T Quotes
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“That’s the problem, of course. At least, part of the problem. In Madison, regrets are as commonplace as wishes. And there’s no such thing as do-overs.”
Source: As You Wish
“That’s the problem of today’s generation. You want all the things quickly. You all hate to struggle. You see the life into two extremes, either success or failure, either rich or broke, either victory or defeat. You see the life in all black and white, but there are various shades of gray in-between two extremes of black and white and life happens to be there.”
Source: VIKAS 2.7: Rebooting Development
“That’s the problem! She doesn’t say anything. She just stares at me like she’s hypnotized, like she thinks I’m a god, but then she runs off squeaking if I try to talk to her.”
“I don’t squeak,” I protested.
“Maybe she’s not looking at you like you’re a god. Maybe she thinks you’re more of a freak,” Fergus mused.
“I’m not a freak.” Murphy jerked his head as if dodging a fly or tossing his hair. “It’s definitely a ‘you’re a god’ look. She practically drools.”
“That’s the problem with beautiful men. They don’t know their impact; they don’t realize how a casually tossed out thought can be devoured, obsessed over, life-changing.”
Source: Love in Lingerie
“That's the problem with being born in New York, the old newsman observed a little sadly. You've got no New York to run away to.”
Source: Rules of Civility
“That's the problem with best friends. Sometimes they know you better than you know yourself.”
Source: Nobody Does It Better
“That's the problem with friends sometimes, they invest in who you were or seem to have been, capture you and you're through. Forget what you had in mind about changing, growing, developing. Got you typecasted.”
“That's the problem with getting your heart wrapped up in things. The dumbest stuff starts to carry way too much significance. You think about things way too much. You imagine a hole being filled that rarely bothered you at all when it was empty.”
Source: The Truth of Right Now
“That’s the problem with letting the light in—after it’s been taken away from you, it feels even darker than it was before.”
Source: The Grace Year
“That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.”
Source: This Song Will Save Your Life
“That's the problem with lying. You can never remember what you've said.”
Source: Bookends
“That's the problem with memories: you can visit them, but you can't live in them.”
Source: We Are the Ants
“That's the problem with parents. They keep turning out to be human.”
Source: 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You
“That's the problem with people who are not human”
“That’s the problem with people who don’t have to work for things. They don’t know how to work for things.”
Source: Daisy Jones & The Six
“That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing, but you end up famished after the last notes of the finale.”
Source: Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“That's the problem with relationships," George was saying. "It's a contract. You agree to be some unchanging caricature of yourself. To act the same way all the time. Never to change. It's counter-evolutionary. How can anything new and good come into your life, if you're holding on to something that doesn't exist anymore?”
Source: Luminarium
“That’s the problem with social media. It’s not designed for negatives. It’s all about people showing their best side. Posing with filters, creating some sort of fake perfect life. But what do you do when life isn’t perfect? When everything feels shit. When you feel like you’re sinking into a deep black hole and you can’t crawl your way out. LOFL”
Source: The Burning Girls
“That’s the problem with the world,” he said. “You save it today, and tomorrow it’s gone and gotten itself into trouble all over again. It’s like a Kardashian.”
Source: The Long and Faraway Gone
“That’s the problem with things dying. They’re stuck being dead forever while everything else evolves and makes new stories.”
Source: You Don't See Any of This
“That's the problem with this whole country. Fucking vast prosperity. No one has any real problems anymore. Ninety percent of the damn politicians in this town either think there's no war on terror, or if we'd just be nice to these zealots they'll leave us alone. Well, that ain't going to fucking happen. The Huns are circling, and we're sitting around arguing about gay rights and prayer and guns and global warming and all kinds of bullshit. These idiots will eventually wake up to the threat, but by then it might be too late. (Stan Hurley)”
Source: Extreme Measures
“That's the problems with spells and magic--they can take on a life of their own.”
Source: The Bell Tower Ghosts and Other Stories
“That’s the rankest psychologism, and was conclusively revealed as hogwash by Gottlob Frege in the 1890s!”
“That's the role... you know the droll... you just learn how to draw a drone.”
“That’s the sad irony of life. Once we learn our lessons… it’s over.”
Source: Eena, The Two Sisters
“That's the scary thing about decisions: you don't know what they are when you're making them.”
Source: Solutions and Other Problems
“That's the second reporter to call me 'boyish.'"
"Boyish is nice," Dee offers.
He tips his head towards her. "I'm nineteen. I'm not boyish."
"It's your hair," I tell him without glancing up from the magazine, and Dee laughs.
"My hair?" he asks, incredulous. "What's wrong with my hair?"
"Nothing. But you had it that way when you were younger, right? During the Finch Four years?"
He frowns. "Yeah, I guess. I don't know."
"Yeah," Dee says. "You did. Same haircut. Kind of almost shaggy."
"Shaggy?"
"Yeah." I gesture near his ear. "It sort of starts to curl right here. The look is a little..."
Dee and I both study his face for a moment.
"...boyish," Dee decides.
We both giggle, and Matt's eyes widen as if we've betrayed him. "Girls are mean! I'm bailing out of this bus at the next rest stop."
"Unlikely," I tell him.”
Source: Open Road Summer
“That’s the second time you’ve apologised in less than a minute, Remo. When you have to do that to an admiral it could be your career on the line.”
Source: The Devil's Trinity
“That's the signal... Transmitter.”
“That's the snapshot Andy Clutter-buck took of John and Sally Ratcliffe at the Frye-burgh State Fair, just about a year ago. John's got his arm around her in that picture, and she's holdin the stuffed bear he won her in the shootin gallery, and they both look so happy they could just about split. But that was then and this is now, as they say; these days Sally is engaged to Lester Pratt, the high school Phys Ed coach. He's a true-blue Baptist, just like herself. John hasn't got over the shock of losin her yet. See him fetch that sign? He's worked himself into a pretty good case of the blues. Only a man who's still in love (or thinks he is) can fetch a sigh that deep.”
“That's the Southern Railway line. It goes right through Mobile, and directly to the port... if I'm not mistaken."
"How can we be sure?" Naveen asked.
"Well, I guess you'll just have to trust me. Unless you have a better idea."
"I think it's safe to say you have all the good ideas," Naveen said.
Tiana smiled despite herself.
"But, Tia, I don't think that's a passenger train," Charlotte said, peering over.
"It isn't," Tiana said. She grabbed the handle with both hands and pulled. The door opened to reveal tightly wound bales of hay. "But at least it'll be a comfortable ride. Who's up for an adventure?"
"Me! Definitely me," Naveen said. Tiana marveled. She had never seen someone so in the moment, despite whatever outside stress he must have been wrestling with. It was kind of refreshing.”
Source: A Twisted Tale Anthology
“That’s the spirit, my friend. The game is not over till it is over. There is always a way back and we can always crawl back into the game, even at the last moment when we lose all.”
Source: Ritualistic Murder
“That's the spirit," said his brother. And they touched hands as they walked away from the fire's orange embers, taking their stories with them back into the dark.”
Source: Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
“That’s the stuff stories are made of.”
“But she died.” Lac’s voice broke, embarrassingly.
“That’s the thing, kid.” The man refilled Lac’s empty mug from a crystal decanter. “Heroes die all the time.”
Source: The Storyteller
“That's the stupidest thing i've ever heard. First off, love is something story bookd invented to keep girls busy. Second, i hate Tedros”
Source: The School for Good and Evil
“That's the thing about being a criminal," Kat told her. "Nothing ever goes according to plan.”
Source: Perfect Scoundrels
“That's the thing about being hooked on a girl. You see what else is going on around you. You notice other girls. But it doesn't register the same way it used to. You only care about one thing, one goal. And sometimes, being so focused on what you want, you can't see what everyone else does.”
Source: Take Me There
“That's the thing about being obsessed with the past. It keeps you from having to notice the present.”
Source: The Book of Two Ways
“That’s the thing about being young
we are textbook pages
of trial and error
falling down and getting up
not by way of standing and
brushing off our jeans
buy by laying where we fell
until we were high enough to forget”
Source: High Wire Darlings
“That's the thing about distance: It either gives you time to move on form someone, or it makes you realize just how much you need them.”
Source: Did I Mention I Need You?
“That's the thing about dogs--- you'll likely outlive them, so you take the time you have to spoil them rotten. And when you've done all you can, you find another one to spoil.”
Source: Pugs and Kisses
“That's the thing about empathy—even people with an abundance of it can run out.”
“That’s the thing about evil. You don’t need to be it to do it. It doesn’t have to consume all of you. It can be small. All you have to do is let it exist.”
Source: Steelstriker
“That’s the thing about fear. It can only hang around until faith enters the room, then it’s forced to flee.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“That's the thing about folklore. However dreamy or far-fetched it may seem, it fuels hope and ultimately becomes a lighthouse for the children of Jahangirpuri to aspire towards.”
Source: Grey Sunshine: Stories from Teach For India
“that's the thing about freedom and trust… they aren't strangers to each other at all. i don't think you ever feel more like letting your heart run wild than you do with someone to whom the state of your heart matters. and i don't think you ever feel yourself more pulled as strongly as you do to someone who makes you feel free.”
“That's the thing about girls.Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can.”
“That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can.”
Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“That’s the thing about gore, Bridger, if you don’t let yourself look at it then your imagination twists it in your mind and makes it into a kind of nightmare instead of letting you learn from it. You have to look at it, see what they did exactly, blood for blood, or you’ll never understand it.”
Source: Too Like the Lightning
“That's the thing about hands, I love to hold hands because it brings comfort to me to feel I'm holding onto someone I love.”