I've Learned Quotes - Page 22

• You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up up them.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Love, I've Learned, I Care

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• Frugality, I've learned, has its own cost, one that sometimes lasts forever.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Forever, Cost, Lasts

  Nicholas Sparks (2013). “The Wedding”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• Ever, if I’ve learned nothing else in my six hundred years of living, it’s that people hate change almost as much as they hate for their beliefs to be challenged.

  Alyson Noel

  Hate, Years, People

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• The biggest thing I've learned is to smash my own spiders and get on with my day. There will be another!

  Hoda Kotb

  Spiders, I've Learned, Life Goes On

  Hoda Kotb (2011). “Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

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• I've learned a thing or two from Barrons: Power is sexy. It shapes my spine, infuses my beckoning hand. I have not been devastated by Barrons' death. The alchemy of grief has forged a new metal. I have been transformed. There's only one way I can make his death okay. Undo it.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Sexy, Grief, Hands

  Karen Marie Moning (2011). “Shadowfever: Fever Series”, p.29, Delacorte Press

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• There are memories for both of us, of course, but I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence, and in this, Savannah and I are different as well.If hers are stars in the nighttime sky, mine are the haunted empty spaces in beetween.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Stars, Memories, Space

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jun 04, 2011

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• I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.

  Tracy Chevalier

  Dog, Moving, Years

  Tracy Chevalier (2004). “The Lady and the Unicorn: A Novel”, p.13, Penguin

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• Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong-I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine the conversations? You're short and fat, one person might say, and the other might answer, I know. But you smell bad. It just wouldn't work. So people lie by omission all the time. People will tell you most of the story...and I've learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they're afraid." -Jo

  Nicholas Sparks

  Honesty, Lying, Thinking

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• I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.

  Paulo Coelho

  Knowing, Waiting, Feelings

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• I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Hurt, Thinking, Enemy

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• I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses.

  Michael Connelly

  Years, Different, Sometimes

  Michael Connelly (2008). “The Brass Verdict”

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• I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act like I'm listening when I'm not, pretend to be calm and happy when I'm really freaking out. It's one of the skills you perfect as you get older

  Lauren Oliver

  Thinking, Skills, Perfect

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• That's because I've learned how to use it [smile], Woserit said. I don't pass it out like an old woman giving free milk to the village cats. It's something that must be controlled, and for you especially. You use it on anyone. You must learn to be more judicious.

  Michelle Moran

  Cat, Giving, Use

  Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.603, Broadway Books

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• Is love the desire—no, the need—to be with that person, whatever the cost? Does it cause the rue of rage when you see that person with another? Does it make you ache to hold her, to whisper things that sound foreign and strange to your tongue? Does it make you wish for things you know can never be? I haven't the answers, Riley. In all that I've learned over the years, no one has ever mentioned a force such as this. But whatever it is, I feel it for you. We would have been good together.

  Keri Arthur

  Years, Together, Wish

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• We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool today. I've learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we're not perfect and live accordingly.

  Ray Bradbury

  Morning, Thinking, Yesterday

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• I've come to understand that arguing with [my wife] about it has never solved anything. So instead of denying it, I've learned to take her hands, look her in the eyes, and respond with those three magic words every woman wants to hear: "You're right, sweetheart.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Eye, Hands, Wife

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from May 29, 2012

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• My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.

  Christopher Paolini

  Men, Mind, Sanctuary

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.478, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You could call him," Wes suggests. "Why be a spectator in the game of love? Take charge. Don't wait around and let the boy call all the shots." "As cheesy as all of that sounds," Kimmie adds. "Cheese or not,I know what I'm talking about." He sulks. "I've lived it. I've learned it." Kimmie lets out a laugh. "With who,Romeo? That Wendy girl you paid to date you?" "Oh, and because I don't have a dating history as big as your mouth, it doesn't quite measure up?" "I hate to break this to you, but that isn't the only thing of yours that doesn't measure up." "Wouldn't you like to know?" He grins.

  Laurie Faria Stolarz

  Girl, Hate, Boys

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• The challenges in this place are real and sometimes very difficult, but I've learned to slow down and look for beauty in my days, for the mysteries and blessings woven into everything, into the very words we speak.

  Kim Edwards

  Real, Blessing, Challenges

  Kim Edwards (2011). “The Lake of Dreams”, p.407, Penguin UK

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• You want to believe in black and white, good and evil, heroes that are truly heroic, villains that are just plain bad, but I've learned in the past year that things are rarely so simple. The good guys can do some truly awful things, and the bad guys can sometimes surprise the heck out of you.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Hero, Believe, Black And White

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.185, Dell

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• If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.

  Sarah Dessen

  Eye, Lasts, Months

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.238, Penguin

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• It has to be now,” he insisted, a flick of amusement in his voice. He nudged his burgeoning loins against her. “After all, you can’t allow me to go around like this all day.” “From what I’ve learned so far, this is your natural condition,” came her pert reply.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Voice, Amusement, I've Learned

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• You know a trillion times more about art than me. But I’ve learned that it isn’t necessary to know all that much. You just make what you wanna see, right? It’s a game, right? It’s like being paid for dreaming.

  Tom Robbins

  Dream, Art, Games

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Skinny Legs and All”, p.235, Bantam

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• I’ve learned that home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Home, Feelings, I've Learned

  Cecelia Ahern (2005). “Rosie Dunne”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• One likes to think there's something in it, that old platitude amor vincit omnia. But if I've learned one thing in my short sad life, it is that that particular platitude is a lie. Love doesn't conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool.

  Donna Tartt

  Lying, Thinking, Sad Life

  Donna Tartt (2011). “The Secret History”, p.211, Vintage

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