T Quotes
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“Tell you what. After I'm dead, you talk. And I'll listen.”
Source: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
“Tell you what,” he said instead as he slid his leg between Grady’s. “You prepare for the worst. I’ll plan for the best.”
Source: Unrivaled
“Tell you what." I closed the blade with a satisfying snick. "Remember that time you tried to kill me because I wouldn't open a gate to hell?"
"The memory's a bit fuzzy..."
I opened the knife again.
"Yes, now that you mention it, I do recall something like that happening, although my motivation was certainly never to kill you. Can't you view it as me inspiring you to figure out how to use the Paths? I didn't actually want you to die.”
Source: Endlessly
“Tell you what I like the best -
'Long about knee-deep in June,
'Bout the time strawberries melts
On the vine, - some afternoon
Like to jes' git out and rest,
And not work at nothin' else!”
Source: The Best of James Whitcomb Riley
“Tell you what, I'll make you a deal.'
'A deal?'
'If I do anything you don't like...' Hawke's hand slid down my thigh, causing my breath to catch. Through the dress, his hand closed over the dagger. 'I give you permission to stab me.'
'That would be excessive.'
'I was hoping you'd give me just a measly flesh wound,' he added. 'But it'd be worth finding out.'
I grinned. 'You're such a bad influence.'
'I think we've already established that only the bad can be influenced.'
'And I think I already told you that your logic is faulty.”
Source: From Blood and Ash
“Tell you what, just to prove I'm not, I'll let you top tonight. You'll be in charge. I'll be the one with handcuffs on.'
Carry on like this and you won't be wrong, Merrick thought to himself.”
Source: The Mermaids Singing
“Tell you what we ain't gonna do." He came closer. "We ain't gonna let you N**** get a taste for white women. That's why you all in such a hurry to get to France."
"Aubrey wanted to retch. A taste. As if they'd risk their lived, leave home, and put up with all this redneck prejudiced sh*t in the army, just to lay hands on white girls”
Source: Lovely War
“Tell you what, if there were gays in the army 'Saving Private Ryan' would have been a hell of a lot shorter film. There is no way it would take gay men three hours to find Matt Damon.”
“Tell you what, you let me go, and I’ll ask you plenty of questions about your race. Until then, I’m slightly distracted with how this little vacation on the good ship Holy Sh*t is going to pan out for me.”
Source: Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
“Tell you what," he said, noticing my stare. "I know you can't get a license, but I might be able to do something better." "What?" He smiled. "How would you like to come to school with me tomorrow and see a real, live locker?" I'm pretty sure I squealed.”
“Tell you what," I said. "After the testing after the Demon Days, when things settle down -" "Things won't settle down." "- I'm going to take you to the mall." She blinked. "The mall? For what reason?" "To hang out," I said. "We'll get some hamburgers. See a movie." Zia hesitated. "Is this what you'd call a 'date'?" My expression must have been priceless, because Zia actually cracked a smile. "You look like a cow hit with a shovel.”
Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid
“Tell you what.' Alec reached for a second seraph blade. 'We live through this, and I promise I'll introduce you to my whole family.' Magnus raised his hands, his fingers shining with individual azure flames. They lit his grin with a fiery blue glow. 'It's a deal.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“Tell your boss what you really think about him
and the truth shall set you free.”
“Tell your children the most important things To Be when they grow up, is to be kind and compassionate, to be loving and grateful, and to be happy and at peace with who they are, no matter of what they chose to do when they grow up.”
“Tell your daughters and their daughters that if they want to be a firewoman, they can be a firewoman. If they want to be an astronaut, they can be an astronaut. If they want to run their own business or run for president, they can do whatever they put their mind to.”
“Tell your daughters how you love your body.
Tell them how they must love theirs.
Tell them to be proud of every bit of themselves—
from their tiger stripes to the soft flesh of their thighs,
whether there is a little of them or a lot,
whether freckles cover their face or not,
whether their curves are plentiful or slim,
whether their hair is thick, curly, straight, long or short.
Tell them how they inherited
their ancestors, souls in their smiles,
that their eyes carry countries
that breathed life into history,
that the swing of their hips
does not determine their destiny.
Tell them never to listen when bodies are critiqued.
Tell them every woman’s body is beautiful
because every woman’s soul is unique.”
Source: The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom
“Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone.”
“Tell your girlfriend or wife you love them everyday. Like I do!”
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.”
Source: The Alchemist
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.”
“Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.”
“Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.”
“Tell your king that if he declares war, I will make him armour of ice to shatter every blade that strikes it and that will make his heart too cold to feel pity. Tell him I will make him three swords that, when used in the same battle, will fight with the might of thirty soldiers.”
Source: The Wicked King
“Tell your little mascot to get out of here, cause I have no problem flippin' the bird.”
“Tell your lizard (brain) to shut up.”
“Tell your masters that I march to meet them in open war, tell them to be ready, that they have only given fuel to this insidious fire. You can continue playing your games of politics, my lords and ladies. I have a war to fight.”
Source: The Sapphire Shore
“Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.”
“Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it begins to fail.”
“Tell your secret to the wind, but don't blame it for telling the trees.”
“Tell your secrets. [In reply to the question "How does one become a prophet?"]”
“Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science - for to fill your heart with love is enough!”
“Tell your stories. The hard ones and the light ones and all the ones in between. Listen carefully. There are points of connection everywhere.”
“Tell your story, and listen to someone else's.”
“Tell your story because your story will heal you and it will heal someone else.”
“Tell your story even if you have a small audience.”
“Tell your story please. I want to hear it. The state of the world is heavy, and the only way to sustain our collective well-being is to listen: to each other and to the messages coming from our own bodies.”
Source: The Habit Trip: A Fill-in-the-Blank Journey to a Life on Purpose
“Tell your story.
Shout it. Write it.
Whisper it if you have to.
But tell it.
Some won't understand it.
Some will outright reject it.
But many will
thank you for it.
And then the most
magical thing will happen.
One by one, voices will start
whispering, 'Me, too.'
And your tribe will gather.
And you will never
feel alone again.”
“Tell your story to inspired other people to rise up and live their dreams.”
“Tell your story with your whole heart.”
“Tell your story.
That's the secret of immortality. The one true way to live forever.”
“Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains.”
“Tell your truth
even when your listener
doesn't understand.”
“Tell your words, or you'll be told”
“Tell your words to those who know the value of your words.”
“Tell yourself fucking truth.”
“Tell yourself, I am the rock against which the surf crashes. Your thoughts are the surf. Let them crash over you.”
Source: A Court of Silver Flames
“Tell yourself ' I can'. And you will be capable to act.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it's okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.”
Source: Day by Day with Charles Swindoll
“Tell yourself that the world is outside, that it's not to be hidden from you, that you are going to thrust yourself forward and be relaxed in the world. You have chosen a field where you're going to be hurt to the blood. But to retreat from the pain is death”
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
“Tell yourself this, every day, I am nothing in front of this universe.”
Source: Smiling Brahma