I Quotes
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“I can’t do more than this. Don’t ask me. If you ask, I’ll try and I’ll fail. You’ll end up hating me. And I’d rather die . . . than have you hate me. Or disappoint you. My own darkness, it still chips away at me.”
Source: Losing My Breath
“I can't do much yet, but even if I can do a little to help ... I want to give it all I have! If a person doesn't do anything, they never get any better. Doing one little thing, taking one little step forward ... I gotta believe it will help build a better future!”
Source: Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 04
“I can’t do nothing for you either, Billy. You know that. None of us can. You got to understand that as soon as a man goes to help somebody, he leaves himself wide open. He has to be cagey, Billy, you should know that as well as anyone. What could I do? I can’t fix your stuttering. I can’t wipe the razorblade scars off your wrists or the cigarette burns off the back of your hands. I can’t give you a new mother. And as far as the nurse riding you like this, rubbing your nose in your weakness till what little dignity you got left is gone and you shrink up to nothing from humiliation, I can’t do anything about that, either.”
Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“I can't do nothing. Just put it off. And that don't do no good. I reckon it belong to me. I reckon what I going to get ain't no more than mine.”
Source: Collected Stories of William Faulkner
“I can’t do relationships because I’m afraid it will get boring. My friendships are boring. And married couples only talk about how to upgrade the house. I don’t want you and I to be bored ever and so I don’t want to ruin that. People aren’t meant to be so close to each other," said Andrew.
"Andrew," said Nora. "There are some people you meet who are worth being boring with.”
Source: The Goodbye Song
“I can't do right for doing wrong.”
“I can’t do small talk really, and that’s fine. I've got old friends and family that love me, thank God. I’m grateful for what a city gives you access to, but I do feel that I’m only here until I figure out how to get out again.”
“I can’t do that,” he said, exhaling sharply and staring out the glass into the street.
“Why not?”
His face softened. “I need his money.”
Spencer looked at me and I couldn’t help but stare back. We were all in the same boat, prisoners to GREED.”
Source: Greed
“I can't do that. Right? I mean, I don't have... the, uh, parts for it.'
'Parts?' Kieran coughed. 'What have you been filling her head with?'
The Prince slid him a bland look. 'Teeth. I do believe she means these.' Curling his upper lip, he ran his tongue over one fang, and my stomach dipped and twisted in a mixture of pleasure and unease. 'They don't need that. They just need your blood for them to complete the Ascension.”
Source: From Blood and Ash
“I can’t do this anymore. I can’t stay away from you. I can’t survive without you.”
Source: What He Revealed
“I can’t do this anymore if it’s not with you. Fuck me straight to hell." ~Eve to Beckett”
“I can’t do this anymore. Someday, novels will be written about all the sad ways we kids struggle to make teachers happy. There’s just no way to describe it. I guess adults will never understand . . . until they go through it.”
Source: Zonked Out: The Teen Psychologist of San Marcos Who Killed Her Santa Claus and Found the Blue-Black Edge of the Love Universe
“I can't do this," Genya whispered. Her face was swollen from crying. Her vibrant hair lay limp down her back.
"You don't have to do anything," Zoya said. "Just be here. Stay standing."
"Not even that."
"I've got you. I won't let you fall.”
Source: Rule of Wolves
“I can’t do this. I’m sorry. I have no idea what happened just then, but I can’t be with someone where I’m constantly feeling doubt about all my thoughts and instincts. I’ve done that before and it’s destructive.”
Source: Blood Surge: A Vampiric Urban Fantasy Novel
“I can’t do this!” she thought.
Then she saw Kirsty smiling at her. “You can do it,” she called.”
“I can't do this thing anymore, where we live in a tiny space and pretend it's the whole world. People always have brand-new reasons for doing the same thing over and over.”
Source: The City in the Middle of the Night
“I can't do this with you again and then watch you go," she admitted, her breathing ragged. Her skin tingled all over where their bodies touched and it felt as if it were over a thousand degrees in the house.”
Source: Jordan's Return
“I can't do this without you, Hunt.'
He said softly, 'I know. I'm just... Fuck, Quinlan. The thought of anything happening to you scares the shit out of me.”
Source: House of Sky and Breath
“I can't draw pictures! But that's OK because there are no pictures on the the cover of Master of Reality. It is just words written in a wavy style which you would probably say is just drugs but I think the point is to make you say "What is reality?" which sometimes you might say is a stupid question. But I would say to you then, oh really?”
Source: Master of Reality
“I can’t dream anymore, we are better separated than together; both struggling unstoppable for our dreams.”
Source: A moment with God ; Poetry
“I can't equate the amount of pain and misery and despair I have suffered and endured as a depressive with the events of my life, which just seem so common.”
Source: Prozac Nation
“I can't escape unhappiness.”
Source: The Portrait of a Lady
“I can’t even believe the world we live in. My parents raised me to work hard, not to ever expect any handouts in life – and to treat people with respect.”
“I can’t even believe what I’m hearing,” I muttered more to myself than to him. It was like Chewbacca speaking Klingon. Does. Not. Compute. Okay. Don’t freak out on him.”
Source: Wolf Gone Wild
“I can't even produce a metaphor for the drug world anymore. I don't even like the phrase the drug world since the phrase implies a different world.”
Source: Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family
“I can't even remember the first time I saw a porno. I presume I must have been shocked, frightened even, but after watching another and another and another they sort of blend into nothingness.”
Source: Only Ever Yours
“I can't even tell you what else I imagined. I can only humiliate myself to such a degree; at a certain point it becomes humorous, and this story is not meant to be humorous. This story is meant to winch your ribs open and tamper with your heart. This story is meant to make you realize that your chances of happiness in this world are terribly slim if you lack a fine imagination.”
Source: The Effect of Living Backwards
“I can’t even tell you when my love addiction got triggered with Rayya, or when I collapsed into the utter abandonment of self that is codependency in its most deadly and life-destroying form. I can’t name the exact moment when I made her into my higher power, or when I surrendered all my will and agency to her, or when I decided that it was my job in life to serve her every desire—no matter how much it cost me, physically, emotionally, or financially.”
Source: All the Way to the River
“I can't expect someone else to make me feel complete; I must find it on my own.”
Source: Divine Rivals
“I can’t explain everything about why, but I found out some stuff recently that means I’m suddenly very interesting to a lot of people.", Celestra Caine, FADE by Kailin Gow”
Source: Fade
“I can't explain how it's different. Why kissing is easy, and being kissed is like being suffocated.”
Source: Wayward Son
“I can't explain that, except to say there's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at least, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance.”
Source: The Mermaid Chair
“I can't explain the mind of a writer to you, Jeremy. Especially the mind of a writer who has been through more devastation than most writers combined.”
Source: Verity
“I can’t explain to you the joy I feel knowing it’s all mine. That you are all mine, that your body is all mine.”
Source: Redemption
“I can't explain why your name seems so familiar to me, or why it feels like I've heard your voice a thousand times before, but I can explain this ~ your the type of chaos Id bleed for.”
“I can't fall any father than the ground,' says the wrangler to the men who predict that he's going to be thrown. There's a limit to everything, he means; and when all is said and done, strength is simply not to be afraid.”
Source: Don Segundo Sombra
“I can’t feel too sorry for them. Every gift has to run out someday. Anyone but a child knows that.”
Source: Back to the Stars
“I can’t fight .... I can’t fight because I understand why the other side is fighting for I understand them I get what they are fighting for and as fucked up as it is we are fighting for the same thing it’s just that we want to achieve them differently and I can’t go there and kill people who are fighting to rebuild the world the only difference is I want a better world while they want a world of fear”
“I can’t figure out whether the idea of seeing James or never seeing him again hurts more. I don’t want to talk to him until I can decide. We walked the path together, but he almost took me so far down it I would have fallen off the edge. Not even he could have caught me then.”
Source: Perfect Lies
“I can't figure you out," I say.
His expression doesn't change at all, but his voice has a tinge of amusement to it when he says, "I didn't think you wanted to."
"That's because I thought I had you figured out. But I already told you I was wrong. You're layered"
"Layered?" he repeats. "Like an onion or a cake?"
Definitely an onion. Your layers are the kind a person has to peel back."
Is that what you're trying to do?"
I shrug. "I have nothing else to do. Maybe I'll spend the summer peeling back all your layers until you finally answer a question.”
Source: Heart Bones
“I can't find a man I want, and I'm beginning to think the problem is me. Maybe I expect too much. Maybe I'm holding out for something that doesn't even exist." She'd voiced her secret fear. Maybe grand passion was just a dream. With all the kissing she'd done in the past few months, she'd not once been overcome with desire. Her parents certainly hadn't had any great passion between them. Come to think of it, she wasn't sure she'd ever seen grand passion outside of a movie theater or a book.”
“I can't find the words." She stared daggers at him.
"Don't hurt yourself trying.”
Source: Flash Fire
“i can’t fit the smiling compliments inside of me, i try to make room for the
‘pretty’ and ‘beautiful’, but i am overflowing with what you painted me in.”
Source: Reality
“I can’t for the life of me not eat something that I want to eat. You know how if you turned on a faucet in your sink to wash your hands, the idea of leaving the bathroom without turning it off is insane? That’s how I am about ignoring delicious food.”
Source: Why Not Me?
“I can't force your lips to smile, but I can show them how easily mine do.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I can't forge a marriage founded on lies."
"Aren't most?"
"Ever the romantic."
"Ever practical.”
Source: King of Scars
“I can't forget
I will always regret
What happened in Margot's room”
“I can't forget the times we spent alone together. They leave me wanting more.”
“I can't forget your smile
That thing that makes your face lite up
It's a 100 watt light to the world”
“I can’t forgive her. If I did then I would insult true love..”
Source: I Lost My Soul