Mates Quotes - Page 10

• The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

  Terry Pratchett

  Funny, Running, Rocks

  "Terry Pratchett in quotes: 15 of the best". www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2015.

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• When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking their Soul Mate, and men looking for Power. Neither party is really interested in learning. They simply want to reach the thing they have set as their goal.

  Paulo Coelho

  Party, Men, Ideas

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• Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail.

  Graydon Carter

  Ignorance, Office, Personality

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• I don't believe in soul mates, not exactly. I think it's ridiculous to think there's only one person out there for us. What if your 'soul mate' lives in Zimbabwe? What if he dies young? I also think 'two souls becoming one' is ridiculous. You need to hold on to yourself. But I do believe in souls being in sync, souls that mirror each other.

  Richelle Mead

  Believe, Thinking, Mirrors

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• 'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Running, Morning, Alaska

  "Sarah Palin: A Sleight of Gender?" by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2008.

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• I reminded myself: when a book lies unopened it might contain anything in the world, anything imaginable. It therefore, in that pregnant moment before opening, contains everything. Every possibility, both perfect and putrid. Surely such mysteries are the most enticing things You grant us in this mortal mere -- the fruit in the garden, too, was like this. Unknown, and therefore infinite. Eve and her mate swallowed eternity, every possible thing, and made the world between them.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Lying, Book, Garden

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• The moment we decide to throw more energy into fighting for our mate than with him, the crack of a fist on the enemy's jaw splits the ears of angels.

  Beth Moore

  Angel, Fighting, Enemy

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• Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Hero, Fighting, Winning

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.78, Penguin

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• Right, then, mate, terribly sorry for my unspeakable rudeness, and I do beg your pardon. I can only say that it was caused by my natural affront to the notion of her as my sister. Since I'll be shagging her tonight, you can imagine how I'd be distressed at the thought of rogering my sibling" "You shmuck! The only thing you'll be shagging tonight is yourself!" "You wanted sincerity, well, luv, I was sincere.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Sorry, Sibling, Tonight

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• This is how moths speak to each other. They tell their love across the fields by scent. There is no mouth, the wrong words are impossible, either a mate is there or he is not, and if so the pair will find each other in the dark.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Dark, Mouths, Scent

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “Prodigal Summer”, p.44, Faber & Faber

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• Women want their love to be reciprocated in the same way they give it; they want their romantic lives to be as rewarding as they make them for their potential mates; they want the emotions that they turn on full blast to be met with the same intensity; and they expect the premium they put on commitment to be equally adhered to, valued, and respected.

  Steve Harvey

  Commitment, Giving, Want

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• My grandfather would have loved to have met you," he told her huskily. "He would have called you 'She Moves Trees Out of His Path.' " She looked lost, but his da laughed. He'd known the old man, too. "He called me 'He Who Must Run into Trees,'" Charles explained, and in a spirit of honesty, a need for his mate to know who he was, he continued, "or sometimes 'Running Eagle.' " " 'Running Eagle'?" Anna puzzled it over, frowning at him. "What's wrong with that?" "Too stupid to fly," murmured his father with a little smile.

  Patricia Briggs

  Running, Honesty, Father

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• Charles, mate, you fret too much. I'm a grown man, I am, and I can blood my handle." "Handle your blood?" Bones offered dryly. Ian grinned. "Exactly.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Men, Blood, Too Much

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• Kitten, this is my best mate, Charles, but you can call him Spade. Charles, this is Cat, the woman I’ve been telling you about. You can see for yourself that everything I’ve said is…an understatement.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Cat, Kitten, Spades

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• He is my soul mate, my fresh air, the reason I look forward to getting up every morning.

  Tabitha Suzuma

  Morning, Air, Soul

  Tabitha Suzuma (2012). “Forbidden”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Very few people mate for life with the people they fall for at twelve. Doesn't mean is isn't real, doesn't mean it doesn't hurt, doesn't mean it doesn't matter, but basically, we're talking a practice swing in the big game of love.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Hurt, Real, Fall

  Jennifer Crusie (2011). “Faking It”, p.83, Macmillan

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• Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You ran to eat and to avoid being eaten; you ran to find a mate and impress her, and with her you ran off to start a new life together. You had to love running, or you wouldn't live to love anything else. And like everything else we love-everything we sentimentally call our 'passions' and 'desires'-it's really an encoded ancestral necessity. We were born to run; we were born because we run.

  Christopher McDougall

  Running, Distance, Passion

  FaceBook post by Christopher McDougall from Jan 17, 2013

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• We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.

  Tamora Pierce

  Years, Mind, Would Be

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• In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Life, Romantic

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• You've always been my best friend, my soul mate, and now I've fallen in love with you too. Why is that such a crime?

  Tabitha Suzuma

  Love You, Soul, My Best Friend

  Tabitha Suzuma (2012). “Forbidden”, p.219, Simon and Schuster

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• I claim you as my life mate. I belong to you. I offer my life for you. I give to you my protection, my allegiance, my heart, my soul, and my body. I take into my keeping the same that is yours. Your life, happiness, and welfare will be cherished and placed above my own for all time. You are my life mate, bound to me for all eternity and always in my care.

  Christine Feehan

  Heart, Giving, Soul

  Christine Feehan (2010). “Dark Challenge”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• I am not into fashion. I just like being able to buy my mates dinner.

  James Blunt

  Fashion, Dinner, Able

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• Pleasure, I remind myself, is inseparable from its lawfully wedded mate, pain.

  T.C. Boyle

  Pain, Pleasure, Inseparable

  T.C. Boyle (2001). “A Friend of the Earth”, p.21, Penguin

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• A soulmate is someone to whom we feel profoundly connected, as though the communicating and communing that take place between us were not the product of intentional efforts, but rather a divine grace.

  Thomas Moore

  Wedding, Soulmate, Flames

  Thomas Moore (1994). “Soul Mates: Honouring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship”, HarperElement

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• It's important not to ditch your mates when you're in a relationship. Lots of girls do it, but you need to remember they will always be there for you.

  Rachel Bilson

  Girl, Important, Needs

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