I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I've never had a love letter before. Not from anyone. It is a most wonderful thing to receive. I realise that it makes a present to me of your life, not just your love.”
Source: Getting Orlando
“I've never had a moment when I thought: "Tom, you've made it!", and I don't think I want to, because that feels like you've reached the end; that you've crossed the finish line. But to me there is no end. An achievement is not a finish line; it's a checkpoint on a far greater journey. It's a moment to pause, to take a breath and look back and enjoy what you've experienced and be grateful for it, but then to turn around and look towards the next checkpoint, the next achievement.”
“I’ve never had a New Year’s resolution as I act in the moment and don’t depend on future possibilities.”
“I've never had a price on my head, I wonder how much I'd be worth?"
"A pinecone or two, I'd wager," Shawn murmured.”
Source: The Archer
“I’ve never had a rat, never chased one. I chase my own tail and that’s enough. I must now make plans for the day I catch it.”
Source: On Being a Rat and Other Observations
“I’ve never had a reason to survive—no reason to question the way things were. I lived because I was told to…now I live because I want to. I survive because I want to know what is outside the deception we’re buried in, and I want to experience it with you. You’re the only person I’ve ever trusted, and now you’re the reason I’m going to fight. I don’t know how we’re going to make it out of here, but we’ll find a way. We’ll find a better life.”
Source: In Between Seasons
“I've never had a spicy chicken sandwich worth getting stabbed over. But that's the kind of organic marketing experience I'd like to bring to duck farming.”
Source: One Out of Ten Dentists Agree: This Book Helps Fight Gingivitis. Maybe Tomorrow I’ll Ask Nine More Dentists.: A BearPaw Duck And Meme Farm Production
“I've never had an easy life. I’ve had problems all the time. But I didn’t do drugs. I was drunk with music the entire time.”
“I’ve never had anorexia, but I know it well. I see it on the street, in the gaunt and sunken face, the boney chest, the spindly arms of an emaciated woman. I’ve come to recognize the flat look of despair, the hopelessness that follows, inevitably, from years of starvation. I think: That could have been [me]. It wasn’t. It’s not.”
Source: Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
“I've never had any luck, Brad. I don't even hope for any any more.”
Source: The Black Prince
“I've never had any summer lovin'. And I've never had any school year lovin', either. I've never had a boyfriend. I've never hooked up with a guy. And this morning, on my Internet browser, an article popped up about women marrying themselves. Even my wireless connection knows I'm alone.”
Source: The Boy Recession
“I've never had much use for religion, except when it comes to swearing or begging for mercy.”
Source: The Wheel of Osheim
“I've never had sex," repeated Artemis. "Never wanted to." It was her turn not to look at him as she spoke. "Not with a man or with a woman, or with an animal, though my family joke about it. And I never will. The thought of it disgusts me. But the others - my family - they think that means I haven't got any feelings. That I could never care about anyone, that I don't know what love is, just because I don't-" she shuddered. "But you know what?" she said, turning to him now. "I really loved my dogs. Everyone laughs at me for it, but it's true. The time I spent with them, running, hunting, those were the happiest times of my life. They understood me. They were animals but they understood me far better than anyone in my family ever will. We shared something, we were the same. And they made me kill them.”
Source: Gods Behaving Badly
“I've never had the luxury of political opinions.”
Source: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
“I've never had this kind of scrap with one of our kind, only heard about them. You ever hear about a whole town losing its memory, ships at sea that witness water doing things it shouldn't, like talking, or ever just notice a large plot of land that never changes even though the entire neighborhood around it does? That's my kind fighting in one form or another. Croatoan? That was us.”
Source: The Liminal People
“I've never had to work so hard for something I never thought I wanted.”
Source: Fueled
“I've never had vanilla sex before. There's a lot to be said for it. But then, maybe it's because it's with you.”
“I've never heard a eulogy about a person where they talk about the value of wealth and how much money the've left behind. They only talk about the character ,love, integrity, humour strength etc.
So why is it so important to some that they lose sight of everything else in life ?”
Source: Max, the boy who didn't believe in Santa Claus
“I’ve never heard a girl say a diamond was too big.”
“I just think when they get too big they look fake.”
He leans down. “I say the same thing about breasts.”
Source: Loving You
“I've never heard anyone come back from downtown Baltimore waxing poetic about the authenticity of poverty.”
Source: The Sky Beneath My Feet
“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”
“I've never heard anyone saying, "because of life insurance, we become miserable, " instead, I always hear this "because of life insurance our financial goals become easily attainable.”
“I've never heard of ghosts driving ghost trucks.”
“Says the girl who recently jumped onboard a ghost train.”
“That was a psychokinetic visual and tactile apparition pooling energy and traumatic memories from several entities—”
“Uh-huh. Ghost train,”
Source: House of Whispers
“I've never hit a man before, and I have to say I'm pleased with my success.”
Source: A Creature of Moonlight
“I’ve never killed anyone but I would rather choke on the blood of my fallen enemies than permit harm to come to you again.”
Source: Mafdet's Claws
“I’ve never known an ounce of sanity or where to find this so-called happiness.”
“I’ve never known anyone like you.”
Source: What I Love About Dublin
“I've never known anyone with the capacity for sugar that Adeena has. She'd demolished her waffles, which she'd drowned in syrup, and then ordered a slice of triple chocolate tuxedo pie, another sugar bomb. If I ate the way she'd did, I'd have lost a foot to diabetes by now.
Martha slid our desserts in front of us, and Adeena and I hummed in appreciation after taking our first bites. The lemon icebox cake was cold and creamy, with a background sweetness and a whole lot of tang. As I often did when sampling delicious desserts, I tried to deconstruct what was in it.
Graham crackers, cream cheese, whipped cream, and a ton of lemon curd seemed to be the basis of the recipe. Similar to the ginger calamansi pie I'd made, but simpler and no-bake, if I decided to buy the graham crackers instead of making my own. Definitely worth experimenting with, as I had a jar of calamansi curd tucked away in the fridge just begging to be used. I made a note on my phone later, maybe as a summer offering.
As per usual when eating out, Adeena and I swapped plates so we could taste each other's desserts.
"What do you think, girls?"
I grinned at Martha. "Delicious. I love how the lemon cake is sweet and tangy, but you don't go too far in either direction."
Adeena added, "It's the perfect counterpoint to my chocolate pie, which is divine, by the way. Rich, creamy, and so satisfying.”
Source: Arsenic and Adobo
“I've never known someone to become more at home in his or her own body, in all of its flaws and its grace, without becoming more compassionate to all of life.”
“I've never known what to do," said Rincewind with hollow cheerfulness. "Been completely at a loss my whole life." He hesitated. "I think it's called being human, or something.”
Source: Sourcery
“I've never let thoughts of losing scare me away from a fight.”
Source: Prisoners of Betrayal
“I’ve never liked urban myths. I’ve never liked pretending to believe in them; never understood why everyone else doesn’t see straight through them. Why is it they’ve always happened to a friend of a friend - someone you’ve never met? Why does everyone smile and nod and pull the right faces, when they must know they’re not true? Pointless. A waste of breath.
So I sneered at the myths about Scaderstone Pit. It was just an old quarry – nothing more. I never believed in the rumours of discarded dynamite. It had decayed, they said. It exploded at the slightest touch, had even blown someone’s hand off. I shrugged off the talk of the toxic waste. It was dumped in the dead of night, they said. The canisters rusting away, leaking deadly poisons that could blind you, burn your lungs. I laughed at the ghost stories. You could hear the moans, they said, of quarrymen buried alive and never found. You could see their nightwalking souls, searching for their poor crushed bodies.
I didn’t believe any of it – not one word. Now, after everything that’s happened, I wonder whether I should’ve listened to those stories. Maybe then, these things would’ve happened to someone else, and I could’ve smiled and said they were impossible.
But this is not an urban myth. And it did not happen to someone else, but to me. I’ve set it down as best I can remember. Whether you believe it or not, is up to you.”
Source: Trespass
“I’ve never looked at someone
the way I look at you
and that’s how I know
this is dangerous”
Source: The Ghost of You
“I’ve never loved any one ’til you. You were so worth the wait. You’re my first, my always.”
Source: Until the Last Star Fades
“I've never loved anyone like this before. It's like...I dunno, it sounds weird, but sometimes it feels wrong that we aren't physically attached. Like..." I smiled and looked down. "...like I was I could crawl into your chest and live there forever. Like I just can't get close enough to you.
"You can live in my chest," he said. He leaned toward me and brushed his nose on mine before kissing me and whispering, " I love you, too.”
Source: Alive Day: A Memoir
“I’ve never loved the wrong person, but I have loved the right people at the wrong time. The wrong life. The wrong moment.”
“I’ve never made an angel cry before… To be honest, I kind of detest it.”
“I've never made fun of you. Making fun of you would imply that something about you is fun.”
Source: Cut & Run
“I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure. I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life any time he is ready and prepared to do it. Whenever he develops the desire he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within.”
“I've never met a soldier who knew he was a hero. It's not false modesty. They simply decide to do something that they know they must do, usually for there comrades, because if they don't, those people will suffer in some way. For them, that compulsion is far stronger than any fear. The fact we find it exceptional is a sad indictment of the human race. I'd like to live in a world of heroes. If we did, there would be no wars.”
Source: Aspho Fields
“I've never met anyone as kind as you are, except me Mum, o' course." --Benjamin Trimmel to Lady Alexandra.”
Source: To Find a Duchess
“I've never met anyone who shines as brightly as you do.”
Source: The Gilded Cage
“I've never met—have you?—a truly sophisticated man. World-weary and discreet—of course. But never sophisticated.”
Source: The wars
“I've never met someone who is so perfectly my favorite person. When I think about being with you every day, no part of me feels claustrophobic. And when I think about having to have the kinds of fights with you that Naomi and I used to have, there's nothing scary about it. Because I trust you, more than I've ever trusted anyone - The world looks different than I ever thought it could be, and I don't want to look for what's broken or what could go wrong. I don't want to brace myself for the worst and miss out on being with you. I want to be the one who gives you what you deserve - and I don't think I ever could deserve any of that, and I know this things between us isn't a sure thing, but that's what I want to aim for with you. Because I know no matter how long I get to love you, it will be worth whatever comes after.”
Source: Beach Read
“I've never minded finding out what others thought I didn't know. Titus Ray, Chapter 3”
Source: One Night in Tehran
“I’ve never minded people having different opinions —Y ѕesterday I had one, today it’s already another.”
Source: Yet Another New Land
“I’ve never needed a bodyguard, Evan.”
His hands stilled on the glasses.
“Maybe that isn’t such a bad idea now.”
“It’s a terrible idea. I would never want anyone watching every move I make. It’s unnerving. There are fresh lemons in the bottom drawer.”
Evan squatted and tugged open the vegetable crisper inside the refrigerator. “You know,” he waved a piece of the yellow fruit for emphasis, “you may want to think about it, though.”
Morgan smacked the table so hard the salt and pepper shakers jumped.
He grinned and stood. “Haven’t lost your temper, I see.”
“My temper wasn’t burned.”
Source: Burning Reflections
“i’ve never needed
for a dress or a ring,
but a hand held,
a promise kept,
a heartbeat felt,
a soul seen…
those are the things of
my everything”
“I've never needed to be protected, but Mace melts me in ways that tear down my guard. I don't know if that will save me, kill me, or break my heart. -Nikola-”
Source: Mace
“I've never needed you, Keita ... But I've always wanted you. More than anything, I've wanted you ... You're not a need, Keita, you're not an obligation to me. What you are is my happiness, my delight. When I didn't believe that there was good in the world, there was you. You're my comfort and joy, and I hope I'm the same for you.”