Y Quotes
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“You, Beloved, who are all the gardens I have ever gazed at, longing. An open window in a country house - , and you almost stepped out, pensive, to meet me. Streets that I chanced upon, - you had just walked down them and vanished. And sometimes, in a shop, the mirrors were still dizzy with your presence and, startled, gave back my too-sudden image. Who knows? Perhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, separate, in the evening.”
“You, boy, who owe everything to a name”
“You, darkness, of whom I am born- I love you more than the flame that limits the world to the circle it illumines and excludes the rest.”
Source: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
“You, faulty men! Not only got lost on the way of charlatains, but contravened against the divine nature. Weren't settled for the wealthy, clear air, you bewitched it with smoke and burnt smell, you weren't settled for the best spring water, you filled up yourself with several kinds of hard drinks, the sun shined for you in vain, you didn't behold it...”
“You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!”
“You, God, who live next door - If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking - this is why: I hear you breathe so seldom. I know you're all alone in that room. If you should be thirsty, there's no one to get you a glass of water. I wait listening, always. Just give me a sign! I'm right here... Sen komşu tanrı, Uzun geceler bazen, Kapına vura vura uyandırıyorsam seni Solumanı seyrek duyduğumdandır... Bilirim, yalnızsın odanda. Sana birşey gerekse kimse yok, Bir yudum su versin aradığında. Hep dinlerim, yeter ki bir ses edin, Öyle yakınım sana.”
“You, have this whole tall, dark stranger thing going on. Not to mention the tortured artist bit. And you, have that whole blonde cool and collected perfect smart thing going on. You're the boy all the girls want to rebel with. You, are the unattainable girl in homeroom who never gives a guy the time of day.”
“You, ignorant of the way of Love, set Me free.”
Source: The Pocket Rumi
“You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own.”
Source: Jane Eyre
“You, just as you are, and your life here, right now, are all there is and all you need to know. You don't have to do anything special. Mostly, you have to be open to meeting face to face, and even dancing with, the truth that pertains to your life right now. You have to find a way to collect your fractured pieces, examine them, and the accept them as part of who you are. Spiritual practice is about transformation, but it's also, and more importantly, about working with what is.”
“You, mad to expect repentance,Tear your robe all you want;I will never repent!”
“You, me, & your papa are 3 of the tiny percentage of souls on this miserable earth who've figured out that playing ball is the highest purpose God ever invented the human male body for.”
Source: The Brothers K
“You, me, this city, this country, we will always have a choice.When you stand up to be counted, tell the world, THIS IS MY VOICE. There are many like it, but this one is mine.”
“You, me...we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours....And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.”
“You, methinks you think you love me well;
For me, I love you somewhat; rest: and Love
Should have some rest and pleasure in himself,
Not ever be too curious for a boon,
Too prurient for a proof against the grain
Of him ye say ye love: but Fame with men,
Being but ampler means to serve mankind,
Should have small rest or pleasure in herself,
But work as vassal to the larger love,
That dwarfs the petty love of one to one.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)
“You, mother, are not responsible to set the whole world right; you are responsible only to make one pure, sacred, and divine household.”
Source: The Outlook
“You, Ms. Lane, are a menace to others! A walking, talking catastrophe in pink!”
Source: Darkfever: Fever Series
“You, my Brown Guard, will regard it as a matter of course that this German people should go only by the way which Providence ordained for it when it gave to Germans the common language. So we go forward with the profoundest faith in God into the future. Would that which we have achieved have been possible if Providence had not helped us?”
Source: The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939: An English Translation of Representative Passages Arranged Under Subjects and Edited by Norman H. Baynes
“You, my friend, alone are equal to a hundred of such friends. Happy Birthday to you.”
“You, my lord, are the ending of all true stories.”
Source: Keturah and Lord Death
“You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked are destroyed; fruitful olives, vines of Engaddi, fig-trees knowing no sterility; burning lamps to be ever held in the hand.”
Source: Philobiblon: A Treatise on the Love of Books
“You, O money, are the cause of a restless life! Because of you we journey toward a premature death; you provide cruel nourishment for the evils of men; the seed of our cares sprouts from your head.”
“You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an instant And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of"”
“You, of all people, deserve a happy ending.”
Source: Gabriel's Inferno
“You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
“You, of course, are a rose-- But were always a rose.”
Source: The poetry of Robert Frost
“You, oh mature ones, keep company solely with other mature ones, and your maturity is so mature that it can only chum up with maturity!”
“You, quote, find your voice, unquote, when you are able to invent this one character who resembles you, obviously, and probably is more like you than anyone else on earth, but is not the equivalent to you.”
“You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. -Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento”
“You, sir, are a ray of sunshine. -Percy Jackson”
“You, sir, are a romantic, and I'm afraid the condition is incurable. -Eponymous Clent”
“You, sir, are the most phantom-like of all; you are a mere dream”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“You, sleeping on your bed of nails. Weeping an ocean beyond the pale. Strange, sorrow is your greatest skill. You're suffering from overkill... Choose whether to laugh or to cry. Menace and promise mingle in your eye. Wait, it's only a matter of time. You know everything will be fine... Rain falls down and the seas run high. When you're by my side we can rise above it. Let me dry all the tears inside. On your way you cannot hide from the howling wind and the roaring tide. You might get hurt but your fears will subside when you at last escape from the tears inside.”
“You, stupid one, who believe in laws which punish murder by murder...”
Source: The Intimate Journal of George Sand
“You, that are going to be married, think things can never be done too fast: but we that are old, and know what we are about, must elope methodically, madam.”
“You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be what you were, - diligent, modest, active, simple in his tastes, fertile in resources. You have put him under quite a different master. Poverty educated you; wealth will educate him. You cannot suppose the result will be the same.”
Source: Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose
“You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.”
“You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.”
Source: Democracy by the Ways of Democracy: Speeches of President Corazon C. Aquino, Official Visit to the United States of America September 15-24, 1986
“You, the real you, which is creating your body and judging every day - that is the Infinite Universe itself.”
“You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins.”
“You, the sons of the pioneers, if you are true to your ancestry, must make your lives as worthy as they made theirs. They sought for true success, and therefore they did not seek ease. They knew that success comes only to those who lead the life of endeavor”
Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses
“You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries.”
Source: The Melting Pot
“You, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh.”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!”
“You, too, can be carved anew by the details of your devotion.”
Source: Long Life: Essays and Other Writings
“You, too, will someday die, perhaps under inconvenient circumstances, at a time when you do not particularly wish to, and for causes that you cannot yet predict.”
“You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.”
“You, what are you? The brat of lucky parents who were related to a childless king. There is no such thing as royal blood. I believe we are what we make ourselves, and as such, you, Crown Princess, are nothing.”
Source: The Goose Girl
“You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth.”
Source: Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval
“You, who can't do anything, think you can bring off something like that? How can you even dare to think about it? If you were capable of it, you certainly wouldn't be in need of it.”