Y Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Y. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“You’re not a bad person, you’re just a little bit different and I’m a sucker for that.”
“You’re not a creature in body.
You exist as the stars exist,
participating in their stillness, their immensity.”
“You’re not a detour. You’re the road.”
Some love stories don’t rush. They build.”
Source: Bound to Love: Sometimes the right love arrives at the wrong time.
“You’re not a diamond at all, princess.”
Vienna stared in horror. There was no diamond inside.
“You’re a pearl.”
“Oh my god!”
“Isn’t that right,” the warlock whispered, knowing that he had won, “my love?”
–Vienna by E. L. Schoeman”
Source: Vienna
“You’re not a doctor. Remember that.
No, but I play one on the internet.”
Source: I Kill Me: Tales of A Jilted Hypochondriac
“You're not a dork, you're adorkable.”
Source: Monstrous Beauty
“You’re not a fraud. You’re a beginner, that’s all.”
Source: The Flipside: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower
“You’re not a Greek tragedy. You're a biography. Don’t wait for page 200 to start enjoying your story.”
Source: Shit Adults Never Taught Us
“You’re not a guest. You’re a leech that has somehow attached himself to my person, and I will not stand for it.”
Source: How to Be a Movie Star
“You're not a killer," I whisper one last time. Then I drop to the ground, twisting as I roll to light up his form with my flashlight.
Inside Vaughn's cabin, Aolani pulls the trigger.
A single crack. Brent crumples where he stands.
"But now I am," I finish.”
Source: Still See You Everywhere
“You’re not a machine; you’re more like a garden. Some days, you need a little extra sunshine, and other days, you need a bit less water. You have seasons of growth and rest—it’s not a design flaw; it’s wisdom in embracing change. So, what does your garden need today? Maybe some tender care, a sprinkle of self-love, or a dash of adventure. Whatever it is, nurture yourself like the beautiful, ever-evolving garden you are, and watch yourself bloom in all your vibrant splendor.”
“You're not a monster. You've been led down the wrong path.”
“You're not a normal priest, are you?'
He gave her a smile that hit her like a slap to the face and a kiss on the mouth all at once.
'My God, I hope not.”
Source: The Saint
“You’re not a quiet person.
But somehow your silence is even louder than you. I’m tired of talking to it.”
Source: I Want To Know You When You’re Forty
“You’re not a realist unless you believe in miracles.”
“You're not a receptionist!" Violet cried.
"I certainly am," Shirley said. "I'm a poor receptionist who lives all by herself, and who wants very much to raise children of her own. Three children, in fact: a smartypants little girl, a hypnotized little boy, and a buck-toothed baby.”
Source: The Miserable Mill
“You’re not a smiling lady,' he explained simply. 'Everyone smiles. Overused and elementary, if you ask me! The world has enough pretty, smiling girls. You’re better than that. Deeper than that. Standing and smiling vacuously at thin air all the time! Girls like that are hopeless, useless, and false. You’re a thinking lady, I say. Zealous and thinking and true. And a decent man prefers a true lady over a false one any day.”
“You're not a tree. So move; make something happen.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“You’re not a very pleasant damsel in distress,” Park remarked.
“And you’re a shitty Lassie. Timmy never had to wait this long when he fell down a well.”
Source: The Wolf at the Door
“You’re not a woman!” I say, “I don’t know what I
am if I’m not a woman.”
Source: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR): Survival, Revolt, and Queer Antagonist Struggle
“You're not actually wise?" Bennett asked, with a shake of his head. He grinned at them. "Damn, I've been bamboozled."
"Let's put it this way," Ellie said. "We pay attention and we love everyone who hangs out around here. You put those together and you notice a lot. When you notice a lot, you can come off as pretty insightful.”
Source: Crazy Rich Cajuns
“You’re not addicted to a drink or a drug; you’re addicted to the chemical cocktail your brain serves up when you feed your addiction.”
“You’re not allowed to get pregnant until you’re at least thirty. I’m not ready to be an uncle.”
“Oh my God. Life isn’t always about you!” They stand there bickering as if I’m not bent in half on the marble floor, gasping for air.
“I’m not having kids with you,” I wheeze at Summer. “I don’t want to be part of your insane family.”
“Oh hush, sweetie. It’s too late. I’ve become attached.”
Source: The Chase
“You're not allowed to have legs and not use them.
Dance.”
Source: Heart Of The Wolf
“You're not allowed to raise boys who reject all things feminine, then get upset when they become men who hate women.”
“You’re not allowed to touch yourself. If you want to come, you’re going to have to find another way to do that. I’m not going to help you.” I tip his chin up with my gun, and I smile at him, enjoying the power switch.
Let him feel helpless for once.”
Source: Bloody Fingers & Red Lipstick
“You're not alone."
Ellie snorted through her tears. "I'm never alone.”
Source: Shadow Touched
“You’re not alone, Hud. Because Allah is always with you even when no one else is. The only thing you must have in Him is faith. The question is, ‘Do you trust Him?’ Place your hand on your heart and ask yourself, ‘do you?”
Source: Kala Runtuh Seluruhnya
“You're not alone, there is more to this I know. You can make it out, you will live to tell.”
“You're not alone, unless you choose to be." As she left my room, she said over her shoulder, "It's time to stop running.”
Source: Scandalous
“You're not alone, unless you choose to be."
...
"It's time to stop running.”
Source: Scandalous
“You’re not an artist, you’re not a scientist, you’re not an intellectual. All that’s left to you is politics.”
Source: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
“You’re not any other girl—you’re different. When I look into your eyes,
I forget my name half of the time.”
Source: On My Knees
“You’re not as sexy as I think you are.” She squinted. Wait. That hadn’t come out right.”
Source: Storm's Heart
“You're not asleep, and you're not dead. I'm here, and I love you. I have always loved you, and I will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind, every second that I was away. When I told you I didn't want you, it was the very blackest kind of blasphemy.”
Source: New Moon
“You’re not awful, you’re alive. And honestly? I’m done with all this man-woman good-bad moral math. It’s all made up. Half the world sins in silence, the other half, like me, sins in style.”
Source: Us, Women
“You’re not beautiful,” he said. “Your profile said beautiful. You kind of overreached on that one.”
Source: Greta Smart Figures It Out
“You're not behaving the way I expected. I've done all the crying and screaming, and you've been so quiet."
"I'm sure I'll cry eventually. Right now, though, I only feel rather ill and gray."
"Should I be quiet too?" Pandora had asked.
Cassandra had shaken her head. "No, not at all. It feels as if you're crying and screaming for me when I can't."
Pandora had pressed her cheek against Cassandra's arm. "That's what sisters do.”
Source: Chasing Cassandra
“You’re not behind—you’re just living your own story. Stop chasing someone else’s timeline and start trusting your own pace.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“You’re not being mean—you’re being mature.
Holding people accountable isn’t rejection—it’s protection.
You’re not building walls. You’re building wisdom.
God is teaching you to stop renting space to unreliability.
If they can’t honor your presence,
They don’t deserve your permanence.”
“You're not being very nice, but at least you're talking. That's progress.”
Source: From Blood and Ash
“You're not born a racist until you're told you're one.”
Source: The Azanian
“You're not born to be ordinary, you're born to be above all.”
“You’re not broken. But you’re trying to sprint a marathon with a nervous system that’s whispering, ‘Please—not one more step.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“You’re not broken, Dot.” He stuck the cigarette in his mouth, patting my thigh offhandedly. “A little cut, sure. All diamonds are.”
Source: Truly Madly Deeply
“You’re not broken here. You’re becoming.”
Source: 9 Analogies of Consciousness
“You're not broken.' I touch the angel between the wings on his back for emphasis. 'You're putting your life back together. Building isn't breaking, Chase.”
Source: I Stand Before You
“You’re not broken. You’re just a little lost, that’s all. Okay?”
Source: All the Little Things
“You’re not broken. You’re not defective. You’re just... human. And human means messy. Human means noisy. Human means sometimes having internal conflict that plays out like a bad sitcom with no commercial breaks.”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Healing Your Simpsons Syndrome: Unhook from Your Inner Chaos Characters with CBT, ACT, and a Little Humor
“You’re not broken—your nervous system is just out of sync.”
Source: Vagus Nerve Reset: Overcome Anxiety and Heal Yourself Naturally: A Practical Guide for Quick Stress Relief and a 28-Day Path to Inner Balance