Y Quotes
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“You're not by any chance my stepmother are you?" Min said to her mother's reflection. "Because that would explain so much.”
Source: Bet Me
“You're not celibate, then?" I breathe.
Amusement lights up his eyes.
"No, Anastasia, I'm not celibate.”
Source: Fifty Shades of Grey
“You're not completely alone, you have me! Even if the entire world turns its back on you, you'll still be the strongest as long as you have me!”
“You're not content in your position as a factory owner and a rich heiress, you don't believe in your right to it, and now you can't sleep, which, of course, is certainly better than if you were content, slept soundly, and thought everything was fine. Your insomnia is respectable; in any event, it's a good sign. In fact, for our parents such a conversation as we're having now would have been unthinkable; they didn't talk at night, they slept soundly, but we, our generation, sleep badly, are anguished, talk a lot, and keep trying to decide if we're right or not.
- A Medical Case”
Source: Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
“You're not crazy." She was serious, no hint of a smile.
He cocked a brow. "And how do you know that?"
"I cut hair for a living." Her dark eyes glinted with playfulness, easing some of his jacked-up nerve. "I see crazy all the time. You're not it.”
Source: Light of the Spirit
“You’re not crazy — you’re just carrying purpose that don’t fit in average pockets!”
“You're not crazy. You're not evil. But you can't stop.”
Source: Shadow of the Giant
“You’re not damned, Ezra. In my eyes, you couldn’t be more beautiful.”
Source: Damned and Beautiful
“You’re not dead, but you’re not alive either. You’re a wintergirl, Lia-Lia,”
Source: Wintergirls
“You're not dead.
I'm not dead.
Why? How?
Dying wasn't on my list.”
Source: White Horse
“You’re not dead, Lyssy,” Lisar says quietly. “Out of all the people I’ve met in the world, you’re the person that’s most alive.”
Source: Court of Vampires
“You're not defeated when you lose a battle.
You are defeated when you give up the struggle”
“You’re not defective, Ewan,’ she continued. ‘You’re not broken. You’re not the wrong kind of person. And don’t let anyone in this world tell you otherwise. You and your friends are exactly who they’re meant to be.”
Source: Underdogs
“You're not defined by your past experiences. You're prepared by them.”
“You’re not discontent for wanting to be in a relationship, you’re just human.”
Source: Dating: I Think We've Missed The Point
“You're not doing this by yourself. Hell to the mother fucking no.”
Source: Wait for You
“You’re not doing this for smiles, Swann, he told himself. You don’t want his smiles. But still he found he was grinning helplessly back”
Source: Wanted, A Gentleman
“You’re not done growing. I see you sometimes thinking about shit, and I think you want more than to settle with life. You want to do more, but you’re stuck. That’s not age. That’s a choice. Your life was stale because you settled.”
Source: Sunday Morning
“You're not done with L.A. until L.A. is done with you.”
Source: Nobody Move
“You’re not dumpy,” Kita said. “You’re just not aware of the supermodel within you.”
Source: The Sugar Baby Club
“You're not dying today, Freckles," he said with a grunt. When they were on the ledge, he thumbed the dip in her waist. "If he won't save you, I will.”
Source: Honey in Her Veins
“You're not especially strong, or fast, or bright. Don't think you are. But you'll have the stubborness to wear down anyone stronger, or faster, or brighter than yourself.”
Source: Assassin's Apprentice
“You're not Fallen are you?"
"From everything I've heard, that would just make me more sexy to you Daughters of Men. What is it that you all see in bad boys?”
Source: World After
“You're not fooling anyone by taking your clothes off when you go to bed.”
Source: Trout Fishing in America
“You’re not forging a new world—you’re stepping into the ‘you’ already living it.”
Source: 9 Analogies of Consciousness
“You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love 'til it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other until it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood -- blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.”
“You're not gay, are you?
What?!
I mean you've never had a boyfriend. And you're not exactly...girly.
I'm not gay. I'm just unpopular.”
Source: A Match Made in High School
“You're not getting any younger or prettier standing there. And I'm cold.”
Source: My Heart Be Damned
“You're not getting old, you're getting better...Seniors Rock!”
“you're not getting this all wrong; being human is really hard, and things hurt so much because you're made of stuff that's so much better than this place. so it's ok to barely even know how to be human sometimes… just take it from one breath to the next”
“you're not getting this all wrong;
being human is really hard, and things hurt
so much because you're made of stuff that's so
much better than this place. so it's ok to barely
even know how to be human sometimes…
just take it from one breath to the next.
you’re just a soft spirit
in a hard world.”
“You're not giving up on this, are you?" His voice was a raspy murmur, so low she had to inch closer to be sure she wouldn't miss another precious word out of his mouth. Precious, because of the story, she insisted. Everything happening right now-breathing, thinking, speaking, being-felt fraught.
And exciting.
This emotion racing through her veins was the most alive she'd felt in years.”
Source: Good Guy
“You're not going to answer, are you?" Jaenelle asked after a minute of teeth-grinding silence.
"No."
"Don't you know the answer?"
"Whether I know the answer or not is beside the point. It's not something a man discusses with a young girl."
"But you know the answer."
Daemon growled.”
Source: Daughter of the Blood
“You're not going to believe where we went," I announced triumphantly.
I wanted to tell him about the Milky Way and stardust and how the moon had large craters on it that could be filled with water and how gravity-assist worked and how wormholes near Earth could send you to different parts of the universe in less than a second and how—
"Oh, my lovely darling," Dad began, smiling and ushering us into the kitchen, "once the hot chocolate is ready, you can tell me all about it—and I'll believe it all. I'll believe everything.”
Source: Olivia & the Gentleman from Outer Space
“You're not going to end it with me are you, Harry? Not this time?'
'No, I'm not' he replied without hesitation. 'Not this time'.
Emma nodded slowly. 'I thought not'. Then she looked past him, avoiding his eye until she said 'then I must. I'm sorry Harry but I can't be your mistress. I could do it in France when everyday could have been our last. but not back here. Not in London. You understand that don't you?'
and it was absolutely no consolation to Harry Walsh that he did.”
“You’re not going to fight me, Captain. This is the right call. You know it.”
She marched me off the bridge and into the brilliant white passageway. “You think I’m just going to trust you’ll let me go?” I asked, getting a painful nudge in the back.
“You don’t have a choice.” She was right about that. “Relax. I got your back, Cale.”
“You’ve got a pistol in my back is what you’ve got.”
“Just like old times.”
Trust her? Well, shit.”
Source: Girl From Above: Trust
“You're not going to get weird on me, are you?"
"How exactly would I get weird on you?"
"I don't know, but the way you just said weird felt a little weird to me.”
Source: Hall of Small Mammals: Stories
“You’re not going to handle me?” I call after him, shock raising my brows.
“Not tonight!” he tosses over his shoulder.
I scoff. “What are you waiting for?”
“It’s no fun if you expect it,” he answers, striding into the darkness. “Now, get back to bed before your wingleader realizes you’re out after curfew.”
“What?” I gawk after him. “You’re my wingleader!”
Source: Fourth Wing
“You're not going to kill me, skin me, and wear my head as a hat?”
Source: Beast Behaving Badly
“You're not going to like the asking price.'
Rhys held out both hands to winnow us back to Velaris. 'If he wants the fancy dinner plates, he can have them.”
Source: A Court of Wings and Ruin
“You're not going to live in victory if you hold on to baggage from yesterday. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life.”
“You're not going to make it. Best accept it now and not take up more of my time.”
Source: Fourth Wing
“You're not going to see any former suitors in Forest Crest, are you?"
An impish twinkle appeared in her eyes. "No, Mr. Morgan, I was never courted by any of the village lads."
"Why not? What in God's name is the matter with all of them?"
"I was never receptive to their advances," Victoria said, settling herself more comfortably on his lap. "I was absorbed in taking care of Father, and reading books, and..." Tenderly she laid her head on his shoulder. "I suppose I was waiting for you," she said, and felt his arms tighten until he nearly crushed her.”
Source: Someone to watch over me
“You’re not going to sleep with that fucking vampire!”…
“I’ll sleep with an entire coven if I want!” She wasn’t whispering now. “You don’t tell me what to do.”…
“I’ll kill any male who touches you.” His voice was a low growl as he leaned down to get right in her face.”
Source: Dark Protector
“You’re not going to start screaming sonnets outside my bedroom window, are you?”
He winked. “I just might.”
Source: Flirting with Chaos
“You're not going to want to see him. Not tonight, Sorrengail.' Garrick warns with a grimace. 'Self-preservation is a thing. Notice we're not with him, and we're his best friends.'
'Yeah, well, I'm his...' I open my mouth and shut it a few times because... fuck if I know what I am to him. But the longing that holds my heart hostage, this driving need to be at his side because I know he's suffering, no matter if it means throwing myself headfirst into uncertainty... I can't deny what he is to me. I kick off the leather slippers of my dress uniform- they're more of a hazard than anything, and in this wind? Well, we'll see how it goes. 'I'm just... his.”
Source: Fourth Wing
“You're not good for me when you're not mine.”
“You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived.”
Source: Lover Mine
“you’re not having relationship that teach you how to get better at relationships, you have ‘relationships’, that last maybe half a night and usually end in a blurry haze and leave a permanent bad feeling in the gut. How To Have Regrets.”
Source: Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
“You're not here to be perfect or to set a good example or to please anyone. You were born to love & enjoy your ordinary, peculiar, inconsistent, good-enough self.”
Source: Notes From Your Therapist