?" Neil asked. "What would it take?" Andrew didn't have to think about it. "Show me your scars.”
Source: The King's Men
“I don't believe in God. And I certainly don't feel chosen."
"I think you may be."
I smiled dubiously. "Thank you."
"It is not meant as a compliment. Hazard makes you elect. You cannot elect yourself.”
Source: The Magus
“I don't believe in god because I have met the devil.”
“I don't believe in God or miracles, I believe in the human heart and our own strength to overcome and survive. ~Shannon~”
Source: Monochrome My Madness
“I don't believe in God today.
I don't even believe in people.”
Source: Moonrise
“I don't believe in 'good exposure'. It is not how I was programmed.”
“I don't believe in guardian angels," Regine says seriously. "Just people who are there for you and people who aren't.”
Source: More Than This
“I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, you just enjoy it. No sense feeling guilty about it.”
“I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it. That’s what’s wrong with our generation: that residual punk rock guilt, like, “You’re not supposed to like that. That’s not fucking cool.” Don’t fucking think it’s not cool to like Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” It is cool to like Britney Spears’ “Toxic”! Why the fuck not? Fuck you! That’s who I am, goddamn it! That whole guilty pleasure thing is full of fucking shit.”
“I don't believe in hate. To me it wastes too much time. People who hate waste so much of their life hating that they miss out on all the other stuff out here.”
Source: A Stolen Life
“I don’t believe in heaven,” Natan said. I was shocked. “How can you not believe in heaven?” “It’s a lie. Man has created God out of fear of dying.”
Source: Burial Rites
“I don’t believe in hell.”
“You have to. It’s the only one some people ever get what they deserve.”
Source: Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter
“I don't believe in it
I'm just trying to hold on
The only thing
I can do is this”
Source: Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
“I DON'T BELIEVE IN KEEPING MY ENEMIES SILENT, I BELIEVE IN KEEPING MY ENEMIES SPEECHLESS.”
“I don’t believe in limits.”
“I don't believe in living for yesterday, today and tomorrow rather this moment”
“I don't believe in love at first sight but maybe this is as close as it gets: seeing someone, a person you have no business loving, on a football field one night and thinking, I want you to be mine and I want to be yours. Lying on a closet floor with someone and thinking, I shouldn't know you but I do. Recognizing someone as a part of you before they've even become that person in your life, and knowing, without a doubt, that neither of you will ever be who you are in this exact moment ever again and believing, against all odds, you will continue to belong to one another despite that.”
Source: The Love That Split the World
“I don't believe in love.
"It's not a religion," he says. "It exists whether you believe in it or not.”
Source: The Sun Is Also a Star
“I don’t believe in love.”
“It’s not a religion,” he says. “It exists whether you believe in it or not.”
- The sun is also a star -”
Source: The Sun Is Also a Star
“I don’t believe in love that never ends,” said Aiden, his whisper clear and distinct. “I don’t believe in being true until death or finding the other half of your soul.”
Harvard raised an eyebrow but didn’t comment. Privately, he considered that it might be good that Aiden hadn’t delivered this speech to this guy he apparently liked so much—whom Aiden had never even mentioned to his best friend before now. This speech was not romantic.
Once again, Harvard had to wonder if what he’d been assuming was Aiden’s romantic prowess had actually been many guys letting Aiden get away with murder because he was awfully cute.
But Aiden sounded upset, and that spoke to an instinct in Harvard natural as breath. He put his arm around Aiden, and drew his best friend close against him, warm skin and soft hair and barely there shirt and all, and tried to make a sound that was more soothing than fraught.
“I don’t believe in songs or promises. I don’t believe in hearts or flowers or lightning strikes.” Aiden snatched a breath as though it was his last before drowning. “I never believed in anything but you.”
“Aiden,” said Harvard, bewildered and on the verge of distress. He felt as if there was something he wasn’t getting here.
Even more urgently, he felt he should cut off Aiden. It had been a mistake to ask. This wasn’t meant for Harvard, but for someone else, and worse than anything, there was pain in Aiden’s voice. That must be stopped now.
Aiden kissed him, startling and fierce, and said against Harvard’s mouth, “Shut up. Let me… let me.”
Harvard nodded involuntarily, because of the way Aiden had asked, unable to deny Aiden even things Harvard should refuse to give. Aiden’s warm breath was running down into the small shivery space between the fabric of Harvard’s shirt and his skin. It was panic-inducing, feeling all the impulses of Harvard’s body and his heart like wires that were not only crossed but also impossibly tangled. Disentangling them felt potentially deadly. Everything inside him was in electric knots.
“I’ll let you do anything you want,” Harvard told him, “but don’t—don’t—”
Hurt yourself. Seeing Aiden sad was unbearable. Harvard didn’t know what to do to fix it.
The kiss had turned the air between them into dry grass or kindling, a space where there might be smoke or fire at any moment. Aiden was focused on toying with the collar of Harvard’s shirt, Aiden’s brows drawn together in concentration. Aiden’s fingertips glancing against his skin burned.
“You’re so warm,” Aiden said. “Nothing else ever was. I only knew goodness existed because you were the best. You’re the best of everything to me.”
Harvard made a wretched sound, leaning in to press his forehead against Aiden’s.
He’d known Aiden was lonely, that the long line of guys wasn’t just to have fun but tied up in the cold, huge manor where Aiden had spent his whole childhood, in Aiden’s father with his flat shark eyes and sharp shark smile, and in the long line of stepmothers who Aiden’s father chose because he had no use for people with hearts. Harvard had always known Aiden’s father wanted to crush the heart out of Aiden. He’d always worried Aiden’s father would succeed.
Aiden said, his voice distant even though he was so close, “I always knew all of you was too much to ask for.”
Harvard didn’t know what to say, so he obeyed a wild foolish impulse, turned his face the crucial fraction toward Aiden’s, and kissed him. Aiden sank into the kiss with a faint sweet noise, as though he’d finally heard Harvard’s wordless cry of distress and was answering it with belated reassurance: No, I’ll be all right. We’re not lost.
The idea of anyone not loving Aiden back was unimaginable, but it had clearly happened. Harvard couldn’t think of how to say it, so he tried to make the kiss say it. I’m so sorry you were in pain. I never guessed. I’m sorry I can’t fix this, but I would if I could. He didn’t love you, but I do.”
Source: Striking Distance
“I don't believe in luck, but rather destiny. And destiny comes when you chase opportunity, only then will you make your own path in life.”
Source: 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
“I don't believe in miracles. My life is a miracle.”
“I don't believe in monsters."
"Well, Red, I think you might want to start." Pike turned and looked him in the eye. "What do you think those green things were? And what do you think is trying to smash its way in here? A pony?”
Source: The Whistlebrass Horror
“I don't believe in ONE holy book. I believe all books are holy. Of course, some books are holy shit.”
“I don't believe in pretending. I show you the real me.”
“I don't believe in raw evil."
Noah said, "It doesn't care if you believe in it”
Source: Blue Lily, Lily Blue
“I don't believe in regrets. i think there is something to be learned from everything we experience, but I can trace back to a couple of defining moments that absolutely shaped the rest of my life - in both positive and negative ways.”
Source: That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby
“I don't believe in relationships, but I do believe in fucking.
Why, you ask? Hell, I could write a book. The Guy's Guide to Financial, Emotional, and Business Success. But honestly, why bother with a book when the thesis boils down to just four words: Don't Date. Just Fuck.”
“I don't believe in religion. I don't believe in patriotism. I don't believe in jingoism. I believe in humanity. If you help the common man and the common woman, then I am with you.”
“I don't believe in 'Revenge is the dish best served cold' becuase I'd rather let my enemy die of hunger.”
“I don't believe in sin. My relationships that failed have failed because I somehow attract devout christians. I don't believe in virtue either. I think people just do shit and it's life.”
“I don't believe in sleeping in the day," I said to my tea. "It's confusing. When I wake up I don't know whether to have breakfast, lunch or supper." I dipped my muesli rusk into the tea. "I suppose I can just eat beskuit. Any time of the day.”
Source: Recipes for Love and Murder
“I don’t believe in soul mates, not exactly. I think it’s ridiculous to think that there’s only one person out there for us. What if your ‘soul mate’ lives in Zimbabwe? What if he dies young? I also think ‘two souls becoming one’ is ridiculous. You need to hold onto yourself.”
Source: Last Sacrifice
“I don't believe in speaking things into existence. I believe in acting things into existence. You can speak all you want but if you don't act, nothing will change.”
“I don't believe in spirits anymore. There's only now. Relish it. It'll be over before you know it.”
Source: Mecha Samurai Empire
“I don’t believe in texting while dining, sending one-word e-mails in lieu of formal thank-you cards, wearing shorts to the theater, or settling for any of the modern trends that favor comfort over politeness, ease over style. Manners are simply about asking yourself, What’s the right thing to do?”
Source: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work
“I don’t believe in the better man, I believe in myself”
Source: The Ruby Demon
“I don't believe in the concept of marriage. I believe people can get married, but I also believe it's up to them just how many times they get married and divorced. Because people change, we all change. We can never really, truly promise someone fidelity or everlasting love until death, because we are always changing, growing and we genuinely don't know who we'll be ten years from now or who we'll want to be with ten years from now. So what are you gonna keep on doing? Are you going to just kiss everything else in your life goodbye, because you promised to stay loyal to one person? The marriage concept is unrealistic, phantasmic. We are all individuals and we all change, it's the way of nature itself. Weddings are nice things to do, but, I will never judge anyone who gets married and divorced a dozen times, because, you'll never know how many times it'll take before you grow enough to find the actual one for you.”
“I don't believe in the Constitution because I'm American, I'm American because I believe in the Constitution.”
“I don't believe in the idealism behind the concept of men. Every time I look at a point in my life when I became stronger, when I evolved, when I had a breakthrough, when I won, when I became better, I find not a man by my side; but I find myself behind myself! I am the one who is behind every great milestone of my life! I am the person behind me. I am my own healer, advocate, developer. The concept of the male saviour is something I can't find when I examine my story. I have been my own hero.”
“I don’t believe in the Law of Attraction. There were things I wanted in my life that no amount of positive thinking was going to make it a reality for me. However, I have learned to believe in the Law of Tough Love. Life has thrown a dozen tragedies at me. I did what any Christian would do--prayed for the outcome I wanted, but God was tough and only gave me what I needed. I now realize that life is not about fulfilling a wish list; rather a need list. Good and bad experiences are on the horizon. How else does a person change, grow and evolve? And just like any warrior woman, I won’t simply survive-- but thrive!”