Being True Quotes - Page 25

• For dear me, why abandon a belief Merely because it ceases to be true

  Robert Frost

  Truth, Belief, Abandon

  Robert Frost (1914). “A Boy's Will and North of Boston”, p.48, Courier Corporation

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• I could try to pretend that I didn't care anymore, but it could never be true again. You can't just make yourself matter, and then die, Alaska, because now, I am irretrievably different, and I'm sorry I let you go, yes, but you made the choice.

  John Green

  Sorry, Alaska, Choices

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.128, Penguin

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• That's for calling your father a fool. It may be true, but it's disrespectful. Brian Fraser to teenage Jamie

  Diana Gabaldon

  Teenage, Father, Calling

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• [D]on’t cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go. . . . Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of others as well. (90)

  Stephen Levine

  Self, Suffering Of Others, Let It Go

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• There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are suffering they are closer to God, but I have met very few who could keep their heart open to their suffering enough for that to be true. (124)

  Stephen Levine

  Believe, Heart, Suffering

  Stephen Levine (2009). “A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last”, p.143, Harmony

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• At some point in your life, this statement will be true: tomorrow you will lose everything forever.

  Charles Yu

  Forever, Tomorrow, Statements

  Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Enhanced Edition): A Novel”, p.206, Knopf

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• I know this simple fact to be true, for I myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, and I myself have been abandoned by those whom I begged to stay.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Simple, People, Want

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.366, A&C Black

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• What does it mean to be true to the faith? That word true implies commitment, integrity, endurance, and courage.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Integrity, Mean, Commitment

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• Your first family is your blood family and you always be true to that. That means something. But there's another family and that's the kind you go out and find. Maybe even by accident sometimes. And they're as much blood as your first family. Maybe more so, because they don't have to look out for you and they don't have to love you. They choose to.

  Dennis Lehane

  Love You, Mean, Blood

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• What’s the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don’t change what’s on the inside,were it really counts ?

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Don't Change, Ifs

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• And always I have this feeling--which may not be true at all--that I am being used as a messenger.

  Jane Goodall

  Feelings, May, Messengers

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• I have almost no capacity for worship. What I have is the knowledge that it is my duty to worship and worship only what I believe to be true.” May 19, 1962

  Flannery O'Connor

  Believe, May, Worship

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• What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obvious, even against me, I must support.

  Albert Camus

  Believe, Support, Obvious

  Albert Camus (1955). “The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays”

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• There was always a slug on the lettuce. This was too good to be true. He had never trusted Jester, and didn't trust David. He wasn't going to let his gaurd down just yet. Being carful had kept him alive this far. There was no reason to stop being careful now.

  Charlie Higson

  Slugs, Alive, Too Good To Be True

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• Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.

  Nora Roberts

  Being Yourself, Heart, Just Being You

  Nora Roberts (2016). “Nora Roberts The Stanislaskis Series Books 4-6: Convincing Alex\Waiting for Nick\Considering Kate”, p.289, Harlequin

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• I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.

  Jim Butcher

  Wise, Heart, Mean

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.1685, Penguin

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• A man finds himself, to his great astonishment, suddenly existing, after thousands and thousands of years of non-existence: he lives for a little while; and then, again, comes an equally long period when he must exist no more. The heart rebels against this, and feels that it cannot be true.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Heart, Men, Years

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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• All right." He straightened up and seemed to be true to his promise to let it go. "I will be a man about this." That lasted until he saw the scratches on the hood from the mountain lion and the front fender, Where Abigail had dragged it off the driveway. Wailing, he went to it and sank to his knees. He sprawled over the hood and laid his head on the damaged fender. "I'm so sorry, Bets. I should of hidden the keys. Booted your tires. Something. I had know idea anyone would hurt you so, baby. I swear I'll never let anyone hurt you again. Ayyy, how could they do this to you? How? Oh the humanity!

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Baby, Hurt, Sorry

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Retribution”, p.260, Macmillan

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• I promise to love and cherish you, to honor and sustain you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth,in the bad that may darken our days, in the good that may light our way. Tirzah, beloved, I promise to be true to you in all things until I die. And even beyond that, God willing

  Francine Rivers

  Light, Honor, Promise

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• When you told me the first time that Valentine was your father, I didn't believe it. Not just because I didn't want it to be true, but because you weren't anything like him. I've never thought you're anything like him. But you are. You are.

  Cassandra Clare

  Father, Believe, Valentine

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.998, Simon and Schuster

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• sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.

  Julia Quinn

  Sound, Sometimes, Bones

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• Marc/Faythe/Jace love triangle moment: "This isn't about you...." "Well, it should be!" he shouted, and I flinched. "Everything I do is about you, and I want the reverse to be true, too." I wiped more tears, my throat aching with words that would only make this worse. "What, you need a reminder? That's what he was doing, right? And now you smell like him. You probably taste like him. You should taste like me..." He was on me before I could even catch my breath.

  Rachel Vincent

  Smell, Tears, Needs

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• You know, a few months ago, I made a terrible mistake. I realized something, and instead of crushing the thought the moment it came I... I let it hang on, and now I know it to be true. And I'm afraid it's stuck in my head forever. These are the best days of our lives. It's a terrible thing to know, but I know it.

  Richard Curtis

  Crush, Mistake, Forever

  "Fictional character: The Count". "The Boat That Rocked", www.imdb.com. April 1, 2009.

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• Maturity is simply the process of discovering that everything you believed in when you were young is false and that all the things you refused to believe in turn out to be true.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Believe, Maturity, Process

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• Love was a rare thing, easily confused with a million other things, and if anybody knew this to be true it was him.

  Junot Diaz

  Confused, Rare Things, Ifs

  Junot Diaz (2008). “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, p.321, Faber & Faber

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