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“Yes, because just what I wanted was to make a friend of a rich enclave girl so I could routinely rub my face around in all the luxuries I couldn’t have, all of which were in fact quite nice even if they didn’t measure up to the things I’d chosen in their place. And if Chloe Rasmussen turned out to be an actual decent person and a real friend, that would mean the things I didn’t have weren’t necessarily incompatible with the things I really cared about, and how exactly I was meant to put that together without being discontented all the time, I didn’t see, only I was reasonably certain that saying no and on your way now would in fact make me rude and stuck-up after all, just in a quixotic and contrary way. “Yeah, all right,”
Source: A Deadly Education
“Yes. Because they were human men. They were trying to write down the heart's truth out of the heart's driving complexity, for all the complex and troubled hearts which would beat after them.”
“Yes, being a parent was exhausting, but Molly was easy to love, at least in daylight hours. In fact, Nora often preferred it when Molly was home from school because it added a bit of challenge to what was otherwise a rather frictionless existence. No relationship stress, no work stress, no money stress.
It was a lot to be grateful for.
There were inevitably shaky moments. She felt the familiar feeling of being in a play for which she didn't know the lines.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“Yes, being a vegan is about living a healthier happier lifestyle. But it’s also about being a spiritually evolved person who is invested more in the nurturing of life than in the perversion of life. We can get all of the nutrition we need and more from the utilization of plants. Therefore people are eating animals for pleasure and not for nutritional necessity. It is uncivilized to be killing sentient beings and eating their flesh for pleasure. And it’s even more uncivilized to be rejoicing in that and normalizing it like it’s okay. There must be some super advanced aliens out there looking at earth like wtf are these humans doing.”
Source: Principles of a Permaculture Economy
“Yes, being alone hurts sometimes, but the real disgrace is choosing to stay with a cheater. That hurt never ends, that stain never fades, and no amount of damage control or fake love can wash away that betrayal.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Yes, being happy depends on oneself, but it implies sacrifices: leaving pride behind, knowing how to forgive, ignoring offenses and always returning the good, for any bad action received. It is simply sacrificing oneself, for oneself and always being grateful.”
“Yes, being human is a staggering act of near-impossible bravery.
But you were born to be the hero of your own story.
And true heroes do not try to do it alone.
Lean all the way in.
I promise,
I’ll catch you if you fall.
Or you’ll catch me.
Either way - there are arms at the ready,
Strong enough to hold us all.”
“Yes!" Belen raises his fist in a victory gesture. "We shall save the world from Invierne with slings!”
Source: The Girl of Fire and Thorns
“Yes, blood for blood, his bitter loan came due. He paid with death.”
Source: Electra
“Yes, boys are a little like shoes. Why? Well...They can be useful. But mainly...They are nice to look at. Getting the right one can be a lovely accessory to an outfit. There are times when you couldn't do without them. And there are times when you'd rather do without them. Get the wrong ones and they can hurt. There are many types and often the ones that look the nicest are completely unpractical.”
Source: A Girl's Guide to Guys: Meeting Them, Managing Them and All That Love Stuff
“Yes, Bright Blade, for light not shared is light that is diminished.”
Source: Spice Road
“Yes Broh,
she's online,
but not for you!
Haaaaa”
Source: Prescription: Treating India's Soul
“Yes, but everybody else gets more than us.”
“Yes, but I am not human and to expect me to live by your rules or values is unrealistic. For my kind, I am quite altruistic.” Tyler Jones/Dhavenbahtek to Thulu and La Fi.”
Source: Relics
“Yes. But I let you leave again, last year after you were crowned. And all those nights I brought you to Wonderland in your dreams, even though it pained me for you to abandon our dreamscapes and return to the mortal realm, I let you go each morning to live your reality there. It may not seem much when compared to your mortal’s gallantry. But for me—self-seeking, arrogant prig that I am—that is the sincerest form of sacrifice. Letting you go. Do you not see that?”
Source: Ensnared
“Yes, but I say that Nature is our enemy, that we must always fight against Nature, for she is continually bringing us back to an animal state. You may be sure that God has not put anything on this earth that is clean, pretty, elegant or accessory to our ideal; the human brain has done it.”
Source: The collected novels and stories of Guy de Maupassant Volume 1
“Yes, but if I were to look down there what would I see?"
"Don't think about it like that," Greta said. "That's not the only thing that makes you Lili.”
Source: The Danish Girl
“Yes, but just because it’s smooth on the surface doesn’t mean no restlessness underneath.”
Source: Long Lost Love: Diary of a Rambling Romeo: Outclassing the Men: Fearless females take the lead on this Epic Voyage
“Yes, but nomes aren’t hard to make,” said Dorcas. “You just need other nomes.” “You’re weird.”
Source: Diggers
“Yes, but none of them can steal my ship.
None of them are smart enough to know that it was the right thing to do at the time.”
Source: Resident Mad Scientist
“Yes, but open revolution is another matter. It is one moment in the people’s life, and it is the price we have to pay for all our progress. No doubt fearful things will happen; they must in every revolution. But they will be isolated facts–exceptional features of an exceptional moment.”
“Yes, but perhaps he did have something to do with it.” (In such arguments Stenham often found himself unexpectedly extolling the bourgeois virtues.) “If he was good himself, and worked hard—”
“Never!” cried Amar, his eyes blazing. “You’re a Nazarene, a Christian. That’s why you talk that way. If you were a Moslem and said such things, you’d be killed or struck blind here, this minute. Christians have good hearts, but they don’t know anything. They think they can change what has been written. They’re afraid to die because they don’t understand what death is for. And if you’re afraid to die, then you don’t know what life is for. How can you live?”
Source: The Spider's House
“Yes, but them people liked it, Jim. Did you see their faces? They had to know them was lies, but they wanted to believe. What do you make of that?”
“Folks be funny lak dat. Dey takes the lies dey want and throws away the truths dat scares ’em.”
Source: James
“Yes, but there's not time to read nowadays. A fellow has to keep scratching round to make money or he's nobody," cut in Charlie, trying to look worldly wise.
"This love of money is the curse of America, and for the sake of it men will sell honor and honesty, till we don't know whom to trust. Only a genius like Agassiz dares to say, 'I cannot waste my time getting rich,'" said Mrs. Jessie sadly.”
Source: Eight Cousins
“Yes – But – Well, it is yours to choose. I do not force anyone. Is it a hard choice?”
“No-o.” Judith shook her head. “Except that I do not know which to choose.”
Source: Strange Evil
“Yes," Buttercup replied. There was a very long pause. "But I must never love again."
She never did.”
Source: The Princess Bride
“Yes by talking to each other. Not texting, put that phone down, you. You
can learn a lot from other people discussing ideas, experiences, theories, etc. Even if you are socially awkward like myself.”
Source: Health & Not Screwing It Up
“Yes.' Cam paused. 'The Rom would say you were a man who grieved too much. You trapped your
beloved’s soul in the in-between.'
'Either that, or I went mad.'
'Love is a form of madness, isn't it?' Cam asked prosaically.”
Source: Married by Morning
“Yes, cannibals. People are just cannibals unless they leave each other alone.”
Source: The Golden Notebook
“Yes, capital is the oxygen in the life of a startup. But then again, acquiring capital is not the purpose of your startup—just as breathing oxygen is not the purpose of human life. It’s almost comical how we chase investors, running around as if we’re in a game of musical chairs.”
Source: Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain
“Yes, certainly, her emerging rage was in part a by-product of physiological processes, but how could you not be pissed after having a baby?”
Source: Nightbitch
“Yes, change is good, but not when it is forced.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Yes," Charlie was saying now, "I get up nice and early before the sun and do the little things that need doin' around the house. And then what d'ye think I do, Father? You'd never guess. Not in a million years you wouldn't. I'll tell you what I do: I go out in the yard and have a grand look at all the birds. Ain't birds lovely, Father?"
This was the softer side of Charlie: rarely visible, like the other side of the moon. I said, "Are you a bird watcher, then, Mr. Carmody? That's something I wouldn't have guessed."
"Ah well, I ain't a loony about it, Father. I don't go crawlin' around on my belly through the wet grass lookin' for the golden-headed hoohoo. That's nut stuff. But the fact of the matter is that nothin' makes me feel better than comin' down and findin' the whole place littered with birds, all kinds, singin' and chirpin' away all around me. I tell you, Father, there's days I might be St. Francis himself!"
I said, "Aha." It was a pale acknowledgment, unworthy of such an announcement, but the truth is that I had nothing better to offer. Thirty years as a priest and still unable to make the appropriate small talk with the living duplicates of the sanctified! Who, by the way, are more numerous than you might imagine. With Charlie, however, it seemed safe enough to stick to the birds, and so I said, "I suppose they come around because you're good to them; you probably put out a little seed for them every once in a while."
There was a pause.
"Ah well," he said slowly. "I don't exactly do that now, Father. No no. I'm a great man for the birds, none greater, but the way I do is this: they can damn well feed themselves. And they do! I'm here to tell you they do. On my grass seed." The old voice had suddenly become louder; there was a new note, unmistakably grim. "Grass seed is sellin' for two dollars the pound," he said, "and every robin on the place is gettin' big as a hen. Oh, I tell you, Father, a man has to look sharp or they'll eat him out of house and home. What I do, sometimes, is I sit around waitin' for them with a few little stones in my pocket." A dusty reminiscent chuckle come over the telephone. "I pegged one at this big black devil of a starlin' the other day," St. Francis said gleefully, "and damn near took his head off. Well, well, we mustn't complain, Father. That's the way life goes.”
Source: The Edge of Sadness
“Yes, Chevalier, you are young, your speeches illustrate it; you are wanting in experience; the day will come, and I await it, when you will be seasoned; then, my dear, you will no longer speak so well of mankind, for you will have made its acquaintance. ‘Twas men's ingratitude dried out my heart, their perfidy which destroyed in me those baleful virtues for which, perhaps, like you, I was also born.”
Source: Philosophy in the Boudoir
“Yes, content is king but excellence is his queen. ~ Onyi Anyado.”
“Yes, contractions can be intense,' Noura continues. 'But your bodies are designed to handle it. And what you must remember is, it's a positive pain. I'm sure you'll both agree?' She looks over at Mum and Janice.
POSITIVE?' Janice looks up, horrified. 'Ooh, no, dear. Mine was agony. 24 hours in the cruel summer heat. I wouldn't wish it on any of you poor girls.'
But there are natural methods you can use,' Noura puts in quickly. 'I'm sure you found that rocking and changing position helped with the contractions.
I wouldn't have said so,' Mum says kindly.
Or a warm bath?' Noura suggets, smile tightening.
A bath? Dear, when you're gripped by agony and wanting to die, a bath doesn't really help!'
As I glance around the room I can see that all the girls' faces have frozen. Most of the mens' too.”
Source: Shopaholic & Baby
“Yes, contrast teaches us a great many things and there is purpose for it. Yet it is time to transcend your everyday dramas that are but drops in an ocean. Cease focusing on your droplets of water and look around you. Everything you say and touch and do sets into motion ripples that either heal and create or curse and destroy. Let me repeat: Everything.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“Yes, CRM is all about Customer Relationship Management...but it is also about Prospect Relationships as well.”
Source: Time For Dervin - Living Large In Geiggityville
“Yes, Dad collared me before I was even born. Nevertheless, he made me the one in authority of the collar and myself.”
Source: Colorado State of Mind
“Yes, Dad—
I liked that call we had yesterday.
It carried me hundreds of miles away
to a creek bed in Tennessee.
To those days when we
knew just what to do
with the fragile things.
Those days
when your pick
was steady.”
Source: But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings
“Yes, Daman. Evil was released in Green Valleys,” she replied.”
“Yes, dear Father. But has it ever occurred to you that by controlling [your feelings] you destroy them? How many times can we say sorry before we don't feel sorry anymore?”
Source: A Most Wanted Man
“Yes, dear, I said beer,'" remarked Robert a little irritably," and in any case, I insist that you dismiss your present cook. You only took her because she was a Christian Scientist, and you have left that little sheepfold now. You used to talk about false claims, I remember. Well, her claim to be a cook is the falsest I've ever heard of.”
Source: Queen Lucia
“Yes, dear wife, you did indeed sleep with the King of Hell.”
Source: Hades And Persephone: Curse Of The Golden Arrow
“Yes, dearest Vita: I do miss you; I think of you: I have a million things, not so much to say, as to sink into you.”
“Yes, Death brings us again to our friends. They are waiting for us, and we shall not long delay. They have gone before us, and are like the angels in heaven. They stand near the borders of the grave to welcome us, with the countenance of affection, which they wore on earth; yet more lovely, more radiant, more spiritual! O, he spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels!”
Source: Hyperion
“Yes, death is far less dire to contemplate
Than a forced marriage to an unloved mate”
Source: The School for Husbands
“Yes, despite everything, I astonish myself by daring to hope. Marian gives me that hope. There is so much good to be found in England, for we are all her people, no matter our rank or fortune or lineage. Surely it is our choices that define us, no matter which side our sires fought on at Hastings field.”
Source: Saplings of Sherwood
“Yes, despite his shortcomings she envied young Roger with his thick, clumping boots, his cropped hair and his Etons; envied his school and his masculine companions of whom he would speak grandly as: 'all the other fellows!'; envied his right to climb trees and play cricket and football—his right to be perfectly natural; above all she envied his splendid conviction that being a boy constituted a privilege in life; she could well understand that conviction, but this only increased her envy.”
Source: The Well Of Loneliness
“Yes, discipline – the Jedi master of productivity and the ninja warrior of success. It's like having your own personal coach cheering you on from the sidelines, whispering, "You got this!" So, while others are still in dreamland, you're already conquering the day with the finesse of a well-trained samurai. Embrace discipline like a seasoned pro, and watch as it transforms your goals. Remember, with discipline by your side, there's no challenge too daunting and no dream too big to conquer!”