I Quotes
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“I tried starting a crime gang once. It turned into a book club.”
“I tried sticking a piece of candy up my nose...it ended up getting stuck and the nurse had to get it out.”
“I tried surfing once in Brazil, but I'm kind of clumsy.”
“I tried synchronized swimming, but felt, over time, I was just going through the motions.”
“I tried talking to Jesus, but he just put me on hold.”
“I tried telling my teacher about it, but she/he ignored me and told me ‘not right now’ and to get in line.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say.”
“I tried the deep-fried horse mackerel--- your father's favorite, apparently--- and it was far better than any version of it I've ever had in Kyoto."
"You're rambling, Dad," complained Koishi. "Tell him about the nori-ben."
"What's the rush? Anyway, the point is, Mr. Aramiya knows his fish. He comes from a long line of fishermen, and apparently even ran his own sushi place at one point. With someone like that whispering secrets in your father's ear, it's no wonder his nori-ben turned out so delicious."
Nagare picked up the right-hand bento and continued. "Sure, it looks exactly the same. Both on top---" he inserted a pair of chopsticks into the top-right section, which Kyosuke hadn't yet reached--- "and when you dig down inside." Koishi and Kyosuke watched as Nagare carefully set the segment on the lid of the bento, revealing the individual layers. "And yet it's not the same."
"Hmm... it has the same three layers. Looks identical to me," said Koishi, inspecting it from the side. Kyosuke nodded in agreement.
"The difference is this part in the middle," said Nagare, removing the top layer of nori. "Look carefully. Those aren't bonito flakes, are they?"
"You're right!" exclaimed Koishi, leaning in for a closer look. "Is that... fish meat?"
Kyosuke was still gazing blankly, apparently unable to see the difference. Nagare darted into the kitchen, emerging a moment later with a styrofoam box. He held it up in front of the waiting pair, then opened it to reveal a fish.
"Cutlass fish, this is called. See how it looks just like a sword? That's what's in the bento. Grilled, minced, and seasoned with soy sauce and kabosu fruit. Both cutlass fish and kabosu are Oita specialties--- and the citric acid in the kabosu stops the dish from spoiling too. If you just use bonito flakes, the flavor can get a little monotonous, but this gives it heaps of depth.”
Source: The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
“I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing.”
“I tried the key in all the doors, even though he said he didn't recognize it. It's not that I didn't trust him, becuase I did. It's that at the end of my search I wanted to be able to say: I don't know how I could have tried harder.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
“I tried the line out on some people on the street, like, "What do you think of this: 'the art of family life is to not take it personally'?" And they would laugh. But you know, everybody's got something going on in their families, and then once you have kids, that of course exponentially rises.”
“I tried the obvious route of hourly jobs and community college, and it just never worked for me. I’d been told for so long that the path to success was paved with a series of boxes you checked off, starting with getting a degree and getting a job, and I kept trying and failing at these, it sometimes seemed that I was destined for a life in the loser lane. But I always suspected that I was destined for more, and that I was capable of, something bigger.”
Source: #Girlboss
“I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. I tried the raw food vegan diet. And I tried the calorie restriction diet, which is the idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time. Whether or not you want to, of course, is the idea.”
“I tried the plan of talking incessantly myself, so as to hide the fact I didn't hear anything they said, the result was nobody paid the slightest attention to my (doubtless brilliant) remarks.”
Source: Letters of Susan Hale
“I tried the religion scam in Miami, so I know how hard that gig is. But, if you can get it to work, starting your own religion is a license to print money.”
“I tried the Scarsdale diet and the Stillman water diet (you remember that one, where you run weight off trying to get to the bathroom).”
“I tried therapy. This had never appealed to me. For me, it was a bit like a Chinese meal: very filling at the time, but then an hour later you're hungry again.”
“I tried to abandon my tenacity, but I just couldn't let it go.”
“I tried to act unphased, fighting back a cold sweat. At least the smell of blood was long gone, but that was little relief. It felt like we’d been travelling a straight line, yet daring a glimpse back, I saw with horror the light of the entrance was now completely absent in darkness, so much thicker and more terrifying than night’s black cloak. It was the dark of the earth we found ourselves trapped by, a dark that would claim us all in the end, and we were walking deeper still with a man who seemed disturbingly at ease amongst the crypt’s inhabitants. More than once, he swept the light into our eyes and away, leaving us dazzled, which made each inevitable return of his hulking form all the more ominous. What fearful things might we discover if we ran, I wondered? Even ignoring that, how far could we get against someone who filled the space like him and carried our only means of sight? As it has been said, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man reigns as king. I looked to Macnaghten for reassurance and was met only by an empty void. ~ Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline, The Ripper Lives, Into the Black (4/10)”
Source: The Ripper Lives: Jack the Ripper Series I - Into the Black
“I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.”
“I tried to always include my children in everything that I did. I traveled with them, I brought them with me to work, I tried to balance it between work and being a mother as best as I could.”
“I tried to argue that no choice was "right" for every person. Sexuality is richer than that: It is a banquet of choices and possibilities, none of which we can afford to dismiss.”
Source: XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography
“I tried to assimilate and mix myself in with everybody, but I still stood out because of my mannerisms, the way I spoke, my interests, the way I walked, all those things that make us stand out in a crowd. Then I got to a point where I stopped caring, because people were calling me names no matter what, so I thought I might as well just do what I wanted to do.”
“I tried to avoid looking at the dress full on, lest it burn out my retinas with its glittering hideousness.”
Source: Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel
“I tried to avoid looking at the skull, but somehow I wanted to keep checking that it was still there. It’s like when you have a sore in your mouth or tooth ache – your tongue keeps going back to check it still hurts.”
Source: Himalayan Kidnap: The First Alex and James Eco-Adventure in Nepal
“I tried to avoid making plays or films that weren't telling a story that I felt was important. And what I discovered in the process is, it makes you more empathic because you have to enter someone else's reality and you learn to see through many other people's eyes.”
“I tried to avoid Mimi. Her presence seemed to call forth every rejection I'd ever experienced-the teachers who'd looked at me as though I held no promise, the boys who didn't like me back. Around her, I became fourteen again.”
Source: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
“I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.”
“I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I was trying to do.”
“I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.”
“I tried to be a boy, I tried to be a girl, I tried to be a mess.”
“I tried to be a ski bum when I stepped away from Twitter, and I wasn't a very good skier.”
“I tried to be all intellectual and erudite and with others I'd just swear and curse and be an idiot. And suddenly, when they're all in one space, I don't know who I am.”
“I tried to be as positive as possible, because I have the same birthday as Michael Jackson. He is my cosmic brother. I love him.”
“I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot.”
“I tried to be good to Judith, I tried to be kind and loving, but our hatred kept coming between us.”
Source: Dying Inside
“I tried to be normal. I did everything all of you asked me to do. I ran harder and longer than anyone else just to catch up.
But look where it got me.”
Source: Running as Fast as I Can
“I tried to be normal once... worst two minutes of my life.”
“I tried to be really healthy and eat whole and organic as much as possible. I think that's the key to avoiding crazy weight gain.”
“I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.”
“I tried to be someone else, but nothing seemed to change. I know now, this is who I really am inside. I've finally found myself, fighting for a chance. I know now, this is who I really am.”
“I tried to be strong in the face of obstacles.”
“I tried to be thankful that they had accepted this burden. But I didn't want to be accepted. I wanted to be wanted.”
Source: After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search
“I tried to be the greatest boxer in the world and a good parent, too. I had instant feedback on my success as a boxer. Often, parents don't really know if what they are doing is right or wrong until their child is grown and it is too late to change any of the decisions. Whatever my failings as a parent, I am very proud of all my children. It wasn't easy for them to make their own way with such a controversial and public father.”
Source: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
“I tried to be the leader ... that was my aim. But it is important to know how to win and how to lose.”
“I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married an Italian girl, which resulted in an immediate annulment. I had two annulments by the time I was 23.”
“I tried to become a hawk, it didn't work. I think I got -stuck”
“I tried to believe in God, but I confess to you that God meant nothing in my life, and that in my secret heart I too felt a void where my childhood faith had been. But probably this feeling belongs only to individuals in transition. The grandchildren of these pessimists will frolic in the freedom of their lives, and have more happiness than poor Christians darkened with fear of Hell.”
“I tried to believe that there is a God, who created each of us in His own image and likeness, loves us very much, and keeps a close eye on things. I really tried to believe that, but I gotta tell you, the longer you live, the more you look around, the more you realize, something is fucked up.”
“I tried to blow a yellow jacket out and now it's wearing a bow tie in its mouth.”