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“You can’t live your life thinking death is going to come all the time. You have to live life and if it comes, then we can only hope we were able to do all the things we wanted. He has to want to do something. Everyone does.”
“You can't live your life walking on eggshells so you won't offend other peoples' sensibilities, or in this case, insensibilities. Don't pretend your hapiness isn't important. It is. And at the end of the day, that's all you got.”
Source: Don't Let Me Go
“You can't lock yourself up and make yourself completely safe. You can't. It's not possible.”
“You can't look back. Nothing you can do to change it. Only forward.”
Source: There's No Place Like Home
“You can't look dignified when you're having fun.”
Source: Solo Command
“You can’t look up to the heavens in prayers or meditation without standing firm on the ground of reality. It is called being grounded,
a reality of our beautiful human condition.
Dismissing it is not a choice you can afford,
none of us can.”
Source: Insights of A Rebel Mind: Embracing The Power Within
“You can’t Lose Faith
But you can Confuse it
By not Using it”
Source: 7 Levels of Faith
“You can't lose sleep over should-of's and could-of's.”
Source: The Spirit of Pessimism
“You can't lose someone who was never there in the first place.”
Source: Trouble
“You can’t lose what’s real”
“You can’t love a symbol and hate what it represents.”
Source: Children of the Stars
“You can't love anyone until you have drawn blood and dipped in your fingers and enjoyed it.”
Source: The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
“You can't love me.'
'Don't be bossy. I can do what the hell I like.”
Source: My Lady Notorious
“You can't love someone with only tears. There's got to be laughter too.”
“You can't love someone without imaginative sympathy, without beginning to see the world from another point of view. You can't be a good lover, a good artist or a good politician without this capacity (you can get away with it, but that's not what I mean). Show me the tyrants who have been great lovers.”
Source: A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
“You can’t love someone you don’t know. You can only love how they make you feel. But it doesn’t mean you can’t instantly recognize someone you’ve known and loved before… someone your soul has known and loved before. And might love again…”
Source: A Chorus of Voices: DUET stories Volume III - Adult Version
“You can't magic yourself out of the situation, you've got to live it as decently and as grimly as you can.”
Source: The Message To The Planet
“You can’t make a difference if you are not trained in the principles of God”
“You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do and fuck everyone else who doesn't like it. Life isn't perfect.”
“You can’t make a good shot when you’re not looking at the target.”
Source: sciVive
“You can’t make a high jump without high spirits!”
“You can’t make a small world for yourself, because what are you going to do when that small world implodes?”
Source: From My Suffering: 25 Ways to Break the Chains of Anxiety, Depression & Stress
“You can't make a worm understand the language of a bear.”
“You can't make anyone do anything, but you can knock on doors until the right one opens.”
Source: Total Blueprint for World Domination - Illustrated
“You can't make anything better," he says, heavily. "The world is what it is. Unless you destroy it and start all over again, there's no changing it.”
Source: The Fifth Season
“You can't make footprints in the sand of time if you're sitting on your butt, and who wants to make buttprints in the sand of time?”
“You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that. And if he wants to leave then let him leave. You are terrifying and strange and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.”
“You can’t make it through life numbing, Karolina. At least, not a vampiric life. When you numb, you block out the positive experiences too, and it’s feeling the good which makes surviving the bad worthwhile.”
Source: Dark Eyes: White Lies
“You can't make me be nice.
You can't make me be good.
You can't make me believe.
But your example, your kindness, your patience and love will affect me perhaps enough that eventually I may choose to do those things.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“You can't make me do anything. I'm an adult. And I'm much stronger than you."
"Upper body strength isn't everything; I have wiles."
"Not really."
"Yes, I do. I'm a woman. Women have wiles."
"Some women. It's not like every woman is born wily."
"If I don't have wiles, she said, "how come I can get you to do most anything I want?"
"You don't get me to do anything. I just do things. Because I love you."
"Oh."
"Christ, Georgie, don't sound so disappointed.”
Source: Landline
“You can't make me do nothing but die!”
Source: Native Son
“You can’t make men out of shadows because shadows hold darkness. You create from light to bring truth.”
“You can't make people love you, just as you can't make them stop hating you.”
“You can’t make silly people stay away from you; all you can do is staying away from them.”
“You can't make someone a Soul Mate...either they are or they're not."-Serena Jade author of Charismatic Connection: The Authentic Soul Mate Experience”
Source: Charismatic Connection: The Authentic Soul Mate Experience
“You can't make someone be patient any more than you can make someone have an orgasm. You create a great context, and then allow it to happen.”
Source: Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
“You can't make someone understand a message they are nor ready to receive.”
“You can’t make someone your everything because when they are gone you have nothing left.”
Source: JACK McAFGHAN: Reflections on Life with my Master
“You can’t “make” someone your soul mate. You can try but it will always be very hard work. Human relationships are hard even when they are easy, so it’s important to be in one with a soul mate. She felt she could learn to love Shane; that she might grow to love him over time. She always felt she could make her mind up and then accomplish anything, but the heart and the mind have different agendas. If she was going to try to make this relationship work, it had to come from her heart, not from ‘making up her mind’. You don’t have to “try” to be anything when you are with your soul mate because they are looking for who you are, not for who you are trying to be.”
Source: Jack McAfghan: Return from Rainbow Bridge: A Dog's Afterlife Story of Loss, Love and Renewal
“You can't make something true just because you really want it to be.”
Source: Life is not Complicated, You Are
“You can't make the good old days come back just by painting pictures of them.
That kind of stuff is dead now and I think it's about time.”
“You can't make the right decision, but you can always make the dicision right.”
“You can't make the world perfect, Daniel," Michelle said calmly while dusting dirt off her jeans with her delicate hand.
"No. I can't," I agreed. "But I can sure help make it better.”
Source: November Snow
“You can't make them like you, but you can force them to respect you.”
“You can't make your own path with your eyes closed. (pg 388).”
Source: Letters to the Lost
“You can’t make yourself love someone you don’t.”
“And you can’t love someone if you don’t let them in. You have the potential for great love. I always felt that capacity within you. Don’t deprive yourself of the opportunity to experience something so beautiful with someone just because you’re holding onto a relationship that will never be.”
Source: Love's Remains
“You can't manifest success through self-importance.”
“You can't manifest your ideal partner with the old pattern of your thought, emotion, decision and action rather you have to change the pattern that must be relevant to your relationship goals as per the law of attraction.”
Source: Attracting A Specific Person: How to Use the Law of Attraction to Manifest a Specific Person, Get Back Your Ex and Manifest a Vibrant Relationship.
“You can’t marry her,” Araminta insisted.
Benedict turned to his mother. “Is there any reason I need to consult Lady Penwood about this?”
“None that I can think of,” Lady Bridgerton replied.
“She is nothing but a whore,” Araminta hissed. “Her mother was a whore, and blood runs— urp!”
Benedict had her by the throat before anyone was even aware that he had moved. “Don’t,” he warned, “make me hit you.”
The magistrate tapped Benedict on the shoulder. “You really ought to let her go.”
“Might I muzzle her?”
The magistrate looked torn, but eventually he shook his head.”
Source: An Offer From a Gentleman
“You can't miss me, because I was never there.”