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“You're brave and smart and kind and I'd be a fool not to trust you.”
Source: Wanderers
“You’re brave.” Lorna said. “I’m not,” I assured her, trying not to bristle. I hate being called brave. It’s almost as bad as inspiring.”
Source: Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens
“You’re brave. You’re good. Why would you hesitate to explore yourself? Your dark nooks and crannies? With someone who is fascinated by the whole of you? You aren’t a bad woman, merely a human one, which entails a certain amount of”—he cocked his head—“‘awfulness,’ as you call it.”
Source: Untie My Heart
“You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. - Christopher Robin”
Source: Disney's Pooh's Grand Adventure The Search for Christopher Robin
“You’re breaking my heart.”
At the sound of Rider’s voice, I wheeled around, clutching my bag to my side. First thing I noticed was the faded Ravens emblem stretched over his broad chest, and then I forced my eyes up. The slight scruff along his jaw was gone. Nothing but smooth skin today.
No notebook. Hands shoved into the pockets of his jeans, a familiar, crooked grin pulled at Rider’s lips, causing the dimple in his right cheek to pop. He stepped forward, and my heart did a backflip as he dipped his chin. I felt his warm breath on the side of my cheek as he spoke.
“You didn’t respond to my text last night,” he said, and there was a light, teasing tone I didn’t remember from before. “I thought maybe you didn’t realize it was me, but that would mean someone else would be texting you good-night and calling you Mouse. I’m not sure how I feel about that.”
Source: The Problem with Forever
“You’re breaking the fucking law, Cole… there is no right way to do this.”
Source: Intaglio: The Snake and the Coins
“You're brothers?' The Illyrians looked similar, but only in the way that people who had come from the same place did.
Rhysand clarified, 'Brothers in the sense that all bastards are brothers of a sort.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“You're called to become a father who can welcome his children home without asking them any questions and without wanting anything from them in return. Most people around you don’t need you to be a good friend or even a kind brother. We need you to be a father who can claim for himself the authority of true compassion. The idea of being like the old man who had nothing to lose because he had lost all, and only to give, overwhelmed me with fear. I still feel the desire to remain the son and never to grow old.”
Source: The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
“You're calling me shallow? So you know so much about this, huh? Which restaurants have you worked in?" He held his hands out. "Where are your scars?"
I stiffened. I shouldn't have to pour out any of my pain for him to take me seriously. "I don't have to have worked in a restaurant to know what makes cooking really good," I snapped.
He folded his arms like a sulky fourteen-year-old. "Then educate me."
That clearly wasn't an invitation, but screw it. I stood up and planted my hands on the table. "Caring. I don't mean for the details. I mean caring for the person who's going to eat it. Giving them a little piece of what you love the most." I jabbed my finger at my plate. "All of these dishes, they're just about showing off."
He rubbed his forearm hard, his face stony. "But I won Fire on High. I'm kind of a big deal, in case you didn't know. I think it's OK for me to show off."
I held up a finger. "You won one competition," I said slowly, contempt sneaking into my voice. "This year. Can you name the person who won two years ago? Three? Unless you take this seriously, your book will gather dust in a remainder pile somewhere, a historical record of a leprechaun in a stupid bandanna who was famous for a hot second."
The stone in his expression crumbled away. Bright green eyes flashed, hands clenched. His mouth opened and closed, and finally he hissed, "Who the fuck are you to tell me that? You're nobody. You can't even get your own name on a book. Who gives a shit what you think?"
My voice shot high with anger. "I'm the woman who has to clean up your mess, you entitled, arrogant brat."
It was quiet. Not the silence of people eating delicious food. It was post-atomic-bomb explosion quiet.”
Source: The Slowest Burn
“You’re calling out the wolf, darlin’.”
Source: Fated Desire
“You’re candy to her. Something sweet, but nonessential.”
Source: Becoming Forever
“You're capable of making your own decisions.”
Source: When Roses are Crushed
“You’re carrying on as if I am being chased by hordes of men, when that is obviously not the case. At Stony Cross Park, men went out of their way to avoid my company— and you were one of them!”
The charge, though true, seemed to startle Sebastian. His face became taut, and he stared at her in stony silence. “You hardly made it easy for anyone to approach you,” he said after a moment. “A man’s vanity is more fragile than you might think. It’s easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference. You could have exerted yourself a bit, you know. One brief meeting between the two of us… one smile from you… was all the encouragement I would have needed to jump on you like a grouse on laurel.”
Source: Devil in Winter
“You're causing the world to spin again, Keirah," Wharick teased about her druid gift with nature. "You out of control? Do you need something to settle you down? he asked.”
Source: Magnificence
“You’re certain that rakshasi fruit is out of your system?” asked Vikram.
“Yes?”
“Good.” He took a deep breath. “Because, once more, I told you so.”
“You do realize that I don’t need the enhancements of demon fruit to knock you to the ground?”
“I do. But I concede that some bodily harm from you is inevitable. I’m just trying to minimize the damage.”
“How very wise,” I said, rolling my eyes.”
Source: A Crown of Wishes
“You're certainly not dressed like you're running a business."
Eyes blazing, she glared. "What's wrong with how I'm dressed?"
"An apron and a pink tracksuit with Juicy written across the ass are hardly serious business attire and they certainly don't scream swipe right on desi Tinder."
Sam didn't know if there was such a thing as Tinder for people of South Asian descent living abroad, but if it did exist, he and Layla would definitely not have been a match.
Layla gave a growl of frustration. "You may be surprised to hear that I don't live my life seeking male approval. I'm just getting over a breakup so I'm a little bit fragile. Last night, I went out with Daisy and drank too much, smoked something I thought was a cigarette, danced on a speaker, and fell onto some loser named Jimbo, whose girlfriend just happened to be an MMA fighter and didn't like to see me sprawled on top of her man. We had a minor physical altercation and I was kicked out of the bar. Then I got dumped on the street by my Uber driver because I threw up in his cab. So today, I just couldn't manage office wear. It's called self-care, and we all need it sometimes. Danny certainly wouldn't mind."
"Who's Danny?" The question came out before he could stop it.
"Someone who appreciates all I've got going here-" she ran a hand around her generous curves- "and isn't hung up on trivial things like clothes." She tugged off the apron and dropped it on the reception desk.
"I'm not hung up on clothes, either," Sam teased. "When I'm with a woman I prefer to have no clothes at all."
Her nose wrinkled. "You're disgusting."
"Go home, sweetheart." Sam waved a dismissive hand. "Put your feet up. Watch some rom-coms. Eat a few tubs of ice cream. Have a good cry. Some of us have real work to do.”
Source: The Marriage Game
“You're changing your name? I didn't think you'd want to."
"Are you kidding?" Maggie's asked, laughing. "Why would I want to be a Burlington when I could be a Michaelson? Also, when I change my name, our initials will be MMM CUM. I can't think of anything more us." ...
"Jazz is going to have a field day with that," Cal snorted.”
Source: Legally Binding
“You’re chasing one thing because you’re running away from something else. Even if you get what you want you’ll look back and regret this. Find out what you’re running away from and deal with that. Then maybe you can start enjoying the journey instead of fighting it out.”
Source: His Boy
“You're choosing madness as a method, and it takes courage to do that, no question; extreme positions impress people generally these days; but if this method does not lead to its goal, I'm afraid that in the end, all you'll be left with is the madness.”
Source: The Pledge
“You're civilians now. Take back the honor the country borrowed from you, and reclaim it for yourselves. You owe it to your families and friends whom you have returned to.”
Source: To My Sunflower
“You’re colder than a Winter wind, Drifter. That’s why you’ll go far.”
Source: Lawman's Trail
“You’re coming back to me,” Lana affirmed with a steadiness that didn’t reflect in those eyes, the shade of sunlit meadows.”
Source: Forged Futures
“You're coming home again. what does that mean?
Can there be anyone here who still needs you, who would still want to count you as his friend?
You're home, you've bought sweet wine to drink with supper, and staring out the window bit by bit
You come to see that you're the one who's guilty:
the only one. that's fine. thank god for that.
or maybe one should say, "thanks for small favors"
It's fine that there is no one else to blame,
It's fine that you are free of all connections,
It's fine that in this world there is no one who feels obliged to love you to distraction.
It's fine that no one ever took your arm and saw you to the door on a dark evening,
It's fine to walk, alone, in this vast world
toward home from the tumultuous railroad station
It's fine to catch yourself, while rushing home,
mouthing a phrase that's something less than candid;
You're suddenly aware that your own soul is very slow to take in what has happened.”
Source: Selected Poems, 1968-1996
“You're coming to France with me?"
He shakes his head, turning to face the horizon. "I'm going to see the world. But I'll always make the trip for a dance with you."
I lift a brow. "Will you, now?"
He puffs out his chest. "Hey, you're never going to find a better pas de deux partner than me. Besides, what we have together is magic. Literally."
I smile. "I suppose you're right, angel."
He smirks, taking me in his embrace and dipping me over shimmering water. As the sun glimmers against the waves, we share one last kiss before the starlit sea.”
Source: Dance of the Starlit Sea
“You’re coming with me.”
“Like hell I am!”
“It’s not safe out here for a young inexperienced girl like you. You’ll come back to my cabin. You’ll stay with me.”
I violently shake my head from side to side as I cross my arms in defiance. “No, I won’t.”
“This isn’t a request.” His tone comes out rougher and is oozing with dominance. “You’ll come with me or I’ll tie you up and carry you over my shoulder.”
“Then I guess you better get the rope, Tarzan, because I’m not going anywhere.”
We stare at each other for a long tense moment and then he steps forward with a determined look on his face.”
Source: Mountain Man Taken
“You're confident he'll have found him, then?"
"Well, no. I didn't sat that."
"If there's one thing I hate," Volyova said, looking coldly at the other Triumvir, "it's mindless optimism.”
Source: Revelation Space
“You're confusing weather with climate. When it's cold in the winter, that's weather. When it's cold in Alaska, that's climate.”
Source: Bad Choices Make Good Stories - Finding Happiness in Los Angeles
“You're cooking", said Elizabeth, and each word came out of her mouth as if it was ashamed of being in the room with the others, "bunny soup.”
Source: Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of Less Valued Knights
“You're covered in blood too," Cristina murmured to Emma, shrugging off her own jacket. She slung it around Emma's shoulders, covering her bloody tank. She brushed her hands through Emma's hair, looking at her worriedly. "You sure you're not hurt?"
"Julian's blood," Emma whispered, and Cristina made a murmuring noise and pulled Emma into a hug. She patted Emma's back and Emma hung on to her for dear life and decided there and then that if anyone ever tried to hurt Cristina she would grind them to a pulp and make amusing sand castles out of the remains.”
Source: Lady Midnight
“You're crackers.”
“Marvelous isn't it? I find it's the only way to be.”
Source: Doctor Who: Hornets' Nest, Part 1 - The Stuff of Nightmares
“You’re crazy,” he hisses. “Too true.”
Source: Mind Games
“You're crazy, Milborn," he said, "even though I'm crazy, I love you, my son." He sent me Milborn. Telepathy's T is equal to the TDS of Sex Transmutation that is equal to T of Terabithia, where Milborn's birth occurred.”
“You're created not to conform. You're unique. Find your lane. No one is like you. Your like never has been made before, will never again...”
Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership
“You’re crying because you think
I’m going to a better place
I’m crying because I think
I’m leaving to a place
Better than the one I am going to…
Oh, the game of places…
Oh, the winds of misfortune…”
Source: أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]
“You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together."
You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?"
You would've done the same for me.”
Source: The Last Olympian
“You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together."
"You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?"
"You would've done the same for me."
It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod.
"How did you know?"
"Know what?"
I looked around to make sure we were alone. Then I leaned in close and whispered: "My Achilles spot. If you hadn't taken that knife, I would've died."
She got a faraway look in her eyes. Her breath smelled like grapes, maybe from the nectar. "I don't know, Percy. I just had this feeling you were in danger. Where... where is the spot?"
I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. But this was Annabeth. If I couldn't trust her, I couldn't trust anyone.
"The small of my back."
She lifted her hand. "Where? Here?"
She put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I moved her fingers to the one spot that grounded me to my mortal life. A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body.
"You saved me." I said. "Thanks."
She removed her hand, but I kept holding it.
"So you owe me," she said weakly. "What else is new?”
Source: The Last Olympian
“You're damaged beyond repair that even if I wanted to fix you I couldn't.”
“You're damned if you can't forgive, Jude.”
“You’re dancing on the inside, Ove, when no one’s watching.”
“You’re dating Creed?” Anna’s dad asks her, his eyes wide.
“You say that like it’s a bad thing.” Creed’s dad scowls.
“Creed’s a great guy!”
Creed looks at his dad like he walks on water.
“That’s… that’s not what I meant!” Mr. Grant sputters. “I just don’t understand how Anna made Bear gay!”
Source: Who We Are
“You’re dead,” Amyot said, bearing down upon Benedict.
Benedict flashed an exhausted grin. “I don’t think Death likes me,” he said breathlessly. “We keep running in to each other before deciding to go our separate ways.”
Source: Once: Six Historically Inspired Fairytales
“You're dead, and I'm the worst kind of alive.”
Source: History Is All You Left Me
“You're dead," Annabeth reminded him. "Sit down.”
Source: The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus Book 3)
“You're deliciously different, uniquely you, blessed with a heart of a lion and beautiful TOO!
'OWN' THAT SHIT!”
“You’re deluding yourself if you think you can know who I am or what I want from spying on me in my dreams. Therein lies a realm of fantasy, and while it’s an interesting place to visit every once in a while, we both have to live in the real world, don’t we?”
Source: Greta and the Goblin King
“You’re delusional to think that I could ever love someone as damaged as you. Hell, no one could.”
Source: Damaged
“You're desperate, and so am I,' I said. 'Desperate people make stupid decisions all the time.'"
P244”
Source: Carve the Mark
“You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.”
“You’re different, and I know that’s probably the most cliché response ever given, but it’s the truth. When I look at you, it’s as if I’m reading a novel. No matter how much time I spend studying your pages, there will always be more for me to learn, deeper layers of complexity to baffle me, and plot twists that’ll leave me speechless.”
Source: The Vestige
“You're different, that's all. And I know it feels like it's you, but it's really not. You're a special person and you deserve happiness. Just because you don't fit in with all the other millionaires' offspring doesn't make you the problem. It's another world out there and it will suit you better.”
Source: The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting