I Quotes
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“I sighed and gestured toward him. "I'll take him." In an undertone, I added, "Don't let me down, Zmey.”
Source: Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound
“I sighed and put Slayer between the front seats. "Stay here. Guard the car." Saiman shut the door. "Is the sword sentient?" "No. But I like to pretend it is.”
Source: Magic Strikes
“I sighed and stared off without any particular focus. "I miss him so much." "I'm sorry," she said. "Will it ever get better?" The question seemed to catch her by surprise. "I...I don't know.”
Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection
“I sighed and tried to return back to my schoolwork, but being bored of what I was learning, I gave time away to articles about Hypatia, precocity, young philosophers, and, during arbitrary, episodic moments, the [rubik's] cube. I was procrastinating, yet I still wanted to be diligent and academically edified.”
Source: For the Intellect
“I sighed and went back to filling out the application. The whole thing made me feel like my family didn’t think I had any right to want something of my own. It bothered me, but I knew I couldn’t hold it against them in the long run. We couldn’t afford the luxury of wants. We had needs.”
Source: The Selection Series 3-Book Collection: The Selection, The Elite, The One, The Prince, The Guard
“I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.”
“I sighed at the spectacular realization that I had never really allowed myself to believe that real cowboys might actually exist, especially not one with brains and killer blue eyes, alive and breathing in my barn. This man was a real cowboy, not on the big screen, in my dreams or in my imagination, but here in my barn.”
Source: In The Reins
“I sighed immersed in a sleeping sea. A ripple that turned into waves and then storm, stirring and blending our troubled waters”
“I sighed, my body heaving with the weight of all that pressed me. What if I rotted away like this? Slowly, and then suddenly, until I was nothing more.”
Source: Before We Break
“I sighed, realizing that in the few hours I'd returned to the bosom of my family, I'd scarcely finished my wedding punch before being stripped of my confidence in my appearance, the pride of my vocation, and the unqualified joy of seeing my sister married off to her respectable dentist. Was it any wonder I'd flown the nest at my very first opportunity?”
Source: Becoming Madam Secretary
“I sighed softly and basked in the barrage of Ren's kisses- drowning kisses, soft kisses, sultry kisses, kisses that lasted a mere second, and kisses that lasted an eternity. It was easy to believe that my warrior-angel had captured me and had flown me up to heaven. A deep rumble echoed in his chest.
I pulled back, laughing. "Are you growling at me?"
He laughed softly, twisted my hair ribbon around his fingers, and pulled gently, loosening my braid. Biting my ear lightly, he whispered a threat, "You have been driving me crazy for three weeks. You're lucky all I'm doing is growling.”
“I sighed. "Would it be too much to ask that Asgard be peaceful? Made up of big, fluffy clouds, serenity, and lots of hot yoga?”
Source: Struck
“I sighed. "And what am I to you, Al?" "My maid," he said brightly. "Shall we do this?”
“I sighed. "What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung together on necklace of despair?”
Source: This Charming Man
“I sighed. 'It's hard. You're the only one who listens to what I have to say.' Longshot dropped a gentle, comforting arm around my shoulders. 'Then speak louder, girl. Don't let them put out your spark.”
Source: Outpost
“I sighed. I hated the maze of bureaucracy with a passion, but I've found the best way to deal with it is to smile and act stupid. That way, no one gets confused.”
“I sighed. ‘It doesn’t matter what we do. Money comes and goes.’ I shook my head. ‘It doesn’t matter and you know it doesn’t.”
Source: The Sisters Brothers
“I sighed; as comforting as it may be to some of us, sarcasm, like youth, is wasted on the young.”
Source: Double Dexter: Dexter Morgan (6)
“I sign a film according to my instincts and everything in each department must be appealing be it story, character etc.”
“I sign every autograph I can for kids because I remember myself at that age. I think it's ridiculous that some guys won't sign for a kid.”
“I sign so many autographs, my hand hurts every day.”
“I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.”
“I signed a $150,000 contract with TNA Wrestling for a year. I ended up 8 appearances for 40 minutes. Then I signed a second contract and they didn't use me. So, I'd like to thank them for $300,000 for 40 minutes' worth of work.”
“I signed a deal with Satan because I wanted to get famous. Then I forgot I had a deal with Satan and then I got really famous.”
“I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.”
“I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that I'll never own my first album ever, which sucks.”
“I signed contracts when I didn't know what that meant. I thought I'd get residuals off of the shows I've been on: History Channel, Discovery, Dateline, Johnny Carson, etc. It's the only regret I have in life. If I got residuals, I wouldn't be shucking oysters now, though I do love my job.”
“I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn't a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.”
“I signed my deal when I was 11, and the success I had, no one could explain that to an adult, what's about to happen to them, much less a kid. There's not many people around who've experienced that.”
“I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film.”
“I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.”
“I signed to Def Jam and within two months, I heard that Ja Rule was looking for someone to do a song with.”
“I signed up for the musical Tommy in the West End, where I met my husband.”
“I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.”
“I signed up with Kundalini yoga teacher training, which has been shifting me in some really beautiful ways.”
“I silently absorb the statement. He's not the first person to call me an idiot. In fact, he's one of many. I guess I just have one of those faces, y'know? But in an age of cynicism, I choose to live with my senses open to the universe. Okay, yes, I did obliterate my trust fund on an MLM - well, technically, more than one - but that's a small price to pay for a universe of possibility.”
Source: Monsters in a Mirror: Strange Tales from the Chapel Perilous
“I silently, secretly say prayers over him. I am saying goodbye. Just in case. Sadness, coldness, darkness settles in my heart and dries it up like a stone.”
Source: Rest and Be Thankful
“I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune.”
Source: Walden or, Life in the Woods
“I silently thanked Him for giving me such unexpected, undeserved happiness. I saw things clearly now, I understood His greater purpose, God hadn't abandoned me during my childhood, when I had felt so alone and so scared - He had been keeping kathy hidden up His sleeve, waiting to produce her, like a deft magician. I felt such humility and gratitude every second we spent together, I was aware how lucky, how incredibly fortunate I was to have such love, how rare it was.”
Source: The Silent Patient
“I silently wished to be a car-I was big enough to be one. I wanted to imagine myself purring every time Devin got inside me and took me for a ride. Unfortunately, all I could see was me drunk with chocolate smeared across my face singing the Transformer's intro "Robots in Disguise!" into Shannon's broken box fan.”
Source: On the Plus Side
“I simbolismi contano perché permettono identificazioni. Non rendono immediatamente più facile la tua vita - per quello occorrono politiche adeguate - però consentono di nutrire la speranza che farcela è possibile.”
Source: I doveri della libertà
“I simply adore 'The Simpsons.' I go to bed in a 'Simpsons' T-shirt.”
“I simply adore being alone - I find it a consuming thirst - and when that thirst is slaked, then I am happy.”
“I simply adore the exhaustion that comes with training hard.”
“I simply adore Virginia Woolf, and so would you. You would fall quite flat before her charm and personality.
[...] Mrs. Woolf is so simple: she does give the impression of something big. She is utterly unaffected: there is no outward adornments -- she dresses quite atrociously. At first you think she is plain; then a sort of spiritual beauty imposes itself on you, and you find a fascination in watching her. She was smarter last night; that is to say, the woolen orange stockings were replaced by yellow silk ones, but she still wore the pumps. She is both detached and human, silent till she wants to say something, and then says it supremely well. She is quite old. I've rarely taken such a fancy to anyone, and I think she likes me. At least, she's asked me to Richmond where she lives. Darling, I have quite lost my heart.”
“I simply asked if I could have a go at adapting a screenplay. But I did not want any money, in case I failed because I did not want a script out there with my name on it that might be completely dysfunctional.”
“I simply believe food is too good to throw away - and Christmas leftovers can be a gastronomic opportunity for the well-skilled kitchen forager. With a little imagination, there are a million ways to use up leftovers rather than bin them.”
“I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf… Let’s leave our books free to travel, then, to be touched by other hands, and enjoyed by other eyes.”
“I simply can’t look into the heavens on a crisp starry night and somehow bring myself to believe that the gaping expanse that engulfs the whole of me is the product of chance happenstance. And neither can I believe that the gaping expanse that rests within me is anything less.”
“I simply can't make jokes - the default value of every joke is a lie.”
Source: We