I Quotes
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“I waited in the kitchen and watched as a bright morning sun swept through the rooms. It would briefly catch on the part of the window that was not filthy, or a patch of carpet near the trim that had not been trampled by decades of stomping feet, and these things were transformed as if in some Cinderella story; dust particles shone like shooting stars caught in an upstream. I wanted to catch that light, to be purified in it and become a better version of myself.”
Source: The Rider on the Bridge
“I waited just to see you at that kind of peace, I wanted to be beside you, I wanted you to wake up slowly or startle, or just half awaken and turn over or murmur my name. I wanted to watch you forever, or sleep beside you forever, or sleep forever while you woke and watched me, something forever anyway. I wanted to kiss you, rumple your hair, rest three fingertips on your hip bone warm and smooth, wake you that way or hush you back to sleep.”
“I waited my entire adult life for you to come along and make sense of my world. I'm prepared to wait as long as I need to for you to accept that”
Source: Pucked Love
“I waited patiently - years - for the pendulum to swing the other way, for men to start reading Jane Austen, learn how to knit, pretend to love cosmos, organize scrapbook parties, and make out with each other while we leer. And then we'd say, Yeah, he's a Cool Guy.”
Source: The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects
“I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.”
“I waited till the bell rang for first period, which was English class. When everyone else was out of the hallway, I just climbed into my locker. I tried to act cool about it, just in case anyone was watching.
-Animorphs #1, The Invasion page 60”
“I waited to be told what was good about me. [...] All that time I had spent readying myself, the articles that taught me life was really just a waiting room until someone noticed you- the boys had spent that time becoming themselves.”
Source: The Girls
“I waited to feel incredibly embarrassed, but the feeling didn't come. It was more like a small victory, a secret to everyone else but me.”
“I waited two thousand years for you, Grace Alexander,” he whispered in her ear. “And you were worth every second of it.”
Source: Fantasy Lover
“I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift.”
“I waited, and I’m sure Elvis did too, for each Ricky Nelson record like we would a Chuck Berry record or a Fats Domino record, to see what was going on. I used to say to some of the guys that Ricky Nelson learned to sing on million selling records.”
“I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.”
Source: Along for the Ride
“I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!”
“I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.”
“I wake abruptly, my breath jagged and heart racing, my mouth stale, and I know immediately that's it. I'm awake. The more I want to be oblivious, the less I can be. Life and light will not let me be.”
Source: The Girl on the Train
“I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.
What hours, O what black hours we have spent
This night! what sights you, heart, saw; ways you went!
And more must, in yet longer light's delay.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins
“I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. What hours, O what black hours we have spent This night!”
Source: Selected Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
“I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, 'second breakfast,' or grab coffee with friends, or play basketball. Then, around noon, I begin apologizing via email for the manuscripts I can't get to.”
“I wake each day and try to see what I might do that is of some value and joy. It's a strange life. I don't know how long it'll go on. I don't look past tomorrow. Anything beyond tomorrow seems like hearsay. Or fairy tales.”
“I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.”
Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“I wake in the night. Or sometimes I don't wake in the night. It hardly seems to make a difference.”
Source: The Red Room
“I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"”
“I wake the dead. I bring Jackie Robinson and the Roosevelts to life. Who do you think Im trying to wake up?”
“I wake, the lump of last night
hiking a trail through my throat.
[from "Those Who Love Raptors"]”
Source: Hypertrophic Literary - Summer 2016
“I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.”
Source: Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse
“I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go.”
“I wake up 5 a.m. some mornings and hear the planes coming in at National Airport and I think they are bombing me.”
“I wake up and check my Instagram to see what I missed out on last night. Then I check my Twitter. Then I check my Tumblr.”
“I wake up and grind like the whole world owes me money. I'm taking that money like I'm owed.”
“I wake up and I do class straight away, so that gives me a free day to do things.”
“I wake up and I go to work. I don't look for the cup of coffee. The universe is enough of a draw for me - to awaken me and have me bound out of bed and go to my office.”
“I wake up and I see the face of the devil and I ask him, "What time is it?"
And he says,
How much time do you want?”
Source: The Shit of God
“I wake up and I see the face of the devil and I ask him, "What time is it?"”
“I wake up and tear drops, they fall down like rain. I put on that old song we danced to and then, I head off to my job cause not much has changed. Punch the clock, head for home, check the phone. Just in case. Go to bed, dream of you. That's what I am doing these days.”
“I wake up at 4:15 A.M., get some coffee, turn on the news, see what's happening, go clickety-clack on the web to see what I missed overnight. Then I go to the gym, around 5:15, and I do what appears to be a very light workout, but who cares. I'm socializing with other nice people at the gym. Then I go into work, and I'm really awake.”
“I wake up at 5 a.m. every day and go to bed early.”
“I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.”
“I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team.”
“I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.”
“I wake up at the same time every day to get to the gym.”
“I wake up each and everyday happy because of all of the great things that I have going on in my life and I think about all of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me.”
“I wake up early enough every morning to have some alone time. I have an app called Simply Being that's made for meditation. I do that for 5-10 minutes in the morning. Somehow, it helps make the chaos of life have some sort of definition. Exercise, too, keeps me able to deal with everything and not get too stressed.”
“I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.”
“I wake up early. At 6:30 A.M., I'm at my most optimistic.”
“I wake up every day and I can't wait to go to work, and that's a gift. Not too many people have the opportunity to feel that way.”
“I wake up every day and I think, 'I'm breathing! It's a good day.'”
“I wake up every day and think about what I am to other people. What I am to the people I employ, who depend on me to wake up and do my job that day and keep this career going? I think about what I am to the kids who listen to my music and all the other people involved in this project.”
“I wake up every day feeling like today's the day to make a difference. I never question the correctness of what I'm doing or the need for it.”
“I wake up every day in order to do something that's quixotic, and not necessarily called for in the world, but I do it because there's extraordinary meaning for me behind the effort.”
“I wake up every day inside the jail of disability.”