I Quotes
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“I shaved this morning for precisely that reason. I was like, 'Well, you never know when someone is going to clamp down on your calf and try to suck out the snake poison.”
Source: Paper Towns
“I," she said as the room hushed again, "know of no other conference like this in the history of Roshar. Perhaps they were common in the days of the Knights Radiant, but certainly nothing like it has occured since the Recreance. I would like to both welcome and thank you, our noble guests. Today we make history."
"It only took a Desolation to cause it," Sebarial said from the food table. "The world should end more often. It makes everyone so much more accommodating.”
Source: Oathbringer
“I," she said, planting a hand on her hip, "am a delicate flower.”
Source: Crooked Kingdom
“I—” She shook her head. “Never mind.”
“What were you going to say?”
“It‟s nothing.”
He took both of her hands and tugged her toward him. “It‟s not nothing,” he murmured. “When it‟s you, and when it‟s me, it‟s never nothing.”
Source: When he was wicked
“I sheathe my spear on my back and I plow through bushes dotted with prickly balls, feeling them scratch and scrape my skin, but do not stop.”
Source: Planet Urth
“I sheathed my blade and glared at him. "And here I almost thought you weren't a complete bastard."
"Well, that's your mistake, not mine.”
Source: The Eternity Cure
“I shed more tears than God could ever have required.”
Source: Illuminations, and Other Prose Poems
“I sheep's idea of bravery : To become a wolf's pet.”
Source: The New Land
“I shield my eyes from the sun to see her cold look—the expression I saw in my mind even before I looked at her. She looks older to me than she ever has, stern and tough and worn by time. I feel that way, too. “These people have no regard for human life,” she says. “They’re about to wipe the memories of all our friends and neighbors. They’re responsible for the deaths of a large majority of our old faction.” She sidesteps me and marches toward the door. “I think they’re lucky I’m not going to kill them.”
“I shield to one who is pessimistic and shield to one who is optimistic leaving this in a wandering state.”
“I shift back my gaze to my shoes, ‘Choice is a tricky word.’
He counters, ‘Not if you make one with an open heart and clear conscience.”
Source: Outlet from Loneliness
“I shift between mediums very frequently. Instead of taking a break from writing, I just write in a different medium or in a different way or for a different purpose, so that I don't actually stop writing - I just go to something else. Like going from a big symphony to a piano piece is great and very refreshing, I find. And then going from that to a big concerto, and then having to go out and play.”
“I shift from one foot to the other, trying to get a good look at him. When I finally do, I look away. His eyes were already on me, probably drawn by my nervous movement.”
“I shift on to my side and find myself looking directly into Gale's eyes. For an instant the world recedes and there is just his flushed face, his pulse visible at his temple, his lips slightly parted as he tries to catch his breath.”
Source: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)
“I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do.”
Source: The Song of Achilles
“I shifted in my chair as Dad waited for a response. He seemed determined, his resolve unwavering. This would take tact. Prudence. Possibly Milk Duds. “Are you psychotic?” I asked, realizing my plan to charm and bribe him if need be flew out the window the minute I opened my mouth.”
Source: Third Grave Dead Ahead
“I shifted in my seat, curious about the tension that idea caused in my body. Every time I thought of a blindfolded restrained man exploring my body I pressed my thighs together seeking relief. I felt I should have been more concerned about losing my ability to speak from the ball gag, but instead it was a relief. I was terrible at talking to people, this eliminated awkward small talk, and shifted the dynamic of the meeting in a way I didn’t quite understand.”
Source: Poker Face
“I shifted in my stool so I was already smiling up at him when he turned to face me. Six-foot-too-many-inches—Seriously, how does he even fit a plane?—hovering right above me.”
Source: Misinformation
“I shimmy so much before teeing off, people are probably thinking, "Are you going to golf—or dance?” Well, why not both?”
Source: To be good at golf you must go full koala bear
“I shine bright like an excellent cut round brilliant diamond, D in color, and flawless clarity.”
“I shine in tears like the sun in April.”
Source: The Revenger's Tragedy
“I shine my light on every dark thought that arises and they turn into whispers with wings and fly away.”
“I shined off high school band, marching, jazz studies. At the time I was too cool for school, I had this professional gig and I was going home taking a shower and heading to downtown Hawaii, Waikiki.”
“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”
Source: Before I Fall
“I shivered as Raven scratched me gently. She was in a weird mood, nipping and licking like a hyper mouse.
“Did you drink too much caffeine today?” I asked.
Raven looked at me and I saw her walls ready to shoot back up to protect her heart. Instead, she grinned. “You’re really hot, Vaughn. I’ve never had access to so much sexy man meat.”
Just like that, all my plans to keep her at a distance disappeared. She had me at man meat.
Kissing her softly, I rolled her onto her back and she frowned. “I wasn’t done exploring.”
“There’s a small charge for exploring this mountain of man meat.”
“Did you just call your cock little?”
Frowning, I realized I had.”
Source: Damaged and the Outlaw
“I shivered in those
solitudes
when I heard
the voice
of
the salt
in the desert.”
“I shook again, tasted plum, and suddenly the words were pouring out of me."She said I sang before I spoke. She said when I was just a baby she had the habit of humming when she held me. Nothing like a song. Just a descending third. Just a soothing sound. Then one day she was walking me around the camp, and she heard me echo it back to her. Two octaves higher. A tiny piping third. She said it was my first song. We sang it back and forth to each other. For years."I choked and clenched my teeth.
"You can say it,"Auri said softly."It's okay if you say it."
"I'm never going to see her again,"I choked out. Then I began to cry in earnest.
"It's okay,"Auri said softly."I'm here. You're safe.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“I shook Alan’s hand and the feeling just grew stronger. It was a bit frustrating. Like when you’re looking for what to say and it’s on the tip of your tongue, but no matter how hard you try, it just keeps eluding you.”
“I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it.”
“I shook my head a little, not disagreeing so much as acknowledging the impossibility of ever knowing: it was hard to say, three decades later, what would have been best for the largest number of people.”
Source: All You Can Ever Know
“I shook my head at Janco. “I’ve got the situation under control. Go back to the Keep, I’ll meet you there.”
Janco stared at me in astonished silence. Ari, though, trusted me. “Come on, she doesn’t need our help.” Ari sheathed his sword. Janco recovered. He flashed me one of his mischievous grins. “I’ll bet you a copper that she’ll be free in five minutes,” he said to Ari.
Ari grunted in amusement. “A silver on ten minutes,” he countered.
“I’ll bet you both a gold coin that she kills him,” Valek said
from behind them. They moved aside and he entered, still dressed in his Adviser Ilom disguise. “The only way to take care of your problem. Right, love?”
“I shook my head. "I'm good, Nicky helped."
Nicky looked at Edward. "She's having one of those what-if-killing-feels-really-good, doesn't-that-make-me-a-bad-person moments."
Edward nodded as if that made perfect sense. "Then it feels good. We can't really control what flips our switch; don't judge it, Anita, and just accept it."
I wanted to argue, but it would have been beyond stupid to argue with the two sociopaths in my life. "Why do I have moral quandary questions with the two of you?"
"Because you don't really have moral quandaries about violence, Anita, but you're afraid of being judged for enjoying it, so you only bring it to the two people in your life who won't judge you."
I wanted to argue with Edward, but I couldn't. "Well, fuck.”
Source: Affliction
“I shook my head. I shake my head quite a lot. “Boy!” I said. I also say “Boy!” quite a lot. Partly because I have a lousy vocabulary and partly because I act quite young for my age sometimes.”
Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“I shook my head. “I thought you had a ‘No princesses’ rule.”
“Rules are made to be broken,” said Grimm.
Ari sat back in the chair, her eyes closed.
“Of course, young lady, there’s the matter of how we sign our contracts.”
“Not gonna happen.” Ari threw a pen at the mirror for emphasis.”
Source: Free Agent
“I shook my head no. For minutes, neither of us spoke a word. It breathed between us, what he had said, the pain of a life suppressed, of happiness never to be.”
Source: And the Mountains Echoed
“I shook my head. "Not Interested" I said.
he straightened up. "Not interested in what?"
In you." I couldn't be more blunt.
Excuse me, miss, but I was going to ask if you would like to sign up for karaoke.”
Source: The Missing Ink
“I shook my head, trying to get the voices of that memory out of my head. Now wasn't the time. I was still scared, and he was dead, and his sacrifice was going to waste. It was rotting away, being plunged into despair just like the rest of Baeno.”
Source: To Take a World: The GhostMaker
“I shook my head. "You know I ain't never going to be good enough for her. She can't fall in love with me, you know as well as I do that nothing good is going to come of her staying with me."
"Then why do you stay with her? Why, if you seem to think that this is a bad idea, do you stay with her?"
I raked my fingers through my hair. "I don't know! Maybe I'm stupid? A glutton for punishment."
Jackson pointed his beer at me. "Or maybe you love her too and that scares the shit out of you.”
Source: These Paper Walls
“I shook my head. "You're not missing anything, Alec. We're looking at this from two very different perspectives. I don't really believe in that whole 'eye for an eye' business."
I was beginning to feel like I was getting control of the conversation again. Then Alec dropped his bombshell.
"Then why the fuck are you a supervillain?"
"Escape.”
Source: Worm
“I shook my head. “I don’t think so. This isn’t a good idea. This isn’t right.” “There’s all kinds of right,” he murmured. “On the spectrum, we’re still in the safe zone.” ... “Definitely right. Usually right,” Patch continued. “Mostly right. Maybe right.”
Source: Hush, Hush Parts 1 & 2: includes Hush, Hush and Crescendo
“I shook my tambourine the whole time, because it helped me remember that even though I was going through different neighborhoods, I was still me.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
“I shook myself out of these dreams. There were places where my thoughts must not go; and as I then reflected how few places were left where they could now go without incurring pain or guilt I decided that I needed some more whisky.”
Source: A Severed Head
“I shook myself; I was dreaming. As I went to bed the words of the eighth-grade class's teacher, when the class got to Evangeline , kept echoing in my ears: "We're coming to a long poem now, boys and girls. Now don't be babies and start counting the pages." I lay there like a baby, counting the pages over and over, counting the pages.”
Source: A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables
“I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich.”
“I shook so that it was some time before I realized that he was shaking too, and for the same reason. I don't know how long we sat there on the dusty floor, crying in each others arms with the longing of twenty years spilling down our faces.”
Source: The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood
“I shook Steve Jobs hand.”
“I shook up the world.”
“I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.”
“I shoot a lot of video, first of all, whatever I think is interesting, just my travels; hard to say why. If something looks good, I take a picture or try to shoot it.”
“I shoot an arrow into the air, where it lands I do not care: I get my arrows wholesale!”