I Quotes
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“If he is thin, I will probably dine poorly. If he is both thin and sad, the only hope is in flight.”
“If he is to know 'his' children, he must have control over their reproduction, which means he musut possess their mother exclusively...it cuts back to the male need to say: 'I, too, have the power of procreation--these are my seed, my own begotten children, my proof of elemental power.' In addition, of course, the children are the future receivers of the patrimony.”
Source: Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution
“If He isn't Lord of all, He isn't Lord at all.”
“If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin.
(on Tommy Smith)”
“If he just got laid, he would feel so much better,” she muttered, looking up at the sky. “He might as well be a virgin after a hundred years without a woman.”
The door flew open, and Bartol stepped out, his face a mask of fury. “And you think you’re the one to take care of that problem?”
Cori lifted a brow. “Maybe, maybe not, but someone has to do it. I’m right here if you need me.”
Source: Destined for Shadows: Book 1
“If he just wanted sex from her, everyone knew the fastest approach to that end was just to enquire bluntly if she was interested. She was either willing to kill some time, or she was too busy killing.”
Source: What's Up, Buttercup?
“If he kept looking at her like that, she might just fall in love with him.”
Source: City of Gods and Monsters
“If he killed her I’m going to beat him bloody and eat him piece by piece, slowly, with steak sauce.”
Source: Iced
“If he kills us, he’s simply dropped us off at a place we were going anyway. We shouldn’t hasten it, and it is sad. But see, he can’t take our moments, our Connection, Kaladin. And those are things that really matter.”
Source: Rhythm of War
“If he kissed her once, just once, he'd walk away and never think about it again.”
Source: Just One Reason
“If he knew, if he only knew that I was giving him every chance to put two and two together and come up with a number bigger than infinity.”
Source: Call Me by Your Name
“If he left you, it's because he's not worth the trouble! Listen to what I'm going to tell you: Nobody's worth crying over. Believe me my dear, nobody's important enough for your tears...”
Source: Pretending Is Lying
“If he let himself believe that, he would lie down in the middle of the road and give up. So he took the thought right out of his mind and left it sitting there on the side of the road.”
Source: The Castle in the Attic
“If he let one day pass without glancing at a single page, habit led him to feel a vague sense of decay. Therefore, in the face of most intrusions, he tried to arrange it so that he could stay in touch with the printed word. There were moments when he felt that books constituted his only legitimate province.”
Source: And Then
“If he lived through this night, he'd look back on this moment and recall seeing the universe in all its majesty and recognizing he was only a powerless man staring into the vastness of an all-powerful God.”
Source: The Dawn of Christmas: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country
“If he looked into her face, he would see those haunted, loving eyes. The hauntedness would irritate him - the love would move him to fury. How dare she love him? Hadn't she any sense at all? What was he supposed to do about that? Return it? How? What could his calloused hands produce to make her smile? What of his knowledge of the world and of life could be useful to her? What could his heavy arms and befuddled brain accomplish that would earn him his own respect, that would in turn allow him to accept her love?”
“If he looks at me like that again Dottie will need a bucket and mop to get me back to my room.”
Source: The Fate of Flannery Flynn
“If he lost her now, he’d not be able to live. He would drive off a cliff—maybe the same one the fucker who shot her did. And then he’d be able to spend his time in hell beating the fuck out of the man who’d hurt Eve.”
Source: Saving Poughkeepsie
“If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“If he loves Indian women its masala madness, if she loves Indian men she's probably ugly.”
“If he loves you he will meet your effort.”
“If he loves, he wants to make a relationship out of it immediately! He wants to get married. He wants to create a certain conditioning. He wants to make it a contract. Or he enters a church, or he enters a political party, or he enters into any club and he wants to be structured, he wants to know where he stands in the hierarchy, in what relationship. He wants to have an identity - that 'I am this.' He does not want to remain uncertain. And life is uncertain. Only death is certain.”
“If he makes a mistake, he’ll only find out when the devil calls him to breakfast in Hell”
Source: Lethal Doses: The Story Behind "The Godfather Of Fentanyl"
“If he makes humanity God and yet cries out against God's inhumanity, it is clear who has really been accused.”
Source: What We Can't Not Know: A Guide
“If he makes you smile, keep him. If he makes you laugh, keep others away from him.”
“If he(Mani) were Swaminathan, he would have closed the whole incident at the beginning by hurling an ink-bottle, if nothing bigger was available, at the teacher.”
Source: Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher: Introduction by Alexander McCall Smith
“If he must be alone, he would make solitude his armor.”
Source: A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows
“If he must curse Weissmann, then he must also curse himself. Weissmann's cruelty was no less resourceful than Pökler's own engineering skill, the gift of Daedalus that allowed him to put as much labyrinth as required between himself and the inconveniences of caring. They had sold him convenience, so much of it, all on credit, and now They were collecting”
Source: Gravity’s Rainbow
“If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it 'cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and if he's poor in hisself, there ain't no million acres gonna make him feel rich, an' maybe he's disappointed that nothin' he can do 'll make him feel rich.”
Source: The Grapes of Wrath
“If he needs a side chick, it’s not because you’re not woman enough; it’s because he’s not man enough. He’s not man enough to love you, to respect you, and to honor you as the beautiful, extraordinary woman you are!”
“If he once failed as a father, it was a noble fail.”
Source: Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
“If he only knew how she refuse to let him go even when he was gone ~”
“If he only wants your breasts, legs & thighs then send him to KFC.”
“If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known, pay no heed if your do not measure up to this. For, in truth, He has not opened if for you but out of a desire to make Himself known to you. Do you not know that He is the one who presented the knowledge of Himself to you, whereas you are the one who presented Him with deeds? What a difference between what He brings to you and what you present to Him!”
“If He prayed who was without sin, how much more it becometh a sinner to pray!”
“If he pursues women infront of you, you are worth more than him.
If you pursue a man, because of tactless spite, he is worth more than you.
We're all entitled to live to the truths in our hearts, some won't understand it & that's ok, but it's never & I mean NEVER ok to intentionally go out of your way to make another's journey harder because of the perception they've had on your own.”
“If He put tribulation before you and said He will give you patience by giving you a little trouble along the way, wouldn't you take a little trouble? You say, 'Lord, I want all my highways paved.' the Lord says, 'I'm sorry, I can't accommodate you. I'm going to let you run over some bumps occasionally, so you will have patience.' You do not like the bumps, but you like the patience, and if you want the patience, you will have to take the bumps. And what is patience but experience?”
“If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.”
“If he really didn't want women to call him at the office, he probably shouldn't have told them that. It's like when somebody says. 'whatever you do, don't open that door.' Of course that's the door you're going to open.”
“If he really wanted to be happy in the world, Horst? To have any kind of joyful or happy life? He should pay twenty grand to go back to his rapid detox place and then come here and smoke Buddha Haze and stand in a museum all day long.”
Source: The Goldfinch
“If he really wanted to make it a prayer for peace he should have listened to both sides of the story and reflected reality, rather than serving the Zionist side alone.”
“If he's a poet, why's he in jail?" demanded a suspicious voice.
Madam Chairwoman shrugged velvet shoulders.
"Perhaps he writes free verse," she suggested cunningly.
A stir of approval answered her. Mice are all for people being free, so that they too can be freed form their eternal task of cheering prisoners--so that they can stay snug at home, nibbling the family cheese, instead of sleeping out in damp straw on a diet of stale bread.”
Source: The Rescuers
“If he's amazing, he won't be easy. If he's easy, he won't be amazing. If he's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy.
He was not a trophy nor a medallion. He was a pearl, the biggest and most beautiful pearl she has ever met. He was the love of Jacob to Rachel, Boaz to Ruth. He was not the greatest love of her life, for he taught her how to love Jehovah God in the first place and greater than all the love she has. His love was not something you can name. You even find it difficult to find the right words to describe how she felt about them.”
“If he's half as taken with you as you are with yourself, I imagine he'll be well pleased.”
Source: The Stolen Heir
“If he’s indeed going mad, he deserves it…”
Source: In Limbo
“If he's like any other man I've ever met, it's not my smile he's going to be looking at.”
Source: Black List
“If he’s not calling you, it’s because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesn’t follow through on little things, he will do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he’s okay with disappointing you. Don’t be with someone who doesn’t do what they say they’re going to do. If he’s choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn’t respect your feelings and needs. “Busy” is another word for “asshole.” “Asshole” is another word for the guy you’re dating. You deserve a fcking phone call.”
“If he’s not he should be by now. The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets—”
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“If He saw me at my very worst, when drugs, sex, and other fleeting pleasures ruled every portion of my heart, mind, and life, and still chose to die for me, He must still love me now. If He was patient with me when I was living solely for rebellion, He must also be willing to be patient with me now that my heart was softening and I was actually trying. I was still failing, but at least my heart wanted to honor Him now.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“If he says he can't live without you, you'll know he means it, by the way it would make you shudder instead of testing him.”