I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I can't muster a smile. Even with the knowledge that it's dark outside and light up here, it's hard to believe that he can see us. We should be invisible. We are so alone. Mabel and I are standing side by side, but we can't even see each other. In the distance are the lights of town. People must be finishing their workdays, picking up their kids, figuring out dinner. They're talking to one another in easy voices about things of great significance and things that don't mean much. The distance between us and all of that living feels insurmountable.”
Source: We Are Okay
“I can't name just one example. Then there's only one.”
Source: We have our difference in common 2.
“I can’t need you, but I need you to need me. I know that makes me a selfish bastard but it’s all I can offer.”
Source: Symphony of Light and Winter
“I can’t not be who I am meant to be, can I?”
Source: Harp and the Lyre: Exchange
“I can't not change my worldview , because I can't not change the world”
“I can’t obsess over what got me in this situation. I have to focus on how to get out of it.”
“I can't over-emphasize how important an exquisite perfume is, to be wrapped and cradled in an enchanting scent upon your skin is a magic all on its own! The notes in that precious liquid will remind you that you love yourself and will tell other people that they ought to love you because you know that you're worth it. The love affair created by a good perfume between you and other people, you and nature, you and yourself, you and your memories and anticipations and hopes and dreams; it is all too beautiful a thing!”
“I can't picture in my mind three hundred and sixty thousand dollars... When I think of it, all I can see in my mind is a big nickel.”
“I can't possess anyone else. Trust me, I've been trying to get inside Lara Casnoff ever since we got here. Which...sounds really wrong.”
Source: Spell Bound
“I can't pretend that I don’t like the sound of him screaming my name.”
Source: The Stolen Heir
“I can't pretend to be all better because that's what you want.”
Source: Our Chemical Hearts
“I can’t pretend to know what will happen. But I’ve been called: I’ve got to go. You know what that’s like. You answered the call of your boots.”
Source: Tess of the Road
“I can't prevent storms from coming, but I can decide not to invent my own.”
Source: Simply Tuesday: Small-Moment Living in a Fast-Moving World
“I can't promise I won't make mistakes again. I can't promise I won't freak out when you do something that scares me. I'm not perfect. But I can promise I'll always try, and I'll always be on your side.”
•pg.381 - Nita”
Source: Only Ashes Remain
“I can't promise not to make you mad. I can't promise that I won't hurt you. All I can promise is that I want you in my life, and I'll do anything to keep you there.”
Source: My Favorite Mistake
“I can't promise to be
calm, dignified,
and indifferent,
like a rock by the sea...
If my heart's going to break,
let it break from anger,
grief,
or joy.
- To Lydia Ivanna”
Source: Poems of Nazım Hikmet
“I can't promise you an ordinary experience, Kate. I wish I could transform myself into a normal man and be there for you, always, without the trauma that defines my life as "the walking dead." Since that isn't possible, I can only reassure you that I will do everything in my power to make it up to you. To give you more than a normal boyfriend could.
I have no idea what that will mean, exactly, but I'm looking forward to finding out. With you.”
Source: Die for Me
“I can't promise you any tomorrows. And that was all I wanted.”
Source: Dance of Thieves
“I can’t promise you forever, Blaine. Hell, I don’t even know if I can promise you tomorrow. And you deserve so much more than a fling.”
Source: Unveil My Heart
“I can't promise you that I won't hurt you," he said softly after it became clear I wasn't going to speak. Sincerity flowed from him like water in a river and it nearly broke my heart. "I can't say that I won't ever do something stupid, or forget your birthday or our anniversary or your favorite flavor of ice cream. I'm fallible; I'm gonna make mistakes. But I can promise you that I won't lie to you, and I'll never cheat on you. Your Cat is a part of you. She makes you who you are. I can't ignore that, and even if I could, I wouldn't want to. All you need to do is trust me, Riley. That's all I'm asking.”
Source: Faerie Tales
“I can't promise you that money will bring you happiness, because it didn't do it for me.
But the lack of it, for sure, will bring you unhappiness.
Money buys you options and security. Without options and security your soul cannot soar and be free.
From my Upcoming book”
“i can't prove this but i can't prove
you're a good person though i suspect you're a good person.”
“I can't pull myself together. If I've lived during this time, I forgot to be aware of it.”
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“I can't put anything of value down on paper, only a list of dreary, staccato thoughts.”
“I can't quite believe he has actually left this scene, left our lives, wherein he was always so significant!”
Source: The Message To The Planet
“I can't quite explain it but it feels like i've heard your voice a thousand times before and your name rings true to my soul. We have lived many lives and now we get one more.”
“I can’t quite shake this feeling that we live in a world gone wrong, that there are all these feelings you’re not supposed to have because there’s no reason to anymore. But still they’re there, stuck somewhere, a flaw that evolution hasn’t managed to eliminate yet. I want so badly to feel bad about getting pregnant. But I can’t, don’t dare to. Just like I didn’t dare tell Jack that I was falling in love with him, wanting to be a modern woman who’s supposed to be able to handle the casual nature of these kinds of relationships. I’m never supposed to say, to Jack or anyone else, ‘What makes you think I’m so rich that you can steal my heart and it won’t mean a thing?’ Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression, because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was all right for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left. Deceit and treachery in both romantic and political relationships is nothing new, but at one time, it was bad, callous, and cold to hurt somebody. Now it’s just the way things go, part of the growth process. Really nothing is surprising. After a while, meaning and implication detach themselves from everything. If one can be a father and assume no obligations, it follows that one can be a boyfriend and do nothing at all. Pretty soon you can add friend, acquaintance, co-worker, and just about anyone else to the long list of people who seem to be part of your life, though there is no code of conduct that they must adhere to. Pretty soon, it seems unreasonable to be bothered or outraged by much of anything because, well, what did you expect?”
Source: Prozac Nation
“I can't read”
“I can't read faces the way people without autism can. I can't see a face and know if someone is happy or sad. Which is bad because people assume that I can, and they get angry when I don't understand how they feel."
"Do you care how other people feel?"
"Yes, but I don't always remember to check for it. Sometimes I'm busy worrying about my own feelings and I forget.”
Source: Carry the Ocean
“I can't read him. I can't grasp him. I have no idea what he's thinking and if he's messing with me or if he really is this good, but never before have I wanted so fiercely to learn forward and put my mouth on someone's neck, begging them to want me.”
“I can’t really appreciate the stars, so beautiful against the blue-black sky, they make me want to live to see them another night. A growing part of me wishes I could stop striving for life and lie down and die, so the beauty of the stars only stokes my anger, to be honest. Stars are for people safe enough to enjoy them.”
Source: Crown of Oblivion
“I can't really figure out people. Animals make a lot more sense to me. They're a lot more social, more predictable, more consistent than people.”
“I can’t really put it into words; in any case I am not yet as honest with myself as I should be and it is always hard to get to the bottom of things with words.”
Source: An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943; and Letters from Westerbork
“I can’t reason when I’m around you.”
Source: Marker of Hope
“I can't recall ever wanting a normal life. I never really wanted marriage and kids, the whole barefoot in the kitchen thing. I LOVE children, and I LOVE the idea of celebrating love. I've been in engaged multiple times. But, even when I said yes, I knew it was just to agree to and seal myself to that person with a higher commitment. I've never gotten that wedding bug, where I just want to pour a years worth of energy into throwing this epic party because I did the thing every body does. What's the big deal? I just don't comprehend it.”
“I can't recall the sound of your voice
Still, I bring flowers and meet the sky
ask it to hold me, too.”
“I can’t recite the chronology or elaborate on the facts. I can’t explain the reasons or defend how we lived our lives. What I can tell you is how the events of 1933 sowed the seeds that fundamentally changed our future, that there was little hand-wringing or emotion, that circumstances were beyond control, that there was no recourse or appeal. I can tell you that events were incremental, that the unbelievable became the believable and, ultimately, the normal.”
Source: A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other
“I can’t recite the chronology or elaborate on the facts. I can’t explain the reasons or defend how we lived our lives. What I can tell you is how the events of 1933 sowed the seeds that fundamentally changed our future, that there was little hand-wringing or emotion, that circumstances were beyond control, that there was no recourse or appeal. I can tell you that events were incremental, that the unbelievable became the believable and, ultimately, the normal.
Ralph Webster, A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other”
Source: A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other
“I can’t recognize myself
lately;
I’m someone I used to know.
I think you took me with you
and I was hoping you could
just leave me somewhere else,
because I’ve been waiting
for myself,
waiting for all the pieces
to come home.”
Source: Black Butterfly
“I can’t reconcile who he was, the man who was so kind and loving and considerate, with who he is now. I know the truth is who I’m seeing now, but I keep hoping the former man will come back. It’s like I love someone who doesn’t even exist.”
Source: The Cat Who Ate His Tail
“I can't relate with young ? Is it? Till 64 I can be any age. Tell me what age you want... Because I have lived it and it's a part of me. Whereas you can't be mine.”
“I can’t relax around repeated invitations to be introspective.”
Source: New Animal
“I can’t remember all the places we visited or what hotels or motels we stopped at to spend the night. We stopped along the coast where there were waterholes to feed the fish, rivers to ride in a boat, and see the crocodiles, trees, to see the koala bears, and grassy areas to observe the kangaroos. I remember stopping at places where small groups were playing and singing music. Some even had singing contests I joined and won a couple of times. There were a number of areas that had birds of different colors...”
Source: Finding the Clouds and a Life
“I can't remember exactly when I decided that Konradin had to be my friend, but that one day he would be my friend I didn't doubt.”
Source: Reunion
“I can’t remember exactly when I started to steal, but I do remember being aware of the fact that if I wanted to enjoy myself and be popular, money was the way to do it.”
Source: It's Criminal: The True Confessions of a Jet Set Master Criminal
“I can't remember [how old I am], but I'm pretty sure I'm a Scorpio.”
Source: Memory of the Hoopoe
“I can't remember how to cry.”
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“I can't remember if I managed to smile back at him. I can't remember anymore.”
“I can't remember much of what Konradin said to me that day or what I said to him. All I know is that we walked up and down for an hour, like two young lovers, still nervous, still afraid of each other; but somehow I knew that this was only a beginning and that from now on my life would no longer be empty and dull but full of hope and richness for us both.”
Source: Reunion
“I can't remember the last time I had fun with Sudhir the way brothers and sisters do.”
Source: All I Have Left