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“You say you want more sleeping pills?"
"Yes."
"But the ones I gave you last week are very strong."
"They don't work any more." […]
"What seems to be the matter?" Teresa said then.
"I can't sleep. I can't read." I tried to speak in a cool, calm way, but the zombie rose up in my throat and choked me off. I turned my hands palm up. "I think," Teresa tore off a white slip from her prescription pad and wrote down a name and address, "you'd better see another doctor I know. He'll be able to help you more than I can."
I peered at the writing, but I couldn't read it.
"Doctor Gordon," Teresa said. "He's a psychiatrist.”
Source: the bell jar
“You say you want these things to happen for the family's respectability, so that the girls and I can marry well. But that's not what it is about, is it? It's all about you. You can't bear the thought of being less than the highly venerated Duchess of Marymount. God forbid one of your daughters makes a mistake, runs off with the wrong man.”
Source: Lady Be Bad
“You say you want to talk, But you don't . You stonewall me.”
“You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union.”
Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.”
“You say you're a Christian, Cause God made you, You say you're a Muslim, Cause God made you, You say you're a Hindu and the next man a Jew, Then we all kill each other, Cause God told us to? Nah!..”
“You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.”
“You say you're going to be the pope, become the pope.”
“You say you're looking for someone who'll pick you up each time you fall, to gather flowers constantly and to come each time you call, a lover your life and nothing more. But it ain't me, babe.”
Source: Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob Dylan
“You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you.”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“You say you're sick and tired of hearing about me? I've got news for you: I'M sick and tired of hearing about me.”
“You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist. I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them”
“You say you're worried about kids? I'm not worried about kids, I'm worried about grown ups... Children are not the problem here... We spend the first year of their lives teaching them how to walk and talk, and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and sit down.”
“You say you've lost your faith
But that's not where it's at
You have no faith to lose and you know it”
Source: The Lyrics: Since 1962
“You say your image is new, but it looks well tested.”
“You say your name is?"
"Redlyn Dark." I say
"Redlyn. Do you know what Redlyn means in this world?" I didn't answer. "It means," the king griped my face with one hand hard enough to hurt. "It means to different things. One, the word Red means blood. Two the whole name Redlyn means worrier." I nodded. I've heard what my name means before.
"Do you know why your name means what it means?" The king turned my face to each side over and over again. I stayed quiet. "Answer the question, Redlyn."
"Because the color red is the same as blood and Redlyn is what the legend says a child will be named and she will be a worrier." The king's grip tightened, I wanted to cry out, but I couldn't.
"You're wrong. I do not care for you're nickname, Redlyn is the name of a worrier queen who left her kingdom in order to find and kill the worlds powerful and dangers people.”
“You say your name is - was - Camille," said Leon.
"I *am* Camille. And I am human," she replied, with a hint of indignation.
"You're *not* human," snapped Lawrence. "You're a copy. A recreation. A - "
"I am Camille Ramuelle. I am a proud Hausa. I lived in Niger. I lost one parent to disease and one to militamen. I always dreamed of going to school but I had to care for my brother and sister or they would starve."
She inspected her hands.
"These are my hands, my fingers, and they are as much mine now as they once were before.”
Source: Plague World
“You say you’re sick, huh? Well, it looks like you’ve come down with a case of bullshit.”
Source: Sh*t My Dad Says
“You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?”
“You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big with terrific meaning that you cannot understand yet, but presently you will.”
Source: If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer
“You say, "Something important really happened here. I really had hold of something I was visited by the muse." And that's enough to make you continue the months and years to finish the whole book.”
“You say, "Well, I am not going to be anyone's 'yes man.' If I see something wrong in a person, I'm going to warn others about it." Fine. But beware that what you are calling "courage to speak out" is not more truly a deception masking a rebellious, dishonouring attitude.”
“You say, "Where goest Thou?" I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot go amiss: before me lies Dawn and the day: the night behind me: that Suffices me: I break the bounds: I see, And nothing more; believe and nothing less. My future is not one of my concerns.”
Source: Poems (Volume 2 of 2 ) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
“You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.”
“You say, 'On the off chance that I had somewhat more, I ought to be exceptionally fulfilled.' You commit an error. On the off chance that you are not content with what you have, you would not be fulfilled in the event that it were multiplied.”
“You say, 'The country is messed up.' That's like cursing the soil and the seed and the sunshine and the rain, which is all you've got. Don't curse all you've got. When you get your own planet, you can rearrange this whole deal. This one you've got to take like it comes.”
“You say, 'Well, I love secular music.' Let me just share something with you: I don't care. I'm not going to go there; this is what I'm going to tell you: It doesn't matter to me whether it's secular or Christian. My question is, what's being said in those words? Because if what's being said in those words contradicts the will of God, you're violating His will, and you're loving it.”
“You say, it's dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light.”
“You say, The sensed absence of God and the sensed presence amount to much the same thing, only in reverse.”
Source: Morning in the Burned House
“You say, Wait a minute, God, you spared me from a slave job in an office, and now I have a slave job onstage. I am not on that clock no more.”
“You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know how to ship."”
“You say: 'Oh, please forgive' You say: 'Oh, live and let live.' But sorry doesn't help us. Sorry will not save us. Sorry is just a word you find so easy to say (so you say it anyway). Sorry doesn't help us. Sorry won't protect us. Sorry won't undo all the good gone wrong.”
“You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom.”
Source: War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
“You sayin' you want to go?"
"Don't you?"
"Hell no!"
"Okay,I'll tell Matt and Jared that they can go to Paris without us."
The only response was stunned silence, and I finally turned to smile at him. "Do you want to reconsider?" I asked.
"The wedding's in Paris?"
"Yep."
His dark eyes were huge, and I could see so much in them. He was excited, almost giddy. I could see it bubbling up in him, but he was trying t stay calm and not get his hopes up. "Can we afford Paris?"
"No," I said, "but it doesn't matter. Cole's footing the bill."
He grabbed my shirt and pushed me back against the countertop, almost as if he was going to kiss me, but stopped short, looking into my eyes. "Are you serious?"
"Would I lie to you about something like this?"
"No."
"Do you think I'd make it up just to tease you?"
"No."
"Yes."
He backed up a step. "Yes what?"
he asked.
I could hardly keep from laughing that I'd finally managed to turn the tables on him with his own backward form of communication. "Yes, I'm absolutely serious. Cole offered to fly us all to Paris."
...
His expression was so full of hope, I thought it was a good thing I hadn't tried to say no. He put his hand against my cheek and looked into my eyes. "Tell me what you want to do."
All I had to do was tell him the truth. I brushed his hair out of his eyes and said, "I want to do whatever will make you happy."
He smiled at me, the huge, excited smile of a child who woke up from his nap to find himself in Disneyland. "I want to go to Paris."
"Okay," I said as I leaned down to kiss him. "Then you will.”
Source: Paris A to Z
“You scare me, Gage." Her eyes pleaded with him to understand. "You tore me up, ripped me apart. It took me a long time to put the pieces back together again."
His thumb grazed along her cheek in a soft caress. "I know baby, but I promise you, you have nothing to fear this time."
"How do you know that? How can you promise something like that?"
"Because I would die protecting you. I would slay dragons for you." He fisted her hair and brought his face close. "I would get on my knees and beg for you.”
Source: Engaging
“You scare me, Ryan Daley. Even more than those demons outside that scream for my death. How is it that I want what you want? I’ve spent an eternity feeling powerless. Love did that to me — robbed me of all control. I never expected to feel this way again. I don’t want to feel.’
‘Neither did I,’ Ryan rasps, ‘because feeling anything at all was dangerous. If I let myself feel, then maybe I’d have to believe what everyone was saying — that Lauren was dead. But from the moment I laid eyes on “Carmen, you kept getting under my skin. At first, all you did was irritate the hell out of me, bailing me up that way outside my house, inviting yourself along for the ride when all I wanted was to be left alone. But that irritation turned into curiosity, which turned into something else, becoming this chain of, of … feeling that brought me here. I dropped everything for you. I veered left. And I’d do it again in a second. That’s what “feeling” does. It tells you you’re alive, it gives things … I don’t know, proper meaning. You’re still trying to maintain some veneer of independence? Toughness? Do words like that even apply to you? But I see through it, Mercy. I see through you. You’re not that different from me after all, under your armour. Crumbs, Mercy, that’s all I’m after. Just crumbs. It’s not a lot to ask for.”
“You scared me for a minute there. I thought Newton was dragging your dead body off to bury it in the woods.”
“You scared of that pip-squeak? Dude, you got a lot to learn. Freakin' Newbies.”
Source: The Maze Runner Trilogy
“You scared the life out of me."
"Good thing cats have nine lives, then," she teased.”
Source: Prowled Darkness
“You scared the shit out of me last night, so forgive me if I don't want to hear fine as an answer."
I rubbed my eyes, hoping it would keep the burning tears away. The warm water of the shower had finally calmed the tears, but the thought of Noah walking away brought them back.
"What do you want to hear? That I'm exhausted? Terrified? Confused? That all I want to do is rest my head on your chest and sleep for hours, but that's not going to happen because you're leaving me?"
"Yes," he said quickly, then just as quick said, "No. Everything but the last part." He paused. "Echo, how could you think I would leave you? How can you doubt how I feel?"
"Because," I said as I felt the familiar twisting in my stomach.
"You saw me lose it. You saw me almost go insane."
The muscles in his shoulders visibly tensed.
"I watched you battle against the worst memory of your life and I watched you win. Make no mistake, Echo. I battled right beside you. You need to find some trust in me ... in us."
Noah inhaled and slowly let the air out. His stance softened and so did his voice.
"If you're scared, tell me. If you need to cry and scream, then do it. And you sure as hell don't walk away from us because you think it would be better for me. Here's the reality, Echo: I want to be by your side. If you want to go to the mall stark naked so you can show the world your scars, then let me hold your hand. If you want to see your mom, then tell me that, too. I may not always understand, but damn, baby, I'll try.”
Source: Pushing the Limits
“You scholars, you're in communication with the devil.”
Source: The Black Tulip
“You scientists are the worst photographers in the world and you need the best photographers in the world and I'm the one to do it.”
“You score goals as a kid. Then you grow up stupid and become a goalkeeper.”
“You scour these Chinatowns of the mind, translating them
like sutras Xuan Zhang fetched from India, testing ways
return might be possible against these homesick inventions,
trace the traveller's alien steps across borders, and in between
discover how transit has a way of lasting, the way these Chinatowns
grew out of not knowing whether to return or to stay, and then became home.”
Source: Clear Brightness
“You scratch a preacher a little bit, and you'll get an actor.”
“You screamed.” Will said. “Is that all you did?” “I screamed a great deal.” Tatiana sounded injured.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“You screamin' 'no homo', but that's so homo
Such a no-no, please swallow the .44”
“You screw me, I screw you back. I'm a lady like that.”
“You screw up and you want to be punished. You want to be absolved in violence.”
Source: Don't Let the Forest In
“You scroll.
You feel.
You judge.
You click.
But do you pause?
Do you see what you’re chasing?
Do you notice what’s pulling you?”
Source: The Tao of Psychedelics