I Quotes
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“It’s not a good idea to fall in love, okay?” I say softly. “Not with people, and not with places.”
Fen looks surprised by this.
“I loved a landscape and watched it burn,” I say. “This island, you can see what it will look like, there’s a film over everything. You can see it disappearing. There’s no stable ground. Not here. Not anywhere else.”
“And you’d want to try and survive all of that on your own?” she asks.
“What that instability does to relationships—what constant danger does to them—is devastating. It’s unraveling.”
I can see she doesn’t believe me but I don’t push the point. She will see, one day. Loving a place is the same as having a child. They are both too much an act of hope, of defiance. And those are a fool’s weapons.”
Source: Wild Dark Shore
“It's not a happy ending!" she wept, as Elena stared at her, dumbfounded. "It will never be a happy ending! How can I possibly have a happy ending when I am going to have to spend the rest of my life without the creature I love?"
Elena blinked at her, as did virtually everyone else in the courtyard.
"You did say 'creature,' am I correct?" Elena asked cautiously. "And you do mean-"
But she had already run across the courtyard and flung herself at Peri's neck, wrapping both arms around it. "I mean I am in love with Periapt," she cried, sobbing. "And I don't care who knows it! He's clever, he's wise, he's kind and gentle, he's noble-"
And to her shock and amazement, Peri let out a bellow that sounded positively heartbroken.
"I will never love anyone but you!" he cried. "I swear, I will never take a mate if it can't be you, and I don't care if they exile me from the clan forever for that. Let them exile me!" He shook his head violently as he looked down at her. "If only you could be a dragon, or make me human!" he cried, curving his neck around her and holding her close.
Andie wept on, consumed with despair. "I will never, ever, ever find someone I love as much as you.”
Source: One Good Knight
“It's not a homeless life for me,
It's just that I'm home less
Than others like to be.”
“It's not a lack of love, but a lack of spiritual qualities, that ruin relationships.”
Source: The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Bible: Spiritual Recovery from Narcissistic and Emotional Abuse
“It’s not a lack of opportunity around me. Rather, it’s a lack of faith within me.”
“It’s not a lesson learned until it’s a behavior changed.”
“It's not a lie if you believe it.”
“It's not a lie if you don't tell the truth.
But it's fucked up if you falsify the fact.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“It’s not a lie,” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”
“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.”
Source: Words of Radiance
“It’s not a matter of being reactive or responsive. It is not a matter of being fearful or brave. It is a matter of adding value to the business or not.”
Source: 100 IT Charms: Running Versatile IT to get Digital Ready
“It’s not a matter of liking or disliking, it’s a matter of manners.”
Source: When we were sea and stars
“It's not a matter of whether or not every employer will feel the impact of caregiving/work balance conflicts, it's a matter of how effectively each employer deals with those conflicts.”
Source: Caregivers Work: A Six Step Guide to Balancing Work and Family: Elder Care Edition
“It's not a matter of whether you fall in life, because you will fall. When you fall try to land on your back, because if you can look up you can get up.”
Source: Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
“It's not a matter of whether you want happiness. We all need peace, love, and happiness. But, if you fail to nurture your spirit, by absorbing all things good and giving attention to the matters of your heart, it will be hard to obtain. It must radiate from inside of you. Then, flow outwardly penetrating everyone around you.”
Source: Sweet Destiny
“It's not a mistake, if you can't change it.
I changed a lot, a lot changed me.”
“It's not a nice thing to send a penis to a woman. It's disrespectful.”
Source: Two for the Dough
“It’s not a perfect world and you’re not a perfect person. You’re going to make mistakes. You’re going to hurt people’s feelings, but there’s no reason for you to carry around a heavy heart. Say you’re sorry and mean it, then move on.”
“It's not a person's depth you must discover, but their ascent. Find their path from depth to ascent.”
Source: Fugitive Pieces
“It’s not a problem with the house; it’s what’s in the house”
“It's not a question of can or can't. There are some things in life you just do.”
“It’s not a question of deeper. It’s a question of opening wide, completely open. It’s not going in, in, but it’s expanding out, because you don’t have to try to make sure there is a little atom bomb inside you. But you can trust there is energy everywhere, and you have to open to it. Therefore it comes back to you at the same time.”
“It’s not a question of how much work it will take, how much suffering will be involved, or how fast the results will come. It’s about committing to the grind every day.”
Source: Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes
“It's not a question of whether a person's been inspired by God, the only question is, has that person realized it, or not?”
Source: Look into the stillness
“It's not a question of whether true love exists, but it's about your ability to purely love and receive love each day, that's true love.”
“It's not a real kiss if there isn't any tongue.”
Source: Once Upon a Broken Heart
“It's not a real place, or a place that you can stay for long; it's a somewhere-over-the-rainbow archetype but rooted in genuine emotions. No matter what Guests' care might be, when they step onto Main Street they enter an evocation of the ideal home town. This is, in a sense, the 'home' to which Dorothy Gale wanted to return. Main Street welcomes all Guests with warmth as comforting today as it was to the post-war society of the 1950's for which it was originally created.”
Source: The Disneyland Book of Secrets 2014 - Disneyland: One Local's Unauthorized, Rapturous and Indispensable Guide to the Happiest Place on Earth
“It's not a remarkable note except for one thing. The typeface Tony used to print it is the exact typeface Kubrick used for the posters and title sequences of 'Eyes Wide Shut' and '2001'.
'It's Futura Extra Bold,' explains Tony. 'It was Stanley's favorite typeface. It's sans serif. He liked Helvetica and Univers too. Clean and elegant.'
'Is this the kind of thing you and Kubrick used to talk about?' I asked.
'God, yes,' says Tony. 'Sometimes late into the night. I was always trying to persuade him to turn away from them. But he was wedded to his sans serifs.”
Source: Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
“It's not a romance, it's a love story.”
“It's not a shame to trust another, shame is to grow cynical and bitter.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat
“It's not a sign of creativity to have sixty-five ideas for one problem. It's just a waste of energy.”
“It's not a sin! Caring for your friends feelings is not a sin! If you disappear, then Aries, myself, and everyone here will be filled with sadness! You won't be repenting your sin that way!”
“It’s not a sin to be angry. It’s how you respond to it that matters.”
Source: Carved in Stone
“It’s not a sin to be obsessed with money, for without it, there can be no material benefits. But what about the richness of experience? The richness of knowledge or that of the inner world? These are the questions that people belonging to the present generation must ponder upon.”
Source: The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
“It’s not a time to overthink the situation, it’s a time to take emotional control.”
Source: Perform Under Pressure: Change the Way You Feel, Think and Act Under Pressure
“It’s not a truck, Marcus. It’s an SUV,” Katie explained. “As in Seriously Ugly Vehicle,”
Source: The Black Widow Agency - Case #2
“It's not a value judgement. I'm not saying you're good or generous or kind or whatever. I'm just saying you're memorable.”
Source: Turtles All the Way Down
“It's not about adding diversity for the sake of diversity, it's about subtracting homogeneity for the sake of realism.”
“It's not about adopting technology for the sake of adopting it. Technology is only one of the stepping stones to achieve the desired outcomes by businesses and revamp traditional organisations to compete in the digital age. Technological innovation is only a supporting element to realising value and goals.”
“It’s not about Al,” I snap. “It’s about everyone watching! Everyone who now sees
hurling themselves into the chasm as a viable option. I mean, why not do it if everyone
calls you a hero afterward? Why not do it if everyone will remember your name? It’s…I
can’t…”
Source: Divergent
“It’s not about altering a reality that doesn’t suit us. Rather, it’s about asking if what suits us might need some alterations.”
“It’s not about anyone else it’s about you. You handle situations with calm and understanding, no matter how frustrating you don’t lose your temper. You walk through this world with kindness for everyone, and people notice. You hold faith in your heart, and this faith does well for you, people will try to do the same. The examples we set are simple, but powerful. They clear a path for others to take the wonderful reflective journey you’re on with an open mind.”
“It's not about asking Allah (glorified and exalted is He) for patience, which is a great quality to have, or to be in the station of the patient, which is a great station to be in, but in this situation, when you're going through a hardship, instead of asking Him for patience to go through that hardship, ask Allah to remove that hardship from you and demonstrate patience in your very being.”
Source: Prayers of the Pious
“It's not about avoiding ai, it's about delegating menial tasks to ai - fire, steam, electricity, internet, ai, these are all tools, sooner or later you will adopt it.”
Source: With Love From A Blue Rock
“It’s not about becoming the right woman merely for the purpose of finding a guy. Much
more importantly, we need to become the right woman before God, who already loves us more
than any human ever could.”
Source: Already Beloved: Love, Relationships, and True Fulfillment in Jesus
“It's not about being easy or being difficult. It's about the situation and the person you're dealing with. So don't think too much about it.”
“It's not about being educated, it's about being civilised.”
“It's not about being good. It's about being brave.”
“It’s not about being good. It’s about releasing good.”
“It’s not about being happy,’ he said, which was, and still is, the saddest remark I’ve ever heard.”
Source: Milkman
“It's not about being liberal or conservative, it's about being human.
It's not about being rich or poor, it's about being alive and happy.
It's not about being right, it's about being considerate and compassionate.”