Y Quotes
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“You didn’t have to scare him away. I wasn’t going to marry him.”
“Good, because if you did, you’d be dead next autumn.”
Source: Once Upon a Broken Heart
“You didn’t hear the story I told,” he goes on. “A shame. It featured a handsome boy with a heart of stone and a natural aptitude for villainy. Everything you could like.”
Source: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
“You didn't hear the story I told," he goes on. "A shame. It featured a handsome boy with a heart of stone and a natural aptitude for villainy. Everything you could like."
She laughs. "You really are terrible, you know that? I don't even understand why the things you say make me smile."
He lets himself lean against her, lets himself hear the warmth in her voice. "There is one thing I did like about playing the hero. The only good bit. And that was not having to be terrified for you."
"The next time you want to make a point," Jude says, "I beg you not to make it so dramatically."
His shoulder hurts, and she may be right about the iron poisoning. He certainly feels as though his head is swimming. But he smiles up at the trees, the looping electrical lines, the streaks of clouds.
"So long as you're begging," he says.”
Source: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
“You didn't judge my past. That's when I knew I couldn't turn away from you even if I tried...”
Source: Perfectly Damaged
“You didn’t just break my heart—you broke the version of me that believed in forever.”
Source: My Husband’s Betrayal: A Gripping Emotional Novel About Infidelity, Broken Trust, Self-Worth, and Healing In Broken Marriage
“You didn't just cheat on me; you cheated on us. You didn't just break my heart; you broke our future.”
Source: Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“You didn't keep me alive, you made me live.”
Source: They Both Die at the End
“You didn't knew that "25 Songs You Love That Contain Unexpected True Meanings"... did you?”
“You didn't learn the Bible as a Fundamentalist. You learned fragments of Old Testament legalism mixed with Behaviorism & Nietzschean ethics”
“You didn't let me finish," said Julie. "It's weird... because I love you too." Tears poured down Julie's face. "I never told you this, though, since ― since I haven't felt loved in such a long time! The more that I wish it wasn't real, the more I know it is, and it terrifies me as nothing has ever done before."
Jason walked closer to Julie and grasped her hand. "I am not your father, Julie, I would never hurt you." Jason leaned in closer to Julie, so close that it seemed as if their hearts were beating as one, their lips slowly meeting in a passionate kiss. Jason wiped the tears off Julie's snow-white cheeks, which now had the faintest trace of red. As they slowly moved apart, Julie grinned despite herself.
"I just wanted you to know where I stand with us," said Jason. "But if you need time to think about... well... I'll be waiting.”
Source: Knight School: A Mystic Brats Novel
“You didn’t lose a person. You lost the version of yourself you were starting to believe in when they were around.”
Source: THE HOUSE WHISPER: A SOUL COMPANION FOR THE GENERATION THAT FEELS TOO MUCH
“You didn't lose everything."
"Neither did you.”
Source: Breaking Point
“You didn’t lose your power — you simply forgot you had it.”
“You didn’t lose your worth — you just stopped giving discounts to people who never deserved access to your heart.”
“You didn’t make me, I made myself, and I will continue to make myself forever after. What you did to me? That made you. It made you a murderer and it made you a monster. They buried the girl you killed, Morwen. I’m the spirit you couldn’t kill. You have no power over me.”
“You didn’t make me,” Jenny said gently. “I made myself, and I will continue to make myself forever after. What you did to me? That made you. It made you a murderer and it made you a monster. They buried the girl you killed, Morwen. I’m the spirit you couldn’t kill. You have no power over me.”
Source: Ghostly Echoes
“You didn't mind someone shutting out the world as long as they were happy to take you inside with them.”
Source: Don't Even Think About It
“You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left.”
Source: Mrs. Porter Calling
“You didn't need to do that," Morriumur said to me. "I came into this knowing I would be isolated."
"Yeah, well, I rarely let go of someone once I have my teeth in them," I said. "It's the warrior's way."
"What a . . . profoundly disturbing metaphor," Morriumur said, settling back down.
- Spensa & Morriumur; Starsight; Brandon Sanderson Skyward Series”
Source: Starsight
“You didn’t peak pre-corona. Your best days are still ahead.”
“You didn’t put up a protective shield?”
“The shields I found on the Internet involved human sacrifice and down payment of my firstborn, so no, I didn’t put a shield around my house.”
Source: Demons at Deadnight
“You didn't scratch an itch... You opened a vein.”
Source: Best Man's True Blue: A Forbidden MM Wedding Romance
“You didn't see that coming?”
“You didn't see us," she said to Anna...
"I was... lost in thought," Anna replied.
"What were you thinking about?"
"You," Anna said. "Isn't that strange? I was thinking of you two so hard that I didn't see you.”
Source: The Storyteller
“You didn’t slay a werewolf,” I breathed before repeating the words louder. “You did not slay a werewolf, Thaddeus.”
“Oh, but I did. I took a band of huntsman with me and we tracked one down. A smaller one, mind you, not far from the front gate—”
“You did not!” I contended more strongly. Why would one wolf have separated from the pack? Why outside our walls?
“Yes, Catherine, I did,” he insisted.
I shook my head disbelieving. “You’re not capable—”
“I am so.”
I wanted to cry. I wanted to protest, but to do so meant giving away my knowledge of the truth. Without knowing what else to do or say I changed the subject.
“The fire’s gone out.”
Thaddeus turned his head to check. “You’re right. I’ll see to it.”
Source: The Tarishe Curse
“You didn't succeed. Well, what of that? There's nothing to prove, you know, and the revolution's not a question of virtue but of effectiveness. There is no heaven. There's work to be done, that's all. And you must do what you're cut out for; all the better if it comes easy to you. The best work is not the work that takes the most sacrifice. It's the work in which you can best succeed.”
Source: No Exit and Three Other Plays
“You didn’t take from the land without giving something back.”
Source: No Operator on Board: Pushback
“You didn’t tell me because you were afraid it would damage our relationship. It’s ironic. Your lie of omission did far more damage than the truth ever could.””
Source: Catch .22
“You didn’t tell me living would be one decision after another, some easy, some difficult. You didn’t tell me living wasn’t a battle, but a war. You didn’t tell me that living was a choice, and that every day I choose to continue was another victory, another triumph.”
Source: Shadowsong
“You didn't tell me this would happen."
"You didn't ask. So how am I to blame?”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“You didn’t tell Summer about it, did you?”
“What?” Gage scoffs. “Yeah, telling your girlfriend the Angel of Death might visit her if some switch is flipped is normal pillow talk.”
Source: Burning Falls
“You didn’t think I’d let you go alone, did you?”
“No, but I’m grateful that I had you with me.”
“Grateful is all I’m going to get, isn’t it?”
“What else were you hoping for?”
“Adoration, devotion, affection, infatuation, or just plain finding me irresistible.”
“Sorry, Don Juan. You’ll have to live with my undying gratitude.”
Source: Tiger's Quest
“You didn't think I really liked you? Do you think I really like you now?"
He turned toward her, uncertainty in his face."You did go quite a lot of effort to be having this conversation, but... I don't want to read too much of what I hope into that."
Val stretched out beside him, resting her head in the crook of his arm. "What do you hope?"
He pulled her close, hands careful not to touch her wounds as they wrapped around her. "I hope that you feel for me as I do for you," he said, his voice like a sigh against her throat.
And how is that?" she asked, her lips so close to his jaw that she could taste the salt of his skin when she moved them.
You carried my heart in your hands tonight," he said. "But I have felt as if you carried it long before that."
She smiled and let her eyes drift closed. They lay there together, under the bridge, city lights burning outside the windows like a sky full of falling stars, as they slid off into sleep”
Source: Valiant
“You didn’t think you could escape us that easily, did you?” a deep menacing voice taunted in my ear. “I told you that you were the one I was looking for.”
Source: Falling Out of Focus
“You didn't think you were marrying a gentleman, did you?" he asked as his hand reached forward to caress her nipples.”
Source: Willfully Wanton
“You didn't think you were marrying a gentleman, did you?" he asked as his hand reached forward to caress her nipples.
"Of course not. What fun would that be?”
Source: Willfully Wanton
“You didn’t understand the poem, but that was because it wasn’t for you. It was for me to understand the pain you put me through.”
“You didn’t understand the world around you any longer, and that’s because you were no longer in it.”
Source: Dark Reflections
“You didn’t walk away, Judd. You made me see the light when I was suffocating in the dark.”
Source: Damaged and the Knight
“You didn’t waltz into my life like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing on air. Quite the contrary, you made a crash landing in the center of my heart, blazing guns and glory.”
Source: Vine: Book of Poetry
“You didn’t want me for my looks?” I say, pretending to be hurt.
Mara laughs, despite herself. “Not back then,” she says, “But don’t worry, I’ve become much more shallow. Now I notice them every minute of the day.”
“Thank you,” I say, tossing my hair and smoothing it back with both hands.”
Source: There Is No Devil
“You didn’t want to be a warrior?”
“Never. It takes a woman nine months to make a new human. Why waste her effort?”
Source: Nation
“You didn’t win. You didn’t win the overall battle. I did because I am making the choice to forgive you and let go of your wicked ways.”
Source: Dying on The Inside and Suffocating on The Outside
“You didn’t win. You didn’t win the overall battle. I did, because I am making the choice to forgive you and let go of your wicked ways. I am walking to the light. As I walk to the light to cleanse my soul, I want you to know that all I ever wanted you to do was to…”
Source: Dying on The Inside and Suffocating on The Outside
“You didn't accidentally get your personality, looks and gifts. You were designed on purpose to be the way you are. You have what you need to fulfill your destiny.”
“You didn't answer my question. Are you all right?" I didn't do anything" Yeah. You did." He looked at me. "You did a lot" -Chloe & Derek-”
“You didn't beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!”
“You didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.”
“You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for.”
Source: What on Earth Am I Here For?
“You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.”