I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I've been embarrassing myself since about birth.”
“I've been fed to the wolves, my soul experiencing near death so many times.
Having a little hardship is a far easier path than being completely fucked by life.
But these words, these goddamm words save me everytime. A little slice of poetic notion, a little reminder in pain there is life.”
“I’ve been getting lectures about denying “the pull” (usually stated with her fingers curled into actual quotation marks) to boys for as long as I can remember.
The joke’s on Chloe, really—I feel the pull all the time anyway. My heart skipped when bulky gym rat Brett slid his thigh close to mine and asked if I’d ever attend “real school” and sit with him, as surely as my breath caught when Hyrra from the mechanics division demonstrated how to oil a malfunctioning mech and I couldn’t take my gaze off the deft movements of her hands. But in both instances, I promptly tripped over something (a fallen homework sheet with Brett and a discarded wire with Hyrra) and spat out a distinctly unladylike four-letter word through the pain.
No pull has a stronger hold on me than gravity. Chloe has nothing to worry about.”
Source: Between Sun and Shadow
“I’ve been giving this much thought, and I’ve concluded that the greatest blessing in life is whatever genuine love, friendship, and affection we receive. The emphasis is always on the word ‘genuine’.”
“I've been going around in circles all my life. I am bypassing zeros.”
Source: Yet Another New Land
“I’ve been going through my own personal hell.”
Source: What I Love About Dublin
“I've been guilty of losing myself & forgetting my worth in friendships and relationships at times. I saw things but denied what I was seeing simply because I couldn't believe it was coming from them. But each situation has taught me to hold onto me, trust myself and my intuitive nature. Remember who you are, see things clearly and call a spade a spade..”
“I’ve been hanging out with humans for far too long. They’ve corrupted my logic with innocence and naivety.”
Source: Shining Destruction: a short story
“I've been happy here.”
Source: Call Me by Your Name
“I’ve been heartbroken before. I really don’t know if I have the energy for it again.”
Source: The Brightest Star in the Sky
“i’ve been held
by rough hands…
and i’m still healing.
to let a good man, be a good man,
it takes a new way…
and i’m still learning.
– recovery”
“I’ve been held down like a piece of meat while monsters disguised as men violated me again & again.”
Source: Blood Borne Connections
“I’ve been here all along,’ Hazel answers back. ‘But you never looked at me long enough to see the real me.”
Source: Drive: An Old Castle Novel
“I’ve been here for years
but I have never seen the light.
However, I’ve never been afraid
of the darkness.
It’s always been a part of my life.”
“I've been here in Richmond for six years and I still don't get it. To me, having the principal Richmond monuments dedicated to the Lost Cause is like saying we're dedicated to no hope, no future. It's like having a monument to unrequited love.”
Source: Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
“i’ve been holding you
in heavy sighs
and i don’t know if it is
a good thing.
but there is so much
more
to this weight that keeps me
together. keeps me warm
like summer
strolling in
late
but at last.”
Source: Udaari: a collection of poems
“I've been impeached. Well, that's just peachy. Yummm, like those heirloom Elberta peaches from the farmer's market on Block Island last summer. Juice that dripped down my arm with each bite I took. I made a fantastic peach tart, with black raspberry puree on a crispy bed of buttery phyllo dough. Served with a dollop of crème anglaise.”
Source: Slim to None
“I've been in a lot of fights. On the ice. And once off it. But all of them were against guys who could hold their own. This scar"----he pointed to a faint line under his left brow----"was from a left hook I didn't see coming. I returned the favor and broke the guy's nose. I'm telling you this because I won't lie and say I'm a stranger to violence."
He didn't blink, didn't hesitate to meet my eyes. "But you? You could slap me, punch me, kick me in the nuts, call me names, disparage Mamie, whom I love more than anyone on Earth, and I still wouldn't ever raise a hand to you. Because I don't hit women or anyone weaker than me. Ever."
He stopped there, his concerned gaze darting over my face. "I apologize that my behavior made you feel unsafe. It wasn't my intention. If you believe anything about me, believe I will always be the guy who stands with you, never against you.”
Source: Make It Sweet
“I’ve been in enough battles to know when I’ve found one I can’t win.”
“So you flee?” Evi said. “Like a coward?”
“The coward,” Dalinar said, gathering his maps, “is the man who delays a necessary retreat for fear of being mocked. We’ll go back to Kholinar after I deal with the rebellion at the Rift. I’ll promise you at least a year there.”
“Really?” Evi said, standing up.
“Yes. You’ve won this fight.”
“I … don’t feel like I’ve won.…”
“Welcome to war, Evi,” Dalinar said, heading toward the door. “There are no unequivocal wins. Just victories that leave fewer of your friends dead than others.”
Source: Oathbringer
“I've been in enough playgrounds to know kids can be mean. I know, I know, I know”
Source: Wonder
“I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things.You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love."- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”
“I've been in love. It's painful, pointless and overrated. - Damon Salvatore”
“I've been in love one time, I said as I held up my pinky. I would have held up my index finger, but I wasn't in love that long.”
Source: There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't
“I’ve been in love with this man for as long as I can remember, but I’ve never been able to do a damn thing about it. Until now.”
Source: Need
“I've been in love with you since the very beginning. You asked why there isn't anyone else in my life, and the reason... is you.”
Source: Practice Makes Perfect
“I've been in the water so much these past few days, I swear I'm growing fins & scales.”
“I've been in treatment with people who have robbed banks, who have stolen disability checks from vulnerable relatives, who have embezzled large amounts of money, who have taken valuable items from their parents to pawn. At some point in their recovery, most gambling addicts will finally have to pay the price for their destructive actions.”
Source: Gambling Addiction: The complete guide to survival, treatment, and recovery from gambling addiction.
“I've been injected with the formula for confidence and butt kicking. Not in spite of my hijab but because of it Because I want to prove to everybody that it's just a piece of material and that I'm here, representing my school, supporting my team, kicking some serious rear ends.”
“I’ve been itching to kill a zombie lately. Can I take the lead on this one, dad?”
Source: The Human Race
“i've been killed so many times, i can't begin to count the carcasses. my dreams provide plenty of ammunition for me, murdered most mercilessly and it never freaking ends,”
Source: Shrapnel
“I've been killing vampires half my life, and I tell you now, there is no one more afraid of dying than things who live forever!”
Source: Empire of the Vampire
“I’ve been kissed by men who did a very good job. But they don’t give kissing their whole attention. They can’t. No matter how hard they try parts of their minds are on something else. Missing the last bus—or their chances of making the gal—or their own techniques in kissing—or maybe worry about jobs, or money, or will husband or papa or the neighbors catch on. Mike doesn’t have technique . . . but when Mike kisses you he isn’t doing anything else. You’re his whole universe . . . and the moment is eternal because he doesn’t have any plans and isn’t going anywhere. Just kissing you.”
Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
“I've been known to wear a lady's dress on many an occasion. Usually in the most inappropriate circumstances. And not always when I've been sozzled!" - Warmund Tripp.”
Source: The Darkest Core
“i've been letting go of heavy things”
“i’ve been letting go
of heavy things
and i’ve been healing
a spirit, and tending to a soul, and
listening to a heart. and i’ve started to
exhale. and to breathe in… and to
breathe. in. a life
…and i’ve been letting go of
so, so many heavy things”
“I've been living for too long abroad and aboard,
Methinking the concept of being grounded or floored.”
Source: The Tao of Physical and Spiritual
“I've been living outside of the Congo for a year now. And I have often made it known that I wanted to return to Congo when the time was right. I remain convinced that there is general reconciliation possible between all Congolese and that this is the only absolute condition to get this country out of the misery and anarchy.”
“I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.'
Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. [...] We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were.”
Source: 1Q84
“I've been longing for,
Daisies to push through the floor,
And I wish that plant life would grow all around me,
So I won't feel dead anymore.”
“I've been looked at in pity and in fear and I've learned that the only way to really be seen is through desire. To be looked at and found whole. Found alive.”
Source: Cursed Bread
“I’ve been looking at all the ordinary staples of flirting," says Julia, "like biting your lip and looking away just a second too late, and laughing a lot and finding every excuse to touch, light fingertips on a forearm or a thigh that emphasize and punctuate the laughter. I’ve been thinking about what a comfort these things are, these textbook methods, precisely because they need no decoding, no translation. Once, a long time ago, you could probably bite your lip and it would mean, I am almost overcome with desiring you. Now you bite your lip and it means, I want you to see that I am almost overcome with desiring you, so I am using the plainest and most universally accepted symbol I can think of to make you see. Now it means, Both of us know the implications of my biting my lip, and what I am trying to say. We are speaking a language, you and I together, a language that we did not invent, a language that is not unique to our uttering. We are speaking someone else’s lines. It’s a comfort.”
Source: The Rehearsal
“I’ve been looking deep within myself. I realize that I am always crashing because I was trying to fly with one wing.”
Source: Dying on The Inside and Suffocating on The Outside
“I've been looking for Africa allover the world, but forgot to look within me.”
“I've been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they're real
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are
All I can feel
Remembering
You standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in
Holding you close
How I always held close in your fear
Remembering
You running soft through the night
You were bigger and brighter and wider than snow
And screamed at the make-believe
Screamed at the sky
And you finally found all your courage
To let it all go
Remembering
You fallen into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white
So delicate
Lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Remembering
You how you used to be
Slow drowned
You were angels
So much more than everything
Hold for the last time then slip away quietly
Open my eyes
But I never see anything
If only I'd thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I'd thought of the right words
I wouldn't be breaking apart
All my pictures of you
Looking so long at these pictures of you
But I never hold on to your heart
Looking so long for the words to be true
But always just breaking apart
My pictures of you
There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
All my pictures of you”
“I’ve been lumbered with this great lug of dog through a friend of a friend for a couple of months and he has some ...behavioural problems I need to manage ASAP.”
“Really?” Her gaze switched to Tiny who wagged his tail looking completely angelic. Ryder could have sworn the damn mutt was smiling. “Look at you, you gorgeous boy,” she crooned, unlatching a section of the counter, lifting it up and ducking through it to join him on the other side.
Tiny wagged his tail harder as Juliet approached, one hand held out in friendly greeting. Tiny, whose head came to her breasts, took full advantage, nosing her right in the cleavage as the woman slid her hands on either side of his face and cooed at him. “You are adorable, aren’t you?”
Tiny licked, actually licked, her cleavage then shot a shit eating grin in Ryder’s direction. If the dog had eyebrows, one of them would be arrogantly cocked. Ryder blinked. The damn animal had more game than him.
“Are you sure?” She leaned forward to drop some kisses between Tiny’s eyes, pushing his snout even further into the cushioned heaven between her breasts. “He seems very placid.”
Tiny’s gave an ecstatic little shiver, his tail a blur as it dusted the floor. “Trust me. He’s the antichrist.”
“Oh I don’t believe that,” she said to Tiny, her voice light and teasing, her mouth a cute little moue. “Look how sweet and well behaved he is. Good boy.” She kissed him again. “Good boy.”
Ryder would be sweet and well behaved if Juliet called him a good boy while cradling his head between her breasts.
Hell, he’d roll over and play dead if she wanted.”
Source: Playing With Forever
“I've been lying in bed as good as dead for days, and now I'm completely done in.”
“I've been lying to myself for a while now, trying to separate myself from that person who became so obsessed with finding Andie Bell's killer. Trying to convince everyone else it wasn't really me so I could convince myself. But I think, now, that that is me, And maybe I'm selfish and maybe I'm a liar and maybe I'm reckless and obsessive and I'm OK with doing bad things when it's me doing them and maybe I'm a hypocrite, and maybe none of that is good, but it feels good. It feels like me, and I hope you're OK with all that because... I love you too.”
Source: Good Girl, Bad Blood
“I've been made a fool before. I'm not interested in going there again. I can't sustain anymore hurt. It'll break me.”
Source: All I Am: Drew's Story
“I’ve been married but I’m not anymore. And I still believe in love.”
“I've been married forever, and I still don't have it right.”
Source: Dancing through Minefields