I Quotes
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“It might be true that I am a lightweight when it comes to
falling in love,
heavy.”
Source: Ink Blot in a Poet's Bloodstream
“It might be true that it is “quality time” that counts, but after a certain point quantity has a bearing on quality.”
Source: Flow: the psychology of optimal experience
“It might be true that no man is an island," she said, "but you know those peninsulas that are just connected by a really thin neck of land--a sandbar, even? And sometimes, when the tide is high, they get cut off, almost completely. I wouldn't say that there weren't people like that.”
Source: Dronefall
“It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement.”
“It might be useful to think about authoritarianism, totalitarianism, or any kind of dictatorship in the same way we think about dangerous, life-threatening, infectious diseases. The best prevention against such a disease is to build immunity. Education is like a vaccination. Understanding history is part of the process of making ourselves more immune to the dangers of dictatorship.”
“It might be very hard to believe but with no metal and no magic there’d be no technology.”
Source: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically by the Metal Horn Unicorns
“It might be well enough to wander if you've a place and people to come back to, but I tell you now there's no desolation like wanting to go home and truly not knowing where it is.”
“It might be worth mentioning that at that moment I hated Laura, was glad her marriage had fallen apart, that her ceaseless trust in the world had at last been proven foolish. Finding friends in every city she moved to, marrying a man on the strength of what, who knows, everywhere manufacturing happiness, happiness, happiness. But her luck had run out. Her story was still the better story, but finally, thank god, she was miserable in it.”
Source: Topics of Conversation
“It might behoove us to realize that isolation is the absence of all the senseless clutter, and all the incessant racket that would keep God from having ample room to show up and sufficient silence to be heard. Therefore, isolation may actually be the place where we are least isolated.”
“It might come a time to not follow your passion, so to speak, although it must be prioritized. It may be the case that your passion will serve as the medic, your peace of mind, alongside a higher calling, with your higher calling being the point man.”
Source: Healology
“It might destroy everything, even the solidity of Carol's body beside her, and the bend of Carol's body in the black sweater seemed the only solid thing in the world.”
Source: Carol
“It might do me well to trip and fall,
to stumble blindly and to crawl,
for some reason ...
or none at all.”
“It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together. They just lie there feeling grateful and say yes to everything.” - Amelia to Poppy”
“It might drive some people crazy, living like this, but the quiet keeps me company.”
“It might even teach Murray that while finding true love was one of the most wonderful things that could happen to you in life, finding a friend was equally splendid.”
Source: The Map of the Sky
“It might feel, at least to some of us, that our opinions about issues such as abortion and the death penalty are the products of careful deliberation and that our specific moral acts, such as deciding to give to charity or visit a friend in the hospital—or for that matter, deciding to shoplift or shout a racist insult out
of a car window—are grounded in conscious decision-making. But this is said to be mistaken. As Jonathan Haidt argues, we are not judges; we are lawyers, making up explanations after the deeds have been done. Reason is impotent. "We celebrate rationality," agrees de Waal, "but when push comes to shove we assign it little weight.”
Source: Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
“It might feel to you like a big waste of time chatting on texts endlessly and going on video dates that never end. But here is the thing...how much time did you waste going on endless, meaningless dates only to lead you down a path of disappointment?”
“It might go down better than appearing as a giant reptile encased in a ball of fire and forcing yourself on her.' 'WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP?”
“It might have been a new way for her heart to beat.”
Source: The Amber Spyglass
“It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.”
“It might have been introduced slowly over the course of the years as you recall this memory over and over. So that was a very cool but complex idea that we thought about representing in the film but could not find a way to make it work.”
“It might have been ironic, but Lock, the tormenter of men, was my peace.”
Source: Hemlock
“It might have been midnight, or perhaps earlier, or later, for I had taken no note of time, when a sob, low, gentle, but very distinct, startled me from my revery. - I felt that it came from the bed of ebony - the bed of death. I listened in an agony of superstitious terror - but there was no repetition of the sound. I strained my vision to detect any motion in the corpse - but there was not the slightest perceptible.”
Source: The Complete Stories and Poems
“It might have been really cool back in the '50s when it was less populated but I don't know.”
“It might have been that notion, or just chance, or its more flamboyant relative, destiny.”
Source: The Shadow Of The Wind
“It might have been the real reason I went out there at all, to hear all the nice things guys had to say when they got you alone, when they earned their shot in a booth with you.”
Source: Arcade
“It might have happened somewhere between Hyde Park and Soho, one Friday night or any other night...”
Source: The Prisoner: Speculative Poetry
“It might help to think of the universe as a rubber sheet, or perhaps not.”
“It might interest you that just as the U.S. was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam, LBJ launched an illegal invasion of the Dominican Republic (April 28, 1965). (Santo Domingo was Iraq before Iraq was Iraq.)”
Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'”
“It might just be me, but it's tough when you get drivers that don't stay where they should be.”
“It might not be a great thing but it is the real thing.”
“It might not be about perfection. Rather, it may be that that which is imperfect is that which has the most character.”
“It might not be rational, but I am terrified of getting stuck in an elevator with a bear.”
“It might not be the circle of life,” Lamb says. “But it is the food chain. I didn’t see you feeling sorry for that pig we had for lunch. Or that rabbit you had for dessert. Everything eats something else.”
I swing my head towards him. “What eats you?”
He raises an eyebrow, giving me a taste of my own medicine. “Existential despair.”
Source: Wayward Son
“It might not be the puzzle that needs to be solved.”
Source: Curious
“It might not be the right time,
I might not be the right one,
But there's something about us I want to say,
Cause there's something between us anyway.”
“It might not be the right way to end our journey, but it's the best way possible”
Source: Open
“It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think”
“It might only be a Domino's pizza, but the act of choosing toppings feels so frivolous. It's like a statement that life goes on. You're not ready for that statement.”
Source: Just Last Night
“It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.”
Source: Before the Dawn: An Autobiography
“It might otherwise appear paradoxical that money can be replaced by worthless paper; but that the slightest alloying of its metallic content depreciates it.”
“It might pay to be resilient, if this was all being vulnerable and skinless got you. People didn’t stop and cluck over damage done unless you made it worth their while. Indeed, maybe it was time to rethink this whole salvation business. Or maybe I was less desperate, less teetering on the edge than I cared to admit. Now, that was a refreshing possibility.”
“It might prick a human heart, but her soul was of the dawn.”
Source: Prince of Chandeliers
“It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. To be at last in such secure innocence that one can juggle with the universe and the stars, to be so good that one can treat everything as a joke - that may be, perhaps, the real end and final holiday of human souls.”
“It might seem a contradiction but... the ability to improvise requires lots of practice. Ask any jazz musician.”
Source: the human key condensed: master
“it might seem advisable to prove that the haunt of the walrus was known to the ancient chinese writers who have furnished accounts of america, but it is unnecessary to do this, seeing that the phenomenon of the ten suns, which is only visible at the arctic circle, is referred to in the ancient books.”
Source: Ancient Chinese Account of the Grand Canyon, or Course of the Colorado
“It might seem as the hardest thing to do, but you have to forget the guy who forgot about you.”
“It might seem difficult, but all you should do is come here
Hold on to my hand tight as I introduce you to my world”