W Quotes
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“Who are you texting?" She says this more as a threat than a question. Then she leans over, reads my screen. "Is that Fisher?"
I have not come home to cower to Bitsy's bullying again. This time I draw the line. "Your brazen disrespect of my personal boundaries continues with age, I see.”
Source: Perennials
“Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed? See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“Who are you? That sense of identity you have as a person: Could be, that’s where you used to get clobbered.
Back in the day, didn’t those unskilled empath merges make it hard to find out who, exactly, you were? You, of all people.
Developing a Sense of identity means gaining a workable, conscious set of thoughts and feelings about yourself as an individual. What makes you special? Why would people want to get to know you? And who will they meet when they do?
Refining your personal sense of identity can help you to feel safe and whole.”
Source: The Master Empath: Turning On Your Empath Gifts At Will - In Love, Business and Friendship (Includes Training in Skilled Empath Merge)
“Who are you? The original or the image? Are you the reality or the reflection?”
Source: Dietro lo specchio: Non sempre è il destino a bussare alla tua porta
“Who are you? The personality you've constructed, and that other people have told you you are? Your name, your class, your religion? A sexuality or gender or nationality? This physical body is your house, you are the inhabitant, but the true you can only be the life force energy, the conscious awareness, the non-physical.
When we focus on these lables and identify with a temporary experience, we don’t see our true selves. We see people as labels instead of infinite beings of potential. That then allows for dehumanizing each other.”
Source: Spiritual Words to Live by : 81 Daily Wisdoms and Meditations to Transform Your Life
“Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.”
“Who are you?” they asked.
“I’m not the one who chose my country, my parents, and my name! But I’m the one who decides how to think.” I replied.
Wistfully, they didn’t accept my thoughts as an ID!”
“Who are you, to be so catastrophically tangled with my soul?”
Source: Under Moonlight: 2025
“Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.”
Source: The Diary of a Country Priest
“Who are you to decide the price for life?”
Source: The Oaks Remain
“Who are you to end a war? I am here to tell you - who are you not to?”
“Who are you to judge the life i live
i know i'm not perfect and i don't live to be.
but before you start pointing fingers
make sure your hands are clean.”
“Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!”
“Who are you to judge their hopes? At least they have them. What do you have? A sword that cuts. Words filled with hate.”
Source: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
“Who are you to refuse yourself?”
“Who are you trying to impress? Better yet, why?”
Source: Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One
“Who are you Ty?"
Ty smiled against his cheek. "I was an assassin," he whispered. "I'm a Marine. I'm the man who doesn't miss. And I'm yours."
Zane bit his lip on a smile.
“Who are you, Zane?"
Zane cocked his head. "I'm an artist. I'm a geek." He felt Ty smile. "I am one badass motherfucker on a motorcycle."
Ty began to laugh.
Zane dipped his head until they were staring into each other's eyes. "And I'm yours.”
Source: Touch & Geaux
“Who are you wearing? Who are you wearing?”
“Who are you? What’s your name?”
“Mi Mi.”
“Do you hear that thumping noise?”
“No.”
“It must be here somewhere.” Tin Win knelt down. Now it was nearly next to his ear. “I hear it more and more distinctly. A soft pulsing. You really don’t hear it?”
“No.”
“Close your eyes.”
Mi Mi closed her eyes. “Nothing,” she said, and laughed. Tin Win leaned over and felt her breath on his face. “I think it’s coming from you.” He crept closer to her and held his head just in front of her chest.
There it was. Her heartbeat.”
Source: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
“who are you when all of the things that feed your ego fall away”
“who are you when you let all of your fears fall away?”
“who are you when you let the things you fear fall away?”
“who are you
when you put it all down
for just a moment?
when you let your fear fall quiet.
and you let your anxious heart settle.
and you let a little trust in.
and when you let your soul breathe…
and maybe even dream a little.
what if somewhere in the way that
all feels is who you really are.
and what if there is another life in it
you're meant to find… one where
your breathing is allowed to be so easy
and the stars are allowed to be so close
and your heart is allowed to run so wild
and your dreams are allowed to burn so. bright.
what if somewhere in the way that
all feels is what it's meant to be like.
what if… what could it all be like?
maybe let yourself feel it,
even if for just a moment; who you are
when you let all of your fears fall away.”
“Who are you without your labels and attachments to the issues you are passionate about? Remove the emotions, remove the beliefs and associations, and simply focus on the rational and practical applications that promote peaceful progression.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“Who are you writing to, Linus?" "This is the time of year to write to the Great Pumpkin. On Halloween Night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children!" "You must be crazy! When are you going to stop believing in something that isn't true?" "When *you* stop believing in that fellow with a red suit and the white beard who goes, 'Ho, ho, ho!'" "We're obviously separated by denominational differences.”
“Who are you?"
"Your fantasy," I tease with a kiss, digging my nails into his shoulders.
"No shit." He bites my lower lip, then sucks it into his mouth. "A fucking nightmare, too.”
Source: Hunter
“Who are you, a hundred years from today, reading my poetry with curiosity?”
“Who are you, gaijin? What do you know about honor?' 'I'm called Chocho,' Will said... 'Chocho?' Arisaka shouted, goaded beyond control. 'Butterfly? Then die, Butterfly!”
“Who are you, Master?' he asked. 'Eh, what?' said Tom sitting up, and his eyes glinting in the gloom. 'Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?”
Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume
“Who are you, Nature?
I live in you;
for fifty years I have been seeking you,
and I have not found you yet.”
Source: The Portable Voltaire
“Who are you, reader, reading my poems an hundred years hence? I cannot send you one single flower from this wealth of the spring, one single streak of gold from yonder clouds. Open your doors and look abroad. From your blossoming garden gather fragrant memories of the vanished flowers of an hundred years before. In the joy of your heart may you feel the living joy that sang one spring morning, sending its glad voice across a hundred years.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Rabindranath Tagore (Illustrated)
“Who are you, what are you doing here, who is Hood, why does he want Julie, and where is Julie's mother?" "Is that all!" He wiped the red smudge off his lip with the back of his hand. "Yes. No. Why is the cauldron important, where did it go, how is Morrigan involved, where do you go when you disappear, and why do you keep stealing the maps? Okay, now that's everything.”
Source: Magic Burns
“Who Are You?
What do you want?
Where Are You Going?
Who do you serve and who do you trust?”
“Who are you? Answer; you are who you are in this given moment. Label-less. Limitless. Remember that from this day forward.”
Source: A Work in Progress: A Memoir
“Who are you? Be it. What do you love to do? Do it. Who do you love? Love them. The result: a fulfilling life.”
“who are you? really." Nykyrian shrugged. "Never figured it out. takes too much time to think about myself, and time is one luxury i don't own." pg.90”
“Who are you? the band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say.”
“Who are you? What is your distinct contribution? That is so valuable whether it gets you anything or not. Trophies? Doesn't matter. If you know you did it, that's what keeps you going, you know? Success is illusive.”
“Who are you? You don't belong to the police?' 'I am better than the police,' said Poirot. He said it without conscious arrogance. It was, to him, a simple statement of fact.”
Source: Five complete Hercule Poirot novels
“Who are you?" "I am Death," said the creature. "I thought that was obvious." "But you're so small!" "Only because you are small. You are young and far from your Death, September, so I seem as anything would seem if you saw it from a long way off-very small, very harmless. But I am always closer than I appear. As you grow, I shall grow with you, until at the end, I shall loom huge and dark over your bed, and you will shut your eyes so as not to see me.”
Source: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
“Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment.”
“Who are you?" because even now, she couldn't let her questions go. "What are you?" That face that wasn't a face smiled. It was the most terrible thing she'd ever see, ever. "Magnus" he said. "I'm the end.”
“Who are you?" Ethan Nakamura. I have to kill you." ??”
“Who are you?" he asked. "I'm a shabti, of course!" The figurine rubbed his dented head. He still looked quite lumpish, only now he was a living lump. "Master calls me Doughboy, though I find the name insulting. You may call me Supreme-Force-Who-Crushes-His-Enemies!”
Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid
“Who are you?" he asked. I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to me as Aaaaarrrrgh, hold your throat, die screaming, and so on.”
“Who are you?" I asked. "You know who I am," he replied. "I'm yours." ~Clea / Sage, pg. 105”
“Who are you?" she inquired, as the cat passed by. I'm the cat that looked at a king," he replied. And I," she remarked with a toss of her head, "am the cow that jumped over the moon." Is that so?" said the cat. "Whatever for?" The cow stared. She had never been asked that question before. And suddenly it occured to her that there might something else to do than jumping over moons.”
“Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)
“Who are you?" Violet asked. It is confusing to fall asleep in the daytime and wake up at night. "what are you doing with Uncle Monty's reptiles?" Klaus asked. It is also confusing to realize you have been sleeping on stairs, rather than in a bed or sleeping bag. "Dixnik?" Sunny asked. It is always confusing why anyone would choose to wear a plaid shirt.”
“Who are you?' I didn't understand the question. I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?' I gave him my name. 'Stopthief.”
Source: Milkweed