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“You know I am given to antiquarian and genealogical pursuits. An old family letter is a delight to my eyes. I can prowl in old trunks of letters by the day with undiminished zest.”
“You know I am not born to tread in the beaten track the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mary Wollstonecraft (Illustrated)
“You know I am too English to get up a vehement friendship all at once.”
Source: Shirley
“You know… I believe everything passes in the end. The bad, the good… everything. People get bored with you over time anyway… so what’s the point of talking to anyone except God? But He… He never answered me… no matter how much I prayed or begged. He was always silent… and it’s so lonely… so lonely…”
Source: Where the Dark Knelt
“You know I believe true balance lies somewhere between rage and serenity.”
“You know I blamed Craig for not letting me do things? You know how stupid I feel about that now? Maybe he didn't really encourage me to do things, but he didn't prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn't do things because I didn't want him to think different about me. But the things is, I wasn't being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't really even know me?”
“You know I can do it, Kaz, and you know I'm not going to refuse. So why ask?"
"Because I've been looking for an excuse to talk to you for two days.”
Source: Six of Crows
“You know, I can see more than just the future or the past."
"Really?" I asked, paging through the papers in the file. "Can you also see the present? Because I can do that, too. Like, right now, I see that I'm in a messy room with a total toolbox.”
Source: Spell Bound
“You know, I can see more than just the future or the past."
"Really?" I asked, paging through through the papers in the file. "Can you also see the present? Because I can do that, too. Like, right now, I sense that I'm in a messy room with a total toolbox.”
Source: Spell Bound
“You know I can't do that. Pete's probably already spent a ton of money. He's a nice guy. I can't
just bail--"
Pete's not as nice as you think," Daniel grumbled.
I laughed. "Are you jealous? Pete's just a friend--"
Daniel grabbed me by the hips. "Of course I'm jealous, Gracie. You just told me that you love me
but you are going out with another guy. But this is more important than my jealousy. If I'm
staying here, then you have to stay in. I've got enough to keep my eye on. I can't have you out
there. Not tonight.”
Source: The Dark Divine
“You know I can't stand you, right?" Jovian told her with a sag of her shoulders in defeat.
Terra snapped her fingers. "Well, you can't sit me either.”
Source: Moody: A Collection of Short Stories
“You know I can’t go out there. There’s daylight outside. (Ravyn) Well, that’s what happens when the big yellow ball comes up over the mountains. Amazing isn’t it? (Susan)”
Source: Dark Side Of The Moon
“You know I could crush you." "I know you won't." "Why, because I need to protect you?" "No," She poked him in the breastplate. "Because you gave me a pillow.”
“You know I could go for a sandwich, but uh, I'm not gonna open TWO jars! I can't be opening and closing all kinds of jars... cltaning, who KNOWS how many knives!?”
“You know I could have stayed in my comfortable chair in South Wales having the first Welsh team that got promoted and been there a number of years, but for me I wanted to work at a club that was world class and at the very, very top.”
“You know, I could live here, it is like a dream, a déjà vu. It’s like I’ve lived here before. There is a feeling in me that everything that has happened in my life, was to bring me here now, to experience this bliss”
Source: Emotional Rhapsody
“You know I could rent you out as a decoy for duck hunters?”
Source: The Essential Groucho: Writings By, For, and about Groucho Marx
“You know I'd follow you anywhere. Even if it's straight to Hell.”
Source: Crash & Burn
“You know I’d follow you anywhere. Though I fear we’ll both end up damned.”
Source: Her Dark Curiosity
“You know I didn't mean what I just said but my God woke up on the wrong side of his bed”
“You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.”
Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln
“You know I do, aye? Love you right, Chessiebomb.”
Source: City of Ghosts
“You know, I don’t think your brother dislikes you as much as you think. After all, he gave up a kingdom to stay with his family.”
Source: Inside the Tree: A Ewan Johns Adventure
“You know I don’t want to leave you, right?”
I nod, but still don’t speak. He opens and closes his mouth, runs his fingers through the length of my ponytail. “I love you, Chloe. Say the word and I’ll call Dell right now and take it all back. I’ll stay here with you any day, darlin’. I need you to know that.”
Tears swim in my eyes as I try to force out the words I know I have to say. He can’t do that for me. I’m not worth it. And it’s not fair to the other three. I choke down a sob and he pulls me into his chest. “I love you, too, but you can’t stay now. You gave your word. I thought we’d talked about your white knight tendencies.” My voice is muffled by the soft flannel of his shirt, but he understands.
“Chloe, I’d do anything for you, to hell with the rest of the world.” He says into my hair. His arms are tight around me, holding me against him like I might disappear if he lets go.”
Source: Renegade Heart
“You know I don't care about what I eat. I love food so much, I can't affect the way I eat.”
“You know I don't care if it's you know an intern or a full-time employee. I want to help them arrive at who they are or who they want to be in the world and that is one of the questions I ask them when I meet them. You know, who do they want to be.”
“You know I don't care if the world thinks I'm smart or not.”
“You know I don't have any gimmicks really. I don't have any silly things that I say; I don't know, I guess I'm just going to have a really hot dress and a nice pair of shoes and just go out there and look fabulous and try to sing my best.”
“You know I don't love any one but you. You shouldn't mind because some one else loved me.”
Source: A Farewell to Arms
“You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the world of football. The English footballer is very brave and strong and committed and there is always enough high-class players in his team to cause concern in any opponent. It is a national characteristic.”
“You know I don't think we need the Republicans to steal family values from us.”
“You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.”
Source: Girl With a Pearl Earring
“You know I enjoy modeling but at the end of the day it's a little bit mindless. I mean I was that person that would come home from a modeling job and have to clean the house because I sort of felt like, what the heck did I do today? You know I mean I'm like woo-hoo, I'm changing the world in these blue high heels and a string bikini.”
“You know I feel very fortunate that my life has turned out the way that it has - whatever that means - I mean... you know, to say that I would be glad would mean that I planned it.”
“You know, I find that enemies are often the most satisfying people to share your secrets with. If you must tell someone, tell someone who's sensitive to all your vulnerabilities, on account of trying to exploit them.”
Source: Peter Darling
“You know, I gave you the benefit of the doubt earlier when I first encountered you, the raging beast—oh I mean bitch. But now
I truly think that if greats who devoted themselves and achieved in some way at killing evil with kindness like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, well I think if any of them met you... they truly would break that seal of devotion and beat the bloody shit out of you.”
“I take that as a compliment.”
“Oh, I know you do.”
Source: Sinners & Saints
“You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see Marvin Gaye and B.B. King and so here I am on television as an actor playing the part of this really sweet wholesome all American boy. The reality was I had a much different kind of teenage life.”
“You know I grew up on the Batman movies, and they had some terrific actors in, but you know a lot of the other ones - it wasn't always the case that you had people the caliber of Jeff Bridges or Robert Downey, so to kind of show up and work with Jeremy Renner or Robert or with Mark Ruffalo, any of them, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, the caliber of people you're acting with, to me, is really fun. From the first day I started doing scenes with Robert, it's been one of the funnest experiences I've ever had.”
“You know I grew up watching the TV series The Rifleman.”
“You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all.”
“You know I hate disappointing even one person, and I really hate disappointing everyone but I love burlington coat factory”
“You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.”
“You know I hate watching myself on TV, I know a lot of actors say that, but it's true for me.”
“You know I hate, detest, and can't bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appals me. There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget.”
Source: Heart of Darkness and Other Stories
“You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none.”
“You know, I have always believed that humans do have some amount of free will. Of course, this free will is absent if your bladder is full or if you want to rush to the toilet to have a dump. But once things are normal, a certain amount of leeway does exist.”
Source: The World's Most Frustrated Man
“You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life, so I need to tell you that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication.”
“You know I have been issued a public urination pass by the city because of my condition. Unfortunately, my little brother ran out of the house with it this morning. Him and his friends are probably peeing all over the city.”
“You know I have duties──we both have duties──before which feeling must be sacrificed.”
“You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate my riches. They are a burden.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest