Y Quotes
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“You soon get tired of what's extraordinary, dragon rider. It's often the most ordinary things that bring great happiness.”
Source: The Griffin's Feather
“You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly it is, and how good it tastes.”
Source: Prince of Thorns
“You soon realize that the peak you've climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb...And the more you climb, the more you want to climb - even though you're dead tired.”
“You soothe my soul. You fill it with so tender a sentiment that it is sweet to live during the time that I see you.”
“You sort of can't talk about the post production unless you talk about what comes first.”
“You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens.”
Source: Light, Gesture, and Color
“You sort of have to become what you're wearing.”
“You sort of have to separate what are questions you can ask that are going to help make you smarter about your thesis versus... trying to get somebody to validate it for you.”
“You sort of perform your personality, I guess, to everyone on some level.”
“You soul is only satisfy with your soul-spirit, soul mate.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“You sound as if happiness and pleasure were not the same.”
Source: Two Months and Three Days
“You sound as if you don't mind what happens to it," said Tessa. "Won't you miss it here? This place has been your home." His fingers stroked her wrist lightly, making her shiver. "You are home for me now.”
“You sound desperate, little wingless one. Did you think I'd abandoned you?”
Source: The Bond That Burns
“You sound jealous.'
'If you think I'm jealous because someone else got to stab you, then you're right.'
'Prove it.'
She heard the slump of his dagger as it fell at her feet. It was the jeweled one he carried everywhere. So many of the gems were missing, but the knife's hilt still glittered in the torchlight, pulsing blue and purple, the colour of blood before it was spilled.
'What am I supposed to do with this?'
'You might want to use it, Little Fox.' The corner of his mouth twitched as he slowly slid his pale hands through the bars of the gate and broke the lock in half. It could have been a twig, a piece of paper, or her.”
Source: Once Upon a Broken Heart
“You sound like a college freshman taking his first philosophy class way too seriously, but that's good.”
Source: Eve & Adam
“You sound like a Renaissance man,” I said.
“I am,” Derek said. “I don’t care about how I’m supposed to act because I’m a guy. I do what I do because it’s the right thing to do as a human, not by gender.”
- Saving You Saving Me by Kailin Gow”
Source: Saving You, Saving Me
“You sound like anger but it's fear I smell.”
Source: The Familiar
“You sound like my grandmother, back in my village in Turkey... The Honorable Harvest is her way, too. In her house, we learned that everything we put in our mouths, everything that allows us to live, is the gift of another life... My grandma wouldn't let us forget that these are all gifts, which is why you take care of everything, to show respect for that life..." The student told me that, when she came to the United States, the greatest culture shock she experienced was not language or food or technology, but waste.”
Source: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“You sound like my nephew. Always thinking you need to do things on your own without anyone's support. There is nothing wrong with letting people who love you help you.”
“You sound like those men with white hair and shriveled skin, who think they talking wise when they just talking old.”
Source: Black Leopard, Red Wolf
“You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering.”
Source: Death Leaves a Shadow
“You sound like you're offering more than what you really are. Almost like a sugar baby or something. But we can punch this up and really package you as someone they're going to want to support. It's not about your gratitude or how nice you are or how many favors you have to offer. It's about selling yourself as someone who'll make them look good for supporting you. That's how you talk to donors. There's a whole language to it, but in the end, they just want a little prestige with their charity.”
Source: We Weren't Looking to Be Found
“You sound more like them every day," Andrew said. Neil guessed he meant their more optimistic teammates.
"You're going to have to come up with something of your own to hold onto. I'm safe, Kevin doesn't need your protection anymore, Nicky's going back to Erik eventually, and Aaron's got Katelyn. What are you going to live for if you're not playing sheepdog for us?"
"Aaron doesn't have Katelyn."
"Denial doesn't suit you. We talked about this."
"You talked," Andrew said. "I didn't listen."
"Choose us," Neil said. It was enough to shut Andrew up—maybe only for a second, but Neil would take any opening he could get. "Kevin's going to retake his spot on Court before he graduates. He thinks I can make the cut with enough practice and time. Come with us. Let's all play in the Olympics together one day. We'd be unstoppable."
"That's your obsession, not mine."
"Borrow it until you have something of your own.”
Source: The King's Men
“You sound pretty righteous for a stockbroker. It’s highly hypocritical to speak about how money should be moving around from person to person when your kind on Wall Street get filthy rich by moving money around for the sole purpose of tricking other people out of their hard earned dollars. And at the end of the day, after all this money has been moved around and all the shouted ‘buys’ and ‘sells,’ your kind creates nothing useful in the world, no tangible items or valued services benefiting the world.” Then she brought up a hand and tapped a finger a few times on the text written on her shirt—KARMA PATROL. “Watch out,” she cautioned while doing the tapping.”
Source: The Beasts of Success
“You sound so miserable.”
“All novelists are.”
“You sound so reasonable for a man who's been jilted. Can't you sound a bit angry? You just lost the best sex of your life. Punch a wall or something!”
Source: Pickpocket Countess
“You sound way too human sometimes.”
Source: Ben Archer and the Star Rider
“You sound worked up. Really worked up. No, that's not it. You sound agitated...flustered...aroused." I could feel her eyes widen. "He kissed you, didn't he?" No answer. "He did! I knew it! I've seen the way he looks at you. I knew this was coming. I saw it from a mile away." I didn't want to think about it. "What was it like?" Vee pressed. "A peach kiss? A plum kiss? Or an al-fal-fa kiss?" "What?" "Was it a peck, did mouths part, or was there tongue? Never mind. You don't have to answer that. Patch isn't the kind of guy to deal with preliminaries. There was tongue involved. Guaranteed.”
“You sounded like Dolly parton on helium." (After kristy lee cook of season 7 on american idol,sang her country rendition of the Beatles'"Eight Days A Week.)”
“You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.”
“You spanked me,” she told him.
“I did.” He lifted her shoulders high enough to push a wedge pillow under the pad. “And I enjoyed it very much. You have a very spankable ass, no?”
Source: To Command and Collar
“You sparkle even in the dark.”
Source: The Hero
“You speak
As one who fed on poetry.”
“You speak an infinite deal of nothing.”
“You speak as if a war were raging." "To the remains of the human race, one is.”
“You speak as if I actually have a soul. As if mine wasn’t ripped from me by lies and betrayal.”
Source: The One You Want
“You speak as if we have forever
It makes me nervous
Because my heart has a habit of believing the words and promises of men
Especially the kind ones...”
Source: This Mess We Live In
“You speak baby gibberish?' asked Jack. 'Fluently. The adult-education center ran a course, and I have a lot of time on my hands.' 'So what did he say?' 'I don't know.' 'I thought you said you spoke gibberish?' 'I do. But your baby doesn't. I think he's speaking either pre-toddler nonsense, a form of infact burble or an obscure dialect of gobbledygook. In any event, I can't understand a word he's saying.' 'Oh.”
“You speak bad of me, I score goals.”
“You speak evil of that which is fair beyond the reach of your thought, and only little wit can excuse you”
“You speak horse?" Hazel asked. "Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mean a Neptune thing." "Then you and Arion should get along fine," Hazel said. "He's a son of Neptune too." Percy turned pale. "Excuse me?”
“You speak in ignorant disdain of the foremost nation of the world," Yongxing said, growing angry himself, "like all your country-men, who show no respect for that which is superior, and insult our customs."
"For which I might consider myself as owing you some apology, sir, if you yourself had not so often insulted myself and my own country, or shown respect for any customs other than your own," Laurence said.”
Source: Throne of Jade
“You speak in night, not because it’s night, but because it’s dark enough in theory that no one will see you.”
“You speak like a green girl / unsifted in such perilous circumstances.”
“You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already begun. . . .”
Source: The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: In Two Volumes
“You speak of black excellence, yet you're at the forefront of canceling black people and their businesses. Instead of helping, supporting, advising, or constructively correcting those who are trying, you choose to bash, mock, and ridicule them. You gatekeep opportunities and resources, and you're often the first to celebrate the downfall of a fellow Black person. You harbor resentment toward successful Black individuals, constantly hoping for their failure. The downfall of the Black community is rooted in envy and jealousy, fueled by those who believe they alone deserve success and a good life, while others do not.”
“You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.”
“You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world? First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.”
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“You speak of giving up my dreams. Have you ever, since Maeve's coven split, had a dream? Have you ever had anything worth dying for?”
Source: The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows
“You speak of it as if the future were a living thing.”
“Sometimes it feels that way. I’ve become … disturbed by it. It’s this kingdom, Solentine. This city. It messes with my mind. It has changed me, and there’s no going back.”
“Perhaps it simply showed you who you truly were.”
Source: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me