I Quotes
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“I sat there watching him examine the fish and marvelling at what we’d caught. A genuine eccentric Oxford don. They’re an extinct species, too...”
Source: To Say Nothing of the Dog
“I sat thinking how terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as incredible as living. One day we suddenly take the fact that we exist for granted - and then, yes, then we don’t think about it anymore until we are about to leave the world again.”
Source: The Solitaire Mystery
“I sat to take in the view. The wind blew just hard enough to push my heavy, unkept hair back. I filled my lungs with the cool air and felt roots begin to take hold. I had always been a restless person, even at this early point in life, and this was a new experience: peace. I felt as though the trees and earth of the mountain reached up into my soul and curled around it, making it whole. The inky blackness I had yet to name, the dark pit that buzzed just below my surface and corroded my thoughts, was quieted. For a moment, it was like I didn't feel it at all.
When my mom asked me what was wrong, I told her exactly how I felt as best I could.
"My home is in Georgia, but my soul is at home here.”
Source: Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
“I sat under my cedar tree.
My mate, the mother of them, was taken-
I sat under my cedar tree,
Till ninety years were tolled.
O maternal Earth, which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep!”
Source: Spoon River Anthology
“I sat up and the blankets fell away.I looked down and found I was wearing pokemon pajamas. "Sadie,"I said,"I'm going to kill you." She batted her eyes innocently."But the street merchant gave us a very good deal on those.Walt said they would fit you." Walt raised his hand."Don't blame me,man.I tried to stick up for you." Bes snorted,then did a pretty good imitation of Walt's voice:"At least get the extra-large ones with Pikachu.”
“I sat up and wiped my eyes, cursing the damned faeries and their eternal war. It seemed there was never enough time. Time to dance, or talk, or laugh, or even mourn the passing of a friend. Slipping off my corsage, I laid it on Ironhorse’s cold metal shoulder, wanting him to have something natural and beautiful in this lifeless place.Goodbye, Ironhorse.”
Source: The Iron Daughter
“I sat up in bed. "What did he say?" Tyson groaned, still half asleep. He was lying facedown on the couch, his feet so far over the edge they were in the bathroom. "The happy man said...bowling practice?" I hoped he was right, but then there was an urgent knock on the suite's interior door. Annabeth stuck her head in--her blonde hair in a rat's nest. "DISEMBOWLING practice?”
Source: The Sea of Monsters
“I sat up in bed. My T-shirt was soaking wet. My pillow was wet. My hair was wet. And my room was sticky and humid.”
“I sat up in the strange bed fearing it had been a dream, afraid I would never see her again. Not because I wanted anything from her, only her presence. The disappearance of the presence of beauty is the most despairing of events on this time-wheel of ours that rolls onward towards death.”
Source: The Basement Trains: A 21st Century Poem
“I sat up, sliding them off, and the quiet around me did not, for once, seem empty and vast. Instead, for the first time in a while, it felt like it already was full.”
Source: Just Listen
“I sat upon a promontory,
And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back,
Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath,
That the rude sea grew civil at her song;
And certain stars shot madly from their spheres,
To hear the sea-maid's music.”
“I sat with five of the "Mothers of the Movement." Of course I'm hyping the show, but I keep telling everybody this part is not hype. After a while particularly in the case of Sybrina Fulton, they've become celebrities and people forget that they've become celebrities because of the death, the murder of their child. So I wanted people to see the burning desire for these women to live their child's legacy, to not let their child have died in vain, so they're fighting to stop the violence.”
“I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as he had done before, an envelope with money in it. It would have been much nicer if he had enclosed a greeting or a loving word. I would have been so pleased if he had.”
“I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.”
“I sat with my encyclopedia in the back corner of my grandma’s bedroom, feeling small and insignificant, the fake wooden paneling of the walls not feeling like those giant trees in California. How I wanted to be there—lost among the natural world of the northwest coast, waiting for the slivers of light to peek through the leaves.”
Source: Burning Sage
“I sat with my hands in my lap ready to agree with what anybody said.”
Source: Rebecca
“I sat with my two best friends, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that only two of us would make it out of there alive. Though I did tend to exaggerate.”
Source: Death and the Girl Next Door
“I sat, a solitary man, In a crowded London shop, An open book and empty cup On the marble table-top. While on the shop and street I gazed My body of a sudden blazed; And twenty minutes more or less It seemed, so great my happiness, That I was blessed and could bless.”
Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition
“I sat. And I thought. And the more I thought, connecting the events in my life, the more my heart collapsed.”
Source: Thirteen Reasons Why
“I satirize at all times, and my hyperboles are as nothing compared to the events to which they refer.”
“I save a piece of paper that has
the indentation of your name on it—
your signature...
...move.
I knew that I shouldn't have let you
push down so hard.
Your memory left a mark
on so many pages after,
if you couldn't tell,
as I publish again
to press on....”
Source: Ink Blot in a Poet's Bloodstream
“I save every Christmas card. I keep them all.”
“I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.”
“I save my dreams and hopes for my kids. When I'm making a wish under a bridge or tunnel, it's always for them.”
“I save my truths, my secrets, for the lyrics of our songs... nobody would ever spot them there, hiding in plain sight.”
“I save myself in the act of saving others.”
“I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows”
“I save the race for the race and I don't let it all out in practice.”
“I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.”
“I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.”
“I saved a man's life once," said Granny. "Special medicine, twice a day. Boiled water with a bit of berry juice in it. Told him I'd bought it from the dwarves. That's the biggest part of doct'rin, really. Most people'll get over most things if they put their minds to it, you just have to give them an interest.”
“I saved Latin. What did you ever do?”
“I saved letters from my boss. There are things in there that are directly transcribed. I was so glad I did that. Sometimes when I was writing the book I wondered if some little writer hobbit part of my brain was back there puppeteering that action. But it really never, on any conscious level, occurred to me that I would write about it. I will say, I thought probably some day there would be an ancillary character in some novel - not in the one I was currently writing - that would be a dominatrix or something.”
“I saved the baby. I saved her. For you." - Bran”
“I saved up all my sunshine
Just to see you more clear
I'm a little short on solar
And I haven't given in”
“I saved you because you're someone worth saving.”
Source: Heirs of Secrets
“I saved your life and you saved mine”
Source: Pet Loss Journal for Captain Snowball: Volume 2
“I savor bitterness - it is born of experience. It is the privilege of one who has truly lived.”
Source: Deathless
“I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life... it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can.”
“I savor these moments. They sit tart and bright and sweet on my tongue like the taste of hibiscus tea with honey. From these moments I can cultivate gratitude and from gratitude I distill grace.”
Source: On Being 40
“I savour the adulation and love I have been getting from my fans and the blessings of elders in my family. Fourteen years have given me a lot and I can't thank God and the industry enough.”
“I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.”
Source: The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession
“I saw "angels of creativity" being loosed to come alongside of chosen vessels. Every dimension of media is going to explode with creativity and with favor. I also saw a specific company of angels being dispatched to bring in the provision and wisdom needed to spread the media.”
“I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics.”
“I saw "Forrest Gump" several times. I personally thought it was Tom Hanks' greatest role and I think it was one of the most eloquent love stories of our time.”
“I saw 'Avatar' in the theater eight times and I got booed for it. I'm totally serious. First of all, I love that movie. I totally love that movie, but nothing intrigues me more than the fact that it made like $2.7 billion and so how many people had to see it for it to make that much money.”
“I saw 'Brokeback Mountain' in a packed house in Chelsea, New York, when I was filming a Bollywood film there. Chelsea, being a predominately gay neighbourhood, had the most euphoric reaction. I saw couples holding hands and crying at the end. It was the most heartening viewing I have ever been to.”
“I saw 'Captain America' in 3D. It's cool. I liked the beginning. It's a really good setup.”
“I saw 'Clueless' probably when I was about 8 or 9 years old. And, I had certain films that I would fall asleep so it was 'Clueless' for quite a long time, and I used to just watch it every single night and knew every single line, every single quote.”
“I saw 'New Labour'conceived, watched it gestate, witnessed its birth and growth. Now I fervently hope I will be present at its death.”