I Quotes
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“I smile,
For the universe speaks to me in its own ways”
“I smile. I smile all the time, but you're just not around to see it these days".”
Source: Kiss and Make Up
“I smile in the face of challenges, for I know I’m about to gain a new skill, knowledge, and experience. For that, I’m thankful.”
“I smile knowingly (like an idiot), taking refuge whilst others take responsibility. Taking refuge implies a deliberate course of action – well, it’s not that; it is more like an inaction, a porridge-like plate of inactivity.”
“I smile like a flower not only with my lips but with my whole being.”
“I smile more when people confused, why he is smiling.”
“I smile more when people think 'I am fool”
“I smile, secure, knowing the best place to hide is in the light. It blinds everyone.”
“I smile thinly, to make it clear that this will happen when hell turns into a family friendly summer resort.”
Source: Zoo City
“I smile to myself knowing that they may be dead.”
“I smile up at the guy who’s become everything to me and relent, because how can I complain when he’s promising me something I never thought he’d give me?”
Source: Fake Out
“I smile when he waves his arms among dozens of dots of light.
Because I know the light will always belong to people like him.
And those unwilling to look beyond their own little world will be left in the dark.”
Source: The Light of the Fireflies
“I smile when I think of the past and get excited about the future.”
“I smile when I'm angry , I cheat and I lie. I do what I have to do to get by. But I know what is wrong and I know what is right , and I'd die for the truth in my secret life .”
“I smile with who I have,
how I have them in my life, and how I have learnt to see the difference amongst both the scenarios
to unequivocally understand that none is any less.”
Source: DO WE MAKE FRIENDS AFTER SCHOOL?
“I smile, loving him for changing with me, for going where my Neglect has taken us, for getting the new me.”
Source: Left Neglected
“I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists”
Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I smiled, and he smiled, and something really human happened between us, for the first time.”
Source: If Beale Street Could Talk
“I smiled and I think I put on a pretty good impression of someone who was enjoying the day.”
Source: Still Me
“I smiled and looked at her- there she was with such a genuine grin and twinkle in her eyes. I kissed my mother on her forehead and took a long look in to her hazel eyes. I wondered when I would have the next chance to see her as I whispered, 'I love you." Mother didn't respond. She didn't look well- she had a tint of green and yellow to her skin and her thinning hair was a dull salt and pepper color, cut extra short and clinging to her scalp. She had no makeup on, which told me she just had no more energy.
I began to walk out of her room and turned to look at her. I wanted to run up to her, shake her, and beg her to tell me she loved me and was proud of me. But when I looked at her, she was already sleeping.”
Source: Chocolate Flowers
“I smiled and ran my hand through his dark curls. “So, Death, what do we do now?”
“I smiled as I stood by the curb. 4:20 in the morning. But you know what? I wanted to go somewhere, but not home. Only one place I could think of: Itaewon.
Like destiny, an orange cab slowed down in front of me. I climbed in and yelled, "Hey Mister, Itaewon Fire Station." Had the streetlamps and neon signs always been this spectacularly bright? Why was Seoul so beautiful all of a sudden? Everything that was once nothing seemed special and amazing somehow. And wouldn't you know it, the taxi fare still was more than 10,000 won, even when the surcharge period was over. Only 20,000 won left on this card, how was I going to get home later? Eh, whatever. I'd survive. The traffic began getting bad at Hannam-dong. I hopped out in front of the CJ Building and ran the rest of the way to G—.”
Source: Love in the Big City
“I smiled at her, but she was already lost in thought, looking around the library as if it held all the answers to all our problems.”
“I smiled at him as best I could and pushed the paper across the table before he could change his mind. Because Henry DeVille was correct - there was an ingredient in my baking more concenctrated than any extract, more pungent than any spice; an ingredient that everyone would recognize and no one was able to name: it was regret, and it rose when one least expected.”
Source: The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules
“I smiled at him. But my mind was somewhere else. Running through memories of me and my childhood best friend. At how he looked at me, talked to me, laughed with me, and anything else he did with me. Then I remembered his words. "Because in a braking world, you're still the one I would look for, no matter what." I knew he never truly said he loved me, maybe thought about it, but never said it. And if he ever gave a clue to it. I always ignored them.”
“I smiled at him, “It’s okay, boys can be dumb.”
Alex smirked, “Yeah, and girls can drive you crazy.”
Source: Unrequited
“I smiled at him my oldest old-woman smile, as if I did not quite understand.”
Source: The Secret Scripture
“I smiled at him. Not even Wyatt would have known how to be this honorable when talking about a girl that had hurt him.”
Source: Glass Girl
“I smiled at him. “You are late, Yoo Jonghyuk.”
Source: 전지적 독자 시점 1 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 1]
“I smiled at him, as Doyle squeezed my hand and I squeezed back. "Some people are addicted to falling in love, Doctor. Some people love that rush of new emotions, and when that first rush of new love is spent, they move on to the next, thinking the love wasn't real. What I felt in her, and potentially in you, is the love of years. Love that knows that that first rush of freshness isn't the real thing. It's the tip of the iceberg.”
“I smiled at the giant. “Actually, Cacus, I have another secret weapon.” The giant’s eyes lit up with greed. “Another weapon? I will steal it! I will copy it and sell the knockoffs for a profit! What is this secret weapon?” “Her name is Annabeth,” I said. “And she’s one of a kind.”
Source: The Demigod Diaries (Heroes of Olympus)
“I smiled at the stacks, inhaling again. Hundreds of thousands of pages that had never been turned, waiting for me. The shelves were a warm, blond wood, piled with spines of every color. Staff picks were arranged on tables, glossy covers reflecting the light back at me. Behind the little cubby where the cashier sat, ignoring us, stairs covered with rich burgundy carpet led up to the worlds unknown. 'I could just live here,' I said.”
Source: Shiver
“I smiled at the thought - at how handsome they would be together. If the warrior ever stopped loving Mor. I doubted it. Azriel would likely love More until he was a whisper of darkness between the stars.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“I smiled back and I thought how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn’t always see it.”
“I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them, or, in other words, sometimes politeness is all that stands between oneself and madness.”
Source: Great House: A Novel
“I smiled broadly. " ...This is your body's wisdom speaking to us, sensing when it is safe to go forward, pulling back a bit when it might be too much. You and I are just getting to know one another, so I really respect the caution and protection in your inner world." ...
With visible relaxation in her body and strong eye contact, she said, "All my life people have criticized me for being cautious. It means a lot that you like that I'm that way."
W”
Source: The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
“I smiled, feeling my face fold into a now perfect copy of my late mother’s wry expression.”
Source: Burying the Shadow
“I smiled for you, stood by you, cheered for you, clapped for you, fought for you… and all I got in return were tears.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“I smiled. I knew that smile would be the high-peak of my enthusiasm for the evening and I would awake in the morning, not as nicely drugged, with a new hate in my heart.”
Source: Show Them a Good Time
“I smiled. "I've already got a few of those. I will gladly accept any and all books, however. A person can never have too much reading material. Especially on a fall or winter evening. If you're feeling extra generous, you may include tea. I love a unique blend. Really sets the atmosphere for medical study.”
Source: Hunting Prince Dracula
“I smiled. 'I win.'
'It's not about winning, Poppy.'
'It's not?' I lowered the dagger, stepping back.
'It's about surviving.'
'Isn't that winning, though?'
He shot me a sidelong glance as he dragged his arm over his forehead. 'I suppose you can look at it that way, but it's never a game.'
'I know that.' ... 'But if it were a game, I still would've won.”
Source: From Blood and Ash
“I smiled into the darkness. There was nothing "just" about metaphors, I was beginning to think; they followed me everywhere, illuminating and failing and illuminating again.”
Source: Shadow Scale
“I smiled, knowing all too-well, that my father was finally starting to realize that we were no longer in his control, and his reign as our puppet master was long over.”
Source: River Of Sorrows
“I smiled, knowing that Elizabeth, even in the worst of her humours, was far better suited to my own disposition. She would scold me, quarrel with me, torment me, tease me and laugh at me as often as may be.
I was the happiest man in the world.”
Source: The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy
“I smiled, reached into my pockets and pulled out a pair of ultrapowerful earplugs, the kind that are standard issue for skyway construction workers, artillery soldiers, and roadies for the thirty-five most popular teen boy bands.”
Source: The Plutonium Blonde
“I smiled ruefully to myself, knowing I had already experienced a far greater and deeper union with this man than that which propriety was so busy guarding against. I had seen and accepted our fate here, tonight, on the crest of this ancient hill, and all other ceremonies would be just that: rituals to please the people and make public the commitment that had been made in the privacy of my own heart.”
Source: Child of the Northern Spring
“I smiled sadly and whispered, "I would have taken a bullet for you, too, you know."
"I know," he whispered gruffly and lifted my chin, "and that pisses me off and turns me on at the same time.”
Source: Wide Open
“I smiled, sipped deliciously at my drink, and made a new rule for myself: if life hands you a compliment, take it.”
Source: Little Black Dress
“I smiled slightly while covering my eyes with both hands. I didn’t appear so on the surface but I wanted to say that I was smiling. In the small darkness created with both hands, Yoo Joonghyuk’s voice was heard again as he drank tea.
“Let’s go back to earth, Kim Dokja.”
Source: 전지적 독자 시점 2 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 2]
“I smiled sweetly at his embarressment, beginning to walk again, kicking up golden leaves. I heard him scuffling leaves behind me. "And what was the point of this again?"
Forget it!" Sam said. "Do you you like this place or not?"
I stoped in my tracks, spinning to face him. "Hey." I pointed at him; he raised his eyebrows and stopped in his tracks. "You didn't think Jack would be here at all, did you?"
His thick black eyebrows went up even farther.
Did you evan intend to look for him at all?"
He held his hands up as if a surrender. "What do you want me to say?"
You were trying to see if I would reconize it, wern't you?" I took anouther step, colsing the distance between us. I could feel the heat of his body, even without touching him, in the increasing cold of the day. "YOU told me about this wood somehow. How did you show it to me?"
I keep trying to tell you. You wont listen. Because you're stubbon. It's how we speek- it's the only words we have. Just pictures. Just simple little picters. You HAVE changed Grace. Just not your skin. I want you to believe me." His hands were still raise, but he was starting to grin at me in the failing light.
So you brought me here to see this." I stepped forward again, and he stepped back.
Do you like it?"
Under false pretence." Anouther step forward; anouther back. The grine widened
So do you like it?"
When you knew we wouldn't come across anybody else."
His teeth flashed in his grin. "Do you like it?"
I punched my hands into his chest. "You know I love it. You knew I would." I went to punch him, and he grabed my wrists. For a moment we stood there like that, him looking down at me with a grin half-caught on his face, and me lookingup at him: Still Life with Boy and Girl. It would've been the perfect moment to kiss me, but he didn't. He just looked at me and looked at me, and by the time I relizeed I could just as easily kiss him, I noticed that his grin was slipping away.
Sam slowly lowered my wrists and relesed them. "I'm glad." he said very quietly.
My arms still hung by my sides, right where Sam had put them. I frowned at him. "You were supposed to kiss me."
I thought about it."
I just kept looking at the soft, sad shape of his lips, looking just like his voice sounded. I was probably staring, but I couldn't stop thinking about how much I wanted him to kiss me and how stupide it was to want it so badly. "Why don't you?"
He leaned over and gave mr the lightest of kisses. His lips, cool and dry, ever so polite and incredibly maddening. "I have to get inside soon," he whispered "It's getting cold”
Source: Shiver