W Quotes
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“why does what was beautiful shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?”
Source: The Reader
“Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Why does the memory of years of happy marriage turn to gall when our partner is revealed to have had a lover all those years?”
Source: The Reader
“Why does Yahweh strengthen us instead of removing our problem? He prefers that we grow in valor, rather than coddle us into weakness.
Michael Ben Zehabe, Ruth: a woman’s guide to husband material, pg 39”
Source: Ruth: A Woman's Guide to Husband Material
“Why does your sword so drip with blood,
Edward, Edward?
Why does your sword so drip with blood?
And why so sad are ye, O?'
'O, I have killed my hawk so good,
Mother, mother:
O I have killed my hawk so good:
And I had no more but he, O.'
'Your hawk's blood was never so red,
Edward, Edward:
Your hawk’s blood was never so red,
My dear son I tell thee, O.'
'O, I have killed my red-roan steed,
Mother, mother:
O, I have killed my red-roan steed,
That once was so fair and free, O.'
'Your steed was old, and we have got more,
Edward, Edward:
Your steed was old, and we have got more,
Some other evil ye fear, O.'
'O, I have killed my father dear,
Mother, mother:
O, I have killed my father dear,
Alas! and woe is me, O!'
'And what penance will ye suffer for that,
Edward, Edward?
And what penance will ye suffer for that?
My dear son, now tell me, O.'
'I'll set my feet in yonder boat,
Mother, mother:
I’ll set my feet in yonder boat,
And I’ll fare over the sea, O.'
'And what will ye do with your towers and your halls,
Edward, Edward?
And what will ye do with your towers and your halls,
That were sae fair to see, O?'
'I’ll let them stand till they down fall,
Mother, mother:
I’ll let them stand till they down fall,
For here never more may I be, O.'
'And what will ye leave to your children and your wife,
Edward, Edward?
And what will ye leave to your children and your wife
When ye go over the sea, O?'
'The world is large, let them beg through life,
Mother, mother:
The world is large, let them beg throw life,
For them never more will I see, O.'
'And what will ye leave to your own mother dear,
Edward, Edward?
And what will ye leave to your own mother dear?
My dear son, now tell me, O.'
'The curse of hell from me shall you bear for me,
Mother, mother:
The curse of hell from me shall you bear for me,
Such counsels you gave to me, O.”
“Why does Zeus send prodigies to earth? For the same reason he makes a comet streak across the sky. To show not what has been done, but what can be.”
Source: The Virtues of War
“Why doesn’t anyone care? Why can’t they acknowledge our hell? It’s people like us who are driven to madness out of lack apathy from others, and when we want to return the favor, you all cry out “evil!”...Why?..Why must we suffer like this?..”
“Why doesn’t anyone go to the moon anymore? What happened to our optimism?”
Source: Nightswimming
“Why doesn’t every fire once kindled, survive and thrive? Why doesn’t every person accomplish her dreams? The simple answer is that the Firestarter’s life is a constant fight against extinction.”
Source: Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life
“Why doesn't every mother believer her child can change the world? The child can. This is the joke. Here we are still looking for a saviour and hundreds are being born every second. Look at it, this tiny capsule of new life, indifferent to your prejudices, your miseries, unmindful of the world already made. Make it again? They could if we let them, but we make sure they grow up just like us, fearful like us. Don't let them know the potential that they are.”
Source: The World and Other Places: Stories
“Why doesn't hatred kill desire? I would have given anything to sleep. I would have behaved like a schoolboy if I had believed in the possibility of a substitute. But there was a time when I had tried to find a substitute, and it hadn't worked.”
Source: The End of the Affair
“Why doesn't it bother her? Seriously, it doesn't. She's not putting on a front. She's in a serious relationship with a guy who has sex with other women for a living, and it doesn't matter to her."
"I married a cop." Roarke smiled at her. "We all have our levels of acceptance. He was an LC when they met, just as she was a doctor, and one who often works in dangerous areas of the city."
She shot him the same easy smile. "So...if I'd been an LC when we met, you wouldn't have any problem with me banging other guys. Professionally."
"None at all, as I'd kick your ass and murder all of them. But that's my level of acceptance.”
Source: Strangers in Death
“Why doesn't Santa just park the god-damn sleigh in the driveway like a normal guest? (Your Temporary Santa)”
Source: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
“Why doesn't someone want to talk about it! We've started and won two atomic wars since 2022! Is it because we're having so much fun at home we've forgotten the world? Is it because we're so rich and the rest of the world's so poor and we just don't care if they are? I've heard rumors; the world is starving, but we're well fed. Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much? I've heard the rumors about hate, too, once in a long while, over the years. Do you know why? I don't, that's sure! Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damn insane mistakes! …An hour a day, two hours, with these books, and maybe…”
Source: Fahrenheit 451
“Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam, Why doesn't the Ayatollahs convert to Buddhism, Why isn't Buddhism swept away? Religious leaders know that all religions are equal; they know that no one of them has the monopoly to the knowledge of God. They know that each religion is trying to find the hidden God and that no one religion can claim to have found him beyond doubt. That's why they remain where they are and respect each other.”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
“Why doesn't anyone address the substantive question of why other states blatantly interfere in Israel's internal affairs? Israel does not meddle in the affairs of other states in a similar way, so why do other countries feel entitled to do this to Israel? These actions violate Israeli sovereignty and I expect European Union member states to act differently.”
“Why doesn't Apple stop for a year and make medical devices? When people talk about technology, that's where I start to get a little hot under the collar because I know that it's the key to solving some of the world's biggest problems. Having a faster, thinner telephone is not one of the world's biggest problems.”
“Why doesn't constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into the earth. The same priciple applies to people. The true victors in life are those who, enduring repeated challenges and setbacks, have sent the roots of their being to such a depth that nothing can shake them.”
“Why doesn't God just force us to do the things he knows to be right? It is because that would lose precisely that which he has intended in our creation: freely chosen character.”
“Why doesn't love come with an owner's manual?”
Source: Fallout
“Why doesn't my stupid brain understand that I always wanted to be you? No you; no,no..you.Hey,you! now what are you smiling at.”
“Why doesn't pope say to every Mexican living in America, "Go back to Mexico! That's your home! Socialism is preferable." Why does he want them to stay? Because they are going to convert this place, folks. That's what this is all about.”
“Why doesn't Prin go and get her own goddamn blistering bloody shitty jelly doughnuts?”
Source: The Diviners
“Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard”
“Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?”
“Why doesn't the past decently bury itself, instead of sitting waiting to be admired by the present?”
Source: St Mawr and Other Stories
“Why doesn't the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England? England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the more they will dwindle. At least you could use it for a summer resort instead of Maine.”
“Why doesn’t the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie?”
“Why don't I just go against all reason, ignore past experiences and fall in love with you?”
“Why don’t I know You?”
“Does anyone ever really know someone else?”
“You think your cute,” she told him.
“You think your gorgeous. But I’m the one guy here who knows better.”
“So I’m not gorgeous?” Macey challenged.
“Of course you are,” He started away, turned back at the last minute. “But I’m the guy who figured out that’s not all you are.”
Source: Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story
“Why don't one Thursday's child look at the other? Cause it was already a Friday.”
“Why don't people get their children stuffed after they pass away. Why not, I mean you do love them right?”
“Why don’t people 'look up'? In other words, why do they almost blindly do things that are counter to their well-being or survival?”
Source: Earth to Poetry: A 30-Days, 30-Poems Earth, Self, and Other Care Challenge
“Why don't people with money and power realize that when they screw around with the little guy when they don't have to—especially when it's a little guy like me with not a damn thing to lose—sometimes the little guy is just going to get pissed off and stubborn up?”
Source: The Never-Open Desert Diner
“Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said.”
Source: If I Survive You
“Why don’t the alphas have to wear white?” she points out loudly, earning a disapproving look from my mother. “Why is it just the omega?”
I scoff lightly. “Alphas aren’t expected to remain chaste, Jess,” I point out. “That’s all on me.”
The nerves churn, a hint of nausea threatening as Jess grumbles. “That’s insane. Fuck the patriarchy!”
Source: Omega Found
“Why don't these translation books just include general phrases that could be applied in a variety of situations like, "Say nothing unless it's in English"?”
“why don't they lift their weight
and see what's flattened underneath it?”
Source: Falling Awake
“Why don't those stupid idiots let me in their crappy club for jerks?”
“Why don’t we approach literature like we approach music and the fine arts?”
“Why don't we do things we know we should do? Because we don't feel like it. Every problem of self-control is not a problem of information or discipline or reason, but, rather, of emotion. Self-control is an emotional problem. Laziness is an emotional problem. Procrastination is an emotional problem. Underachievement is an emotional problem. Impulsiveness is an emotional problem. This sucks, because emotional problems are much harder to deal with than logical ones.”
Source: Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
“Why don't we have more babies, Mom? Bailey has big sisters. I wish I had a big sister.
“I don't know why, Fern. I tried to have more children, but sometimes we are given something so special, so wonderful, that one is enough.”
Source: Making Faces
“Why don’t we keep that secret? Hunters will lose their reputations if we’re seen saving puppies and painting flowers.”
Source: Hunting for Spring
“Why don't we leave this pot on to simmer for a while?”
Source: In the Company of Wolves
“Why don't we like them?" Katalin asked.
"Because they don't treat us right."
After Zoltán said it, he marveled at the realization that in trying to clarify years of abuses and lists of grievances, that in trying to make oppression understandable for a child, he had reduced the horror of Soviet domination to one simple, honest statement of fact: The Russians didn't treat the Hungarians right.”
Source: The Wild Rose
“Why don't we spend the day together tomorrow? he asked.
I smiled. I'd like that.”
Source: The One
“Why don’t world-ending disasters come with an instruction manual?”
Source: Sorcerers Always Satisfy
“Why don't ya just tell the fuggin truth ALL the time . . . you won't have more to forget and ya'll have less to remember”
“Why don't you answer me straight out?" Hayt demanded. "You know we have other ways of questioning you. We'll get our answers. . . one way or another."
"But I have answered you! Have I not said the myth is real? Am I the wind that carries death in its belly? No! I am words! Such words as the lighting which strikes from the sand in a dark sky. I have said: 'Blow out the lamp! Day is here!' And you keep saying: 'Give me a lamp so I can find the day.”
Source: Dune Messiah
“Why don’t you believe that I chose you? Why do you always feel the need to choose yourself? "
— God”
Source: Chosen Not Cheated: Discover God's Goodness Through Life's Detours, Denials and Doubts
“Why don't you check out those teenagers in the middle row? They've been going at it like dogs in heat ever since the previews. They're probably both werewolves. And even if they aren't, you should throw them out on principle alone.”
Source: Ushers, Inc.