Y Quotes
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“you’ve been chasing down
the kind of love
that greets you with nothing more
than a shoulder shrug…
the kind that whimpers your name in apathy,
don’t you know that you deserve a love
that holds so much abundance,
one that shouts to the heavens in your honor
queen / king
– butterflies rising”
“You’ve been confined to a little pond. I invite you into a bottomless ocean of ecstasy, where intimate adventures await. Come dive with me into the deep sensual seven seas of our soul.”
“You've been criticising yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
“You’ve been forged in despair, Yza, and tempered in hardship. It’s made you considerate in ways many wouldn’t be. That is why we were given a power that could not just feed a nation, but temper it, too. Because you, of all people, will use it for good.”
Source: A Curse of Roses
“You‘ve been given the innate power to shape your life.”
Source: Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“You've been given the innate power to shape your life...but you cannot just speak change, you have to LIVE change. Intent paired with action builds the bridge to success. You can't just want it; you have to do it, live it...BE it! Success isn't something you have, it's something you DO!”
“You've been giving up things for years to get here. I dont think I even understood that. How does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?”
Source: No Country for Old Men
“You've been going round and round—haven't you? Round and round! You didn't know you were going somewhere, but you were! Like a paper boat in a whirlpool—round and round! And now you've arrived at the center!”
Source: The Chuckling Whatsit
“You’ve been here the whole time!” I could see it clearly.
The calm, glowing One smiled, and all of a sudden, I knew. It hadn’t been fear telling me not to get on the boat, scaring me away from the fun. It was Jesus trying to spare me the agony of this trip because . . . because He loves me? Yes, He loves me!
And there I’d stood, as if I’d had my hand on His chest, pushing Him away. What was I doing? Seeing Him now, I realized we’d been stuck in this pose a long time. I hadn’t wanted Him to go in case I needed Him, but I hadn’t wanted Him to come inside and control me.
Ever so patiently—suspended in time, but oh-so-very present—Jesus held out His hand and invited me to dance.
“Yes,” I yielded, and something so much more peaceful than peace settled inside even though the storm still raged, and the circumstances hadn’t budged. “Let’s dance.”
Embraced in His arms, I fell asleep—even in the midst of those crazy waves.”
Source: Mary Me: One Woman’s Incredible Adventure with God
“You've been hiding yourself, and you're good at it. A master of camouflage."
She laughed. "Camouflage?"
"That's the only possible explanation. You've made a frock from the same silk covering the drawing room walls, trimmed it with cat hair and feathers. Then when gentlemen visit, you stand still and blend in."
"You have a surprisingly vivid imagination."
"What I have is experience." He stopped in the road and turned to face her. "I've built a fortune by spotting things that are undervalued, dusting them off, and selling them at the proper price. I know a hidden treasure when I see one.”
Source: The Wallflower Wager
“You’ve been in my head now,” she said. “Did you get a look at the things I did to survive this life?”
“Glimpses,” he admitted. A string of bleak moments, a deep and desperate ocean, Hellie shining like a golden coin, her grandmother glowing like a banked ember, her mother … a disaster, a cloud, a tangle of frayed yarn, a mess of pity and longing and anger and love.”
Source: Hell Bent
“You’ve been in the mating frenzy before.”
Eric looked up at her, his eyes quiet. “Yes.”
”With Kirsten.”
”Yes.”
Iona touched her hands together. “You must have loved her very much.”
Eric nodded. “Yes. Very much.”
”Then why do you want another mate?”
Eric pushed himself from the fireplace and came to her, the first flickers of fire shadowing his tall, naked body. He skimmed warm hands down her arms.
”Because I saw you.”
Source: Mate Claimed
“You’ve been inexpressibly lucky,” he said finally. “And inexpressibly mad, although in your case the two seem to be the same thing”
Source: Uprooted
“You've been keeping in touch with the reporter?"
"He came by the diner the other day. And that reminds me, you told me he was a by-the-book detective. Calhoun has evidence to the contrary."
He squared his shoulders and faced me head-on. Betsy was pushed out of the middle.
"What are you implying?" he spat.
"Hey, y'all," Betsy interjected.
"I'm not implying anything. I just want to know if you still think Detective Thornton is a pristine detective."
"Do you always believe everything people tell you?" Alex's jaw clenched.
"No." I bared my teeth.
If he wanted a fight, he'd certainly get one!
He took a step closer to me. "You believe the reporter?"
I jerked my head.
His neck was corded and his arms tensed. Boy, was he angry. "Some asshole floats into town with tall tales, dangling bait in front of your pretty little face, and you just bite? You've known him for two damn seconds. Me, you've known your whole damn life."
"Um... y'all," Betsy said louder.
"Where is all this anger comin' from?" I shrieked. "Somebody is going around murdering people. And since the department had to march to the tune of a crooked cop, I felt I had to do something."
That was a grave allegation I honestly didn't believe. He had ruffled my feathers and I was lashing out.
"And your keen investigative skills led you to believe I was dirty? Perhaps you think I'm the one going around killing people?" His voice teetered on unhinged.
"Don't be stupid," I said, more calmly.
He felt patronized, that was beyond obvious. Guilt washed over me like a tidal wave and I was searching for the appropriate words to apologize effectively, when he said, "What's with you and older men? Daddy issues?"
I gasped. "How dare you?"
That was the ugliest thing he could have ever said in this moment. And he'd said it.
His facial expression changed, and he took a step forward. I took one backward.
Eddie's commanding voice boomed, "Enough."
"I tried to warn y'all," Betsy said softly.”
Source: Southern Sass and Killer Cravings
“You've been lying to me my whole life. About everything. Why should I believe anything you tell me?"
"Belief has nothing to do with truth.”
Source: James
“You've been marked and labeled in the spiritual world just by virtue of your birth. If you claim the family name of Christian, you are being hunted to be destroyed.”
Source: Fight: Are You Willing to Pick a Fight with Evil?
“You’ve been moving your lips, but I’ve not heard a word.”
Source: The Sapphire Shore
“You've been my example, even without trying. That's what a real hero is — someone who's admired without even knowing it.”
Source: 101 Reasons Why My Mom ROCKS: A Fill in the Blank Guided Journal to Say I Love You – A Thoughtful Gift and Keepsake for Mom
“You’ve been my light in every darkness, Sara. Every moment with you has been worth more than a thousand lifetimes anywhere else.”
Source: I Love You, Sunday Sunset
“You’ve been putting a deadline on this relationship from the get-go. The way I see it, since we can’t make long-term plans, we just have to do everything faster. That way we get to experience everything.”
Source: Don't Let Go
“You’ve been sacrificing your life for your entire life, and you will continue to do so until you have no more life left to sacrifice. Your only choice is what you sacrifice it to.”
Source: The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions
“You've been seduced with poetry? Wow. I'm envious. No guy's ever tried anything as classy as that on me."
"If only you could visit the eighteenth century, Highvalley. You would learn what it is to be courted properly.”
Source: Lava Red Feather Blue
“You’ve been silent your whole life. You were silent when we met, silent when you suffered. Silent when life kept hitting you. I was like that too, a little. But not like you. You are a stillness. And I tried to move you. It didn’t work. But that doesn’t mean you didn’t move me. I heard everything you didn’t say. I heard it so loudly that I couldn’t shut it off. Your silence, Senna, I hear it so loudly.”
Source: Mud Vein
“You've been sipping on poison for so long that
It is stained onto your fingertips,
Grained into your DNA
It's choking up your words
So your "I hate you"
Sound like "I'm glad you came”
Source: I Am
“You’ve been smoking again, haven’t you? Your eyes look like road maps and you’re in full bastard mode.”
Source: Ashes to Ashes: Screenplay
“You've been so lonely," he murmured as he searched for what he needed. "So afraid to leave." A thin smile crossed his face. "At night, desperate to sleep, you'd imagine an ocean. I can see it . . . I can see the island.”
Source: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
“You’ve been strong for so long, holding it all together like a superhero. But even superheroes need a nap! Let your soul take a breather and heal up before jumping back into the fray. Remember, you’re built tough, but you’re also allowed to kick back and recharge. You’ve got this—you’ll get through it. Just don’t forget to give yourself a break along the way. Rest up, regroup, and then get back to kicking life’s challenges to the curb.”
“You’ve been strong for so long. Lean on me, trust me to take care of you.”
Source: An Affair with a Notorious Heiress
“You've been taught to "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's". Unlearn that lesson. Free men would not permit Caesar to exist.”
“You’ve been there all along, Bloodwitch. Somewhere, l-lurking. You are the reason I had to go to my tribe—which means you are the reason Corlant c-c-could attack. So if I had never met you, then would I even be here right now?”
“If I had never met you,” he countered coolly, “then my spine would never have snapped, and Leopold fon Cartorra would never have hired me. Monk Evrane would not have almost died.”
Source: Windwitch
“You've blotted the rich form of desire from my life and left me only some vaguely eccentric behaviors that have grown up to integrate so much pleasure into the mundane world around me. What text could I write now? It's as though I cannot even remember what I once desired. All I can look for now, when I have the energy, is lost desire itself-- and I look for it by clearly inadequate means. At best such an account as I might write would read like the life of anyone else, with, now and again, a bizarre and interruptive incident, largely mysterious and completely demystified-- at least that's what it has become without the day-to-day, moment-to-moment web of wanting that you have unstrung from about my universe. Without it, all falls apart. In a single gesture you've turned me into the most ordinary of human creatures and at once left me an obsessive, pleasureless eccentric, trapped in a set of habits which no longer have reason because they no longer lead to reward. And if I had enough self-confidence, in the midst of this bland continual chaos into which you've shunted me, for hate, I should hate you. But I don't have it.”
Source: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
“You’ve broken me…bewitched me…I know nothing except that I am miserable. All I can think of are your lips; the smell of your hair. How you felt in my arms; the way you made me feel so alive.”
Source: The Road of Bones
“You've brought out your best butter." [you're laying on the flattery thickly]”
Source: The Seven Dials Mystery
“You've brushed your teeth," He says, staring at me.
"I used your toothbrush."
His lips quirk up in a half smile. "Oh Anastasia Steele, what am I going to do with you?”
Source: Fifty Shades of Grey
“You’ve built it up so much in your head that you’re afraid the reality won’t measure up, so you keep everyone at arm’s length.”
Source: To Sir, With Love
“You've captivated my soul and breathe life into me when I've spent what feels like a hundred years and more feeling empty.”
Source: Hemlock
“You’ve changed me for the better, and even if you left me, I would still have that.” He paused. “Not that you should leave me,” he added hastily”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“You've changed my mind,' she said shyly. I noted her curious choice of words but refused to let her say any more. Additional conversation would only confuse the matter. If I could change her mind without knowing it, I could just as easily change it back again by accident.”
Source: Mr. Commitment
“You’ve climbed too many mountains and crossed too many rivers to stop and turn back now.”
Source: Mile 9: The true story of a lifelong couch potato who one day made a decision that changed everything
“You've created a monster, Katelyn." He backed her into the wall and kissed her lips.
"Now that I've had you, I want to experience it again and again. I want to feel you cum on my dick. The way your tight, little pussy pulses around me will keep me awake at night.”
Source: Willfully Wanton
“You've delivered your message. I have no big of doggerel to send back- my own fault for having a seneschal who cannot double as my Court Poet- but I will be sure to crumple up some paper and drop it into the water when I do.”
Source: The Wicked King
“You've discovered a wellspring, simply allow it to flow and it will fill your world. Don't try to keep a safe distance so as to see what happens. Don't wait to be certain before you take a step. What you give, you will receive, although it might sometimes come from the place you least expect. (p229)”
Source: The Witch of Portobello
“You've done a lot of work on the revolution, obviously. And you tend to focus on women's rights and free speech. What other issues are you drawn to?
Eladl: All the issues that concern Egyptian citizen. I deal a lot with women's issues, gender rights, but I think I focus a lot of my work on Egyptian citizens and, because I think any reform should start with the Egyptian citizen, trying to get them to participate in this process.
The purpose of editorial cartooning is to awaken people. Some media outlets, whether in the United States or Egypt, distort the facts. And normally the media is controlled either by government, by investors, by the people who have the money. So cartoons, they should look into issues and make it clear whether it is black or white, or whether there is a grey area. People can look and distinguish between sincere and honest cartoonists and from other kinds that are not. Even an historian can be under pressure and to fake the writing of history. But cartoonists, we have the freedom to say what we want.
(2011 interview with Cartoon Movement)”
“You've done her a service to teach her that romantic love is largely made of illusion." [said Mina.]
"Is it?" Alessandra asked, unable to suppress a worried sigh.
Mina looked at her as if she knew exactly what Alessandra was thinking. "I said 'romantic love,' my dear--not true love."
"But how can one know," asked Alessandra, "one from the other?"
"True love," said Mina, "is something that reveals itself only with the passage of time.”
Source: A Golden Web
“You’ve done so well, Marcus,” I told him. “If you find Azrael, please thank him for me. And give Kate my love.”
Source: Shadows in the Silence
“You’ve done something wrong and you know you’ve done something wrong. Sometimes we’re caught, sometimes we’re not. Justice comes in the strangest of forms. It will float to the surface sooner or later and wash up on your doorstep.”
Source: Billy's Experiment: An Old Castle Novel
“you've drawn every line there could be while we wait for a circle”
Source: Blood Orange
“You've driven one of these before."
"Yeah." One of these, nice way to put it. Oh, you've held a tennis racket before, oh, you've worn shoes before, oh, you've used a toothbrush before. Bug Eyes is a weisenheimer but he was right. The lady is white. That surprised condescension in the voice is an unmistakable characteristic of the Caucasian, a special characteristic of the female Caucasian. The funny thing is they don't even know they do it.”
Source: The Narrows
“You've endured the suffering that makes mystics; that fills them with gems of transcendent wisdom.”
Source: Motherthing
“You’ve enlarged your original mission parameters. That’s what happens in war.”
Source: When the children come