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“Why are you here?"
"'Here' as in your bedroom, or 'here' as in the great, spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet? If you're asking me whether this is all some cosmic coincidence or if there's a greater meta-ethical purpose to life, well, that's a puzzler for the ages. I mean, modern-day reductionism is clearly a fallacious argument, but-,"
-"I'm going back to bed."
-"I'm here because Hodge reminded me it's your birthday.”
Source: City of Bones
“Why are you here, Nora?' the woman asked, in heavily accented English.
A tricky question, when you didn't know where 'here' was.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“Why are you here, then?'
The man's remarkable eyes seemed to glow- with enough of a deadly edge that I backed up a step. 'Because all the monsters have been let out of their cages tonight, no matter what court they belong to. So I may roam wherever I wish until the dawn.”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“Why are you here? To shine... just shine”
Source: Nyabo (Madam) - Why Are You Here? The Truth about Living in Service, Love, and Personal Power
“Why are you here, Wesley?”
“I told you,” he said. “I got worried. You’ve been avoiding me for the past week at school, and when I called you today, you didn’t answer. I thought something might have happened with your dad. So I came to make sure you were okay.”
I bit my lower lip, a wave of guilt washing over me. “That’s sweet,” I murmured. “But I’m fine. Dad apologized for the other night, and he’s going to AA meetings now, so…”
“So you weren’t going to tell me?”
“Why would I?”
“Because I care!” Wesley yelled. His words crashed into me, stunning me for a second. “I’ve been worried about you since you left my house a week ago! You didn’t even say why you left, Bianca. What was I supposed to do? Just assume you would be all right?”
“God,” I whispered. “I’m sorry. I didn’t-”
“I’m worrying about you, and you’re fucking that pretentious little-!”
“Hey!” I shouted. “Don’t bring Toby into this.”
Source: The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
“Why are you here?
Where am I?
You have come to this place… to lie in the ground?
The derision in the question was clear.
I have come to this place to find peace.
And what is peace?
Laughter in the recesses of his mind.
This is peace.
Perhaps it is.
I don’t know.
A pause.
Talking to yourself, eh?
There is no one else around.
That is the beginning of wisdom.
And what of it?
Who are you?
I am Peter.
What are you?
I… I am that which says I.
Clever.
Sometimes.
He sparked a cigarette, nicotine bringing a touch of stability to his otherwise entirely too excited cognitions.
What is I?
I am.
That is all?
I don’t know.
Where is I?
Where am I?
I am between this and that.
This is again wisdom.
He laughed aloud now, pulling deeply on his smoke, exhaling through clenched teeth.
I am space.
Of a sort.
I am a character in a story.
Sometimes.
Nothing more?
A page of your life turns. Do you see it?
Sometimes.
The blank of the page, the openness of its margins, do you see?
Yes.
This is the void of your unfolding imagination.
Indeed.
Would you fill it with your own story?
I am void. I am between. I am neither this nor that. I am an idea of a between.
What story would you have?
Whatever I can. I am nothing.
That is enough?
No.
What would you be?
A man.
This is also wisdom.”
Source: Epoch Awakening
“Why are you in such a rush?" Sophia asked, and her grandmother answered that it was a good idea to do things before you forgot that they had to be done.”
“Why are you just standing there? Failures are not dead ends; keep going.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Why are you knocking at every door ?
Go, knock at the door of your own heart.”
“Why are you knocking at every other door? Go, knock at the door of your own heart.”
“Why are you leaving Los Angeles?' asked Andrei.
'Something about the city. People don’t want to see each other. Everything’s too far away. A bunch of reasons. On sidewalks everyone avoids each other; it’s weird to go up to someone. Most of all, the weather’s a lie. Too much sun, and then everyone acts like the sun. You know what I mean? There’s so much to do, but no one to do it with.”
Source: A Happy Ghost
“Why are you leaving me? He wrote, I do not know how to live. I do not know either but I am trying. I do not know how to try. There were some things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So i buried them and let them hurt me”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
“Why are you limping like that?' Nicholas demanded.
'I'm swaggering,' I informed him.
'You look like you're wearing a diaper.'
Charming. And I had a crush on this guy.
Wait.
I had a crush on this guy?
'Now what?' he asked. 'You're making weird faces.'
'Nothing,' I said quickly. 'Never mind.”
Source: My Love Lies Bleeding
“Why are you looking at Jude like that?' I asked.
'I can't help it,' he said, never taking his gaze from you. 'I'm drawn to trouble.”
Source: The Lost Sisters
“Why are you looking at me like that?"
Augustus half smiled. "Because you`re beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence.”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“Why are you looking at me like that?" Emelia's plump lips quirked.
"Like what?"
"Like you want to eat me.”
Source: Seattle Wolf Pack Box Set
“Why are you looking at me like that?"
I'm counting your freckles. I've wanted to since I first laid eyes on you," he whispered, so close now that she could hardly breathe.
She smiled to hide how nervous it made her. "I take it you have a lot of time to kill?”
Source: Ambush Before Sunrise
“Why are you looking outside when it is already inside you?”
Source: Journey of Soul - Karma
“Why are you lying awake, thinking that you're a terrible person? To keep my mind occupied when I can't sleep. Some people count sheep. I self-loathe.”
Source: Attachments
“Why are you lying to me? I'm so tired of people lying to me. Do I not deserve the truth? Do I look like someone who can't handle it?”
Source: Split Second
“Why are you making a joke out of this?" she asks. "Because it's stupid, Nik. There's not even room in my day to think about someone else.”
Source: Chain Reaction
“Why are you measuring? This is how you block, delay, hinder, obstruct and deny his place in the life as a father.”
“Why are you messing with the fantasy? We know about the reality. Don't ruin the fantasy, OK?”
“Why are you more concerned with where you're going than where you are? Why are you more concerned with what you're going to do than what you're doing? Why aren't you paying attention to how you live your life right this very moment? Why are you wasting this moment? Why are you wasting your life?”
Source: No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process
“Why are you naked?" "The better to feed you, m'dear." He pointed between his legs and my gaze roved along his cock. Then I saw his forefinger tapping his inner thigh. "Femoral artery." "Riiight. And the major vein in your neck wasn't good enough because… ?" One black brow winged up and those delicious lips curved into a naughty smile. "Ah. Because then I wouldn't have had an excuse to get naked.”
Source: I'm the Vampire, That's Why
“Why are you not having me take you there?” GERI asked. “I could have had you there in twenty minutes.” “I appreciate the offer, GERI. I don’t know what I’m getting into. I don’t want to have to explain to someone how I got to South Carolina so fast. I need to have this trip well documented.”
Source: Tom and G.E.R.I.
“Why are you not serious my friend? Why aren't you? Being serious is not something negative. Being serious means being responsible for what happens in our society - because we are our society – the society is us. The society is the collective expression of us humans - each one of us. You, me, everyone - is responsible for our actions - for our conditions - for our reality - for our truth.”
Source: A Push in Perception
“Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They have to protect their belongings. No one is meaner than the rich. Trust me. But they have to follow the rules of their shitty civilised world. They declare war, they have honour, and they can't leave. But you two. We three. We're free.”
“Why are you not where you belong? / A black hat on a hook says nothing. / Ashes mirror ashes / In a mirroring window.”
Source: Elegy: poems
“Why are you obsessed with fighting? Stick to fishing from now on!”
“Why are you, of all people, in baking class?"
"My family has a thing for tarts, of course."
"So I've read.”
Source: Wonderland Academy
“Why are you offering me ten thousand dollars a month for babysitting? You didn’t pay the nannies that. It’s ridiculous. For ten thousand a month, you should not only get child care, you should get your house cleaned, your laundry done, your tires rotated, and if I were you, I’d insist on nightly blow jobs. Did you think I wouldn’t notice that you’re still trying to keep your thumb on me?”
Source: Maybe This Time
“Why are you on my ship?” Reading my father’s note seems to have brought on a bout of distrust.
He watches me carefully, his eyes turning inquisitive. “Is it not obvious?”
“If it were, would I be asking?” I say, irritation coloring my tone.
He smiles as though I’ve just said the most amusing thing in the world.
It makes me want to hit him.
Since that’s not the best idea, I turn around to leave him, but he puts his hand on my arm. Before I can do anything else, he’s right there. His chest pressed against my back, his breath warm on my ear.
“I’m here because when I tried to get in that rowboat with my brother, I realized the last thing I wanted was to be away from you.” His hand runs up the length of my left arm, which is facing toward the sea. Away from the eyes of the crew. “I’m here for you, Alosa.” His fingers flutter against my neck, sending a shiver down my back. “If you can’t tell that, I’m not doing a good job of showing you.”
Source: Daughter of the Siren Queen
“Why are you perpetuating a childhood you grew up despising?”
Source: Forty Years in a Day
“Why are you pretending to write, when I already know you're just doing that to intimidate me?”
Source: Going Too Far
“Why are you putting on lip gloss, my daughter?" Dad asked ." Trip to the library? Trip to the nunnery? I hear the nunneries are nice this time of year." "Not a date; I still remember Claud," Rusty said, and grabbed her ankle. " I forbid it." "You introduced me to Claud," Kami pointed out. "I'm a bad person," Rusty mumbled. "I do bad things." "Is this true, Kami? Are you going out on a date?" Dad asked tragically. "wearing that? Wouldn't you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan honey.”
Source: Unspoken
“Why are you putting on lip gloss, my daughter?” Dad asked. “Trip to the library? Trip to the nunnery? I hear the nunneries are nice this time of year” … “Is this true, Kami? Are you going out on a date?” Dad asked tragically. “Wearing that? Wouldn’t you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan, honey.”
Source: Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy Book 1)
“Why are you raising such a fuss? I'll come and shut down your reactor with my ass alone.”
“Why are you relying on yourself, only to find yourself unreliable?”
“Why are you running? You know he won’t be there. You KNOW he won’t be there. If you forgot, check your pocket. Pull out your phone and look at the last message in your inbox. What does it say? Oh yes, it says ‘I won’t be there’."
"Fantastic timing for you to become the voice of reason, Shadow," I pant. "Are you trying to make me change my mind?"
"Not at all, this is a thrill for me. I just didn’t know there would be running involved. Can I change your mind about that?”
Source: We Are Everyone
“Why are you sad?" Baby asked.
"Because some day you'll fly higher than high, and the blue will fill your eyes, and maybe you'll forget to come down," said Wishmoley.
Baby snuggled next to him. "I'll never forget," she said.”
Source: Wishmoley and the Little Piece of Sky
“Why are you sad?"
"Because you speak to me in words and I look at you with feelings”
Source: ANNA KARENINA
“Why are you sad?", they asked.
I smiled and the clouds covered the sky, forecasting the weather of my heart.”
“Why are you sad, when you can sing a song?”
“Why are you sad, Dorian?" He couldn't lie to her. "The leopard wants you to see it.”
Source: Hostage to Pleasure
“Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?”
“Why are you showing so much cleavage?" Joseph growled into her ear as he took her arm and began to descend the staircase.
Goosebumps broke out over her bare arms and shoulders. She squeezed his forearm and smiled into his eyes.
"So you're forced to offer me your coat, of course, like a proper gentleman."
He barely suppressed a snort as camera flashes lit them up from every angle. He tucked his arm around her and smiled for the photographers.
"Would a gentleman rip what you're wearing clean off your body, before devouring every inch of your perfect body? Turn your shivers into sweat while you wonder how something so dirty could produce something so beautiful?"
Addison grinned and gently turned his face towards hers to press a light kiss to his cheek without marking it. The cameras went wild.”
Source: Jingle My Snowballs
“Why are you singing?” Daniel asked. “You’re just lying in the dirt and singing. That’s weird. I thought you were supposed to be some kind of scary monster.”
Source: Lullaby
“Why are you sitting here when our democracy is under assault with the FBI acting at the behest of [Republican Congressman] Jason Chaffetz and sitting here acting like it is something legit?”
“Why are you smiling?” Harvard asked, teasing.
“Because I know something you don’t know,” Aiden teased back.
Harvard raised an eyebrow. “And what is that?”
“You’re really cute,” murmured Aiden, and leaned in.
His lean was arrested when Harvard laughed. “Ha! That’s such a line. These things really work on your guys?”
Overcome by the magnitude of this insult, Aiden snapped, “Invariably!”
Harvard rolled his eyes. “I hate to tell you this, buddy, but I think they’re letting you get away with substandard lines because you’re cute.”
Aiden paused, torn between being deeply offended and ridiculously flattered.
Harvard bit his lip, seeming to think this over.
“I guess if you guys both know you’re just playing around, what you say doesn’t really count,” he offered. “That’s why people call them lines, like the things you say in a play. I know this isn’t real, but…”
Aiden tried to keep his voice soft, to be understanding. “But it’s practice for being real.” His mouth twisted on the name, but he forced it out. “For Neil.”
Harvard winced. Aiden supposed it might feel a little weird, to hear the name of the boy he actually liked, while tangled up with another. For Harvard, who was so good, it might feel close to cheating.
Aiden didn’t want to say the name or hear it or think it. Harvard seemed to be struggling with a thought, and Aiden waited to hear Harvard tell him what he wanted. That was all Aiden wished to know or to do. What Harvard wanted.”
Source: Striking Distance