Y Quotes
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“You think you know what you can handle, and what you can't. But the truth is, almost anything is endurable. Because we're made that way, to make the best of what we have.”
Source: Shirley
“You think you know what you want and how it's all supposed to turn out. When all is said and done, you get what you need. You know in the end that what you need is what you really wanted all along.”
“You think you KNOW when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.”
“You think you know who you are and then other people have these other ideas.”
“You think you know your possibilities. Then other people come into your life and suddenly there are so many more.”
“You think you know yourself, the world. You believe you've got a bead on everybody else's bullshit, but what about your own?”
Source: The Fun Parts: Stories
“You think you love someone and are ready to go any length to make hem happy, but they stab you in the back in return, rip out your heart, feed it to the birds, and watch you bleed out.”
Source: What Happened To Helen
“You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.”
“You think you might know something about yourself or why you act or react in certain ways and then you come to new information and suddenly you see your past and your present in a completely different light.”
“You think you need me, little firecracker?” The gruff question travels all the way through me, and I have to press my thighs together to stop the tremor in me. “Baby, the way you need me can only barely cover half of the way I need you.” The unexpected sadness in his voice yanks my gaze back to his.”
“You think you need the newest shoe and the newest outfit. We forget exercising is free. We forget it only takes a little bit every day.”
“You think you need the people who come to you only when they need something? What the fuck are you, a convenience store or something?”
“You think you photograph a particular scene for the pleasure it gives. In fact it's the scene that wants to be photographed. You're merely an extra in the production.”
Source: Fotografien
“You think you’re annoyed because of Plikt’s arrogance, but that isn’t so. Plikt is not arrogant; she is merely precise. You are properly ashamed that you have not yet read Demosthenes’ history of your own people, and so in your shame you are annoyed at Plikt because she is not guilty of your sin.”
“I thought speakers didn’t believe in sin,” said a sullen boy.
Andrew smiled. “You believe in sin, Styrka, and you do things because of that belief. So sin is real in you, and knowing you, this speaker must believe in sin.”
Source: Speaker for the Dead
“You think you're better than us just because you're older than us? Because you're 'wiser' than us? All that means is that you're an insult to your old age, because nothing I've seen from you so far makes you seem very wise at all.”
Source: The Girl and the Ghost
“You think you're broken, but I wish you could see yourself the way I see you. Smart. Strong. Beautiful. Imperfect by your own standards but so wonderfully perfect for me.”
Source: King of Pride
“You think You're frightening me with Your hell, don't You? You think Your hell is worse than mine.”
Source: The Portable Dorothy Parker
“You think you're gonna find your soul. Ever since I've known you, you've been thinkin' that someday you're gonna crack and end up like your daddy. And you're been looking for proof that you won't. What you don't realize is this: the looking is the proof. Trust me when I tell you that Billy Dent never had a moment's doubt in his life about what he was and what he was doing. Your doubt is your soul”
Source: Game
“You think you’re home free, little rebel. Off to warn your friends. You think you’re safe. You’re not.”
Source: Star Wars, Vol. 1: The Destiny Path
“You think you're lost but you're not lost on your own. You're not alone. I will stand by you, I will help you through when you’ve done all you can do.
If you can’t cope, I will dry your eyes
I will fight your fight, I will hold you tight and I wont let go”
“You think you’re on top of the world now, but one day, the world will fall on top of you, and I won’t be there to save you.”
Source: Girl of Dust and Smoke
“You think you're paying your dollar for a chance at the $6.2 million jackpot on Saturday, but really you're paying for the pleasure of the car ride home, deciding which credit card to pay off first and where your kid will suddenly be able to go to college.”
“You think you're so impressive – you built this ridiculous, pretentious showroom just so that everyone can see how many books you've read.”
Source: The Cat Who Saved Books
“You think you’re so selfless, you think you’re working to save everyone, but what if you’re going about it all wrong? At least when I live as a boy, no one gets hurt. But you pretendin’ to be a martyr? Pretending to be the Fury? That hurts everyone.”
Source: Windwitch
“You think you're so strong! What are you going to do!!? You'll just get yourself killed! You'll get killed and be forgotten by tomorrow! That's all you are right now!
It was this kingdom that killed Sabo! This world!!! What can you hope to do!!? Your father died and changed the world! When you become the man he was, then you can decide whether you live or die!”
“You think you’ve found a protector that’ll keep you away from me, Grace? Then you don’t know me well. I’ve owned you since you were a child; I’m the only one you’ve got in this coldhearted world.”
Source: Christmas At Knights Landing
“You think you've met bad people, and then you meet people who are worse. They're doing nothing - they're not- we're just as bad. We're just as bad for doing nothing. We don't care.”
Source: Solitaire
“you think you've never been wrong before?"-alex
"sure i have why just last week I bought bobbi brown sandwash petal lip gloss when the pink blossom color would have looked so much better with my complexion. needless to say the purchase was a total disaster"- brittney
"ill bet"-alex.
"havent you ever been wrong before?"-brittany
"absolutely. last week, when i robbed that bank over by the walgreens, I told the teller to hand over all the fifties he had in the till. what i really should have asked for was the twenties 'cause there were way more twenties than fifties"- alex
"what a disaster"- brittany”
Source: Perfect Chemistry
“You think you've read the book; I'm still writing.”
“You think you've stopped crying
And then the blues come back,
You wonder what brought them:
The red pen?
The wind in the yard?
The plaid shirt in the bank?
Your buried grief seeps to the surface,
Like oil under tar sands.
Let it go. It's the rich black residue of the past,
Dead life becomes this stuff that sticks to the soles of your feet,
Welling up when it damned well pleases.
Let it go.”
“You think you walk, Lucy? I think you fly. You see yourself in a uniform? I see you in a cape. You're a hero, of the quietest but most genuine nature.”
Source: Happily Ever After
“You think you want the blue skies, the open road, but really you want the tunnel, you want to know how the story ends.”
“You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your mind.”
“You think you want to know the secrets of the universe. You think you want to see the way things all fit together. You believe in your heart of hearts that enlightenment will save the world and set you free. Maybe it will. But the path to enlightenment is rarely a pleasant one.”
“You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.
Now fear is here to stay,
love is here for a visit.”
“You think you're an artist; prove it”
“You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open...and that's where the healing happens, in those broken places...if you'll allow it.”
“You think you're being given all of these things: phones that can communicate with other devices, car service that's better than a taxi, all of these amazing things that are available to you at any time. It isn't until you've swum across the river that you can start to see the negative aspects of it all.”
“You think you're developing and getting better and then you see something you did years ago. Looking at your early work.. sometimes it has a depth that surprises you.”
“You think you're enlightened. But as my lama said, when you realize the intrinsic nature of the mind, then you start to meditate. It's not the end, it's the beginning.”
“You think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued.”
“You think you're funny! You think you're funny Cena, huh? The only pose you're going to be doing tonight is lying on your back with me on top!”
“You think you're funny? I think I'm adorable.”
“You think you're going to be on TV a year out of college and you're not. Then you tell people and it's embarrassing. And then it's not a big deal at all.”
“You think you're grown in college but you're not, because everything is kind of controlled. You lose the camaraderie and suddenly find yourself alone in an apartment just feeling lost.”
“You think you're in a place where you're all 'I'm thrilled to be gay, I have no issues about being gay anymore, I don't feel shame about being gay,' but you actually do. You're just not fully aware of it. I think I still felt scared about people knowing. I felt awkward around gay people; I felt guilty for not being myself.”
“You think you're losing your mind, but do keep in mind, as long as you may, that the ability to go on thinking such a thing means it's not all gone.”
Source: Killosophy
“You think you're prepared. You think you've done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then-whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that'll knock your little world off its axis. Something that'll either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos.”
“You think you're safe. Until you see a picture like that. And then you know you'll always be a slave to the present because the present is more powerful than the past, no matter how long ago the present happened.”
Source: Fall On Your Knees
“You think you're so cool just because you can walk!”