Not Sure Quotes - Page 32

• Look on the bright side," said Simon, "If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I'm not sure the rest of you qualify anyway.

  Cassandra Clare

  Optimistic, Sacrifice, Needs

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.565, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not sure that insecurity is a good enough excuse for that sort of behavior. We're all insecure, and I really think he's old enough to have discovered the reasons behind his insecurity, and do something about them." ...Lucy

  Jane Green

  Insecure, Thinking, Insecurity

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• And now I understand that truth casts a spell of its own, one I'm not sure of how to hold on to, though I'm desperate to try.

  Libba Bray

  Trying, Desperate, Casts

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.212, Delacorte Press

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• I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today -- whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me. But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.

  Stephen Fry

  Teenage, Writing, Years

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• I'm not sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said. "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization -- that is, in spiritual civilization. It may be that they will not add to the beauty of the world, nor to the life of men's souls.

  Booth Tarkington

  Spiritual, Men, Civilization

  Newton Booth Tarkington (2015). “The Magnificent Ambersons”, p.161, Booklassic

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• We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Opinion, Enough, Burned

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• I'm sorry." About what?" He shrugged, made uncomfortable by the question."I'm not sure. It's a Canadian thing.

  Tanya Huff

  Sorry, Made, Uncomfortable

  Tanya Huff (2005). “Smoke and Shadows”, p.200, Penguin

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• If you ever meet the man who could take advantage of Isabelle, you’ll have to let me know. I’d like to shake his hand. Or run away from him very fast, I’m not sure which.

  Cassandra Clare

  Running, Men, Hands

  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.1217, Simon and Schuster

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• I've never really understood the desire people have to quantify a baby. "He's X big and Y long," As if the baby is a fish you're not sure you're going to keep. Or some prize potato you're hoping will win a prize at the county fair.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Baby, Winning, Long

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• My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.

  Markus Zusak

  Voice, Rumours, Ifs

  Markus Zusak (2015). “I Am the Messenger”, p.133, Random House

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• By the Angel," Jace said, looking the demon up and down. "I knew Greater Demons were meant to be ugly, but no one ever warned me about the smell." Abbadon opened its mouth and hissed. Inside its mouth were two rows of jagged glass-sharp teeth. "I'm not sure about this wind and howling darkness business," Jace went on, "smells more like landfill to me. You sure you're not from Staten Island?

  Cassandra Clare

  Angel, Islands, Glasses

  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.339, Simon and Schuster

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• I walked down the hall and saw that [she] was sitting on the floor next to a chair. This is always a bad sign. It's a slippery slope, and it's best just to sit in chairs, to eat when hungry, to sleep and rise and work. But we have all been there. Chairs are for people, and you're not sure if you are one.

  Miranda July

  Sleep, People, Sitting

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• I’m not sure I’ll ever be finished. No matter how much I write, there will always be something I should’ve said.

  Megan McCafferty

  Writing, Matter, Should

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• Cal: “Could you write a little bigger? I’m not sure China saw that.” Every Boy's Got One

  Meg Cabot

  Writing, Boys, Littles

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• I'm not sure that love and like aren't like cats and dogs: One can't grow up to be the other, but they can be taught to live under the same roof.

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Dog, Growing Up, Cat

  E.L. Konigsburg (2011). “Silent to the Bone”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

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• I am not sure I trust you." "You can trust me with your life, My King." "But not with my wine, obviously. Give it back.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Kings, Wine, Giving

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• I'm still not sure I didn't die

  Lou Reed

  Stills, Dies

  Song: Nobody but You

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• Great. Lookout. I'm a lookout. Another thing to put on my college applications. What do I do if I see someone?" Val looked back. "I'm not sure, actually.

  Holly Black

  College, Application, Ifs

  Holly Black (2012). “Valiant”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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• I’m not ashamed of what I am - of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it. At my lowest ebb I have never contemplated suicide. I value what is here too much. I have a contribution to make. I am not just take up space in this life. I can add something to the lives I touch. I don’t like everything I know about myself, and I’ll never be satisfied, but nobody’s perfect. I’m not sure where the next years will take me - what they will hold - but I’m open to suggestions.

  Lauren Bacall

  Suicide, Years, Space

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• But as we are looking toward our future, I'm not sure it matters what we want to be but rather who we want to be. Someone honest or deceitful?Someone kind or cruel?Someone loyal or unfaithful? In any profession we can elect to be any of those things. I think this assignment is not only about what we choose to do but about who we choose to be. I choose to always be loyal to myself. -Raven Madison

  Ellen Schreiber

  Thinking, Ravens, Loyal

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• I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases.

  Brian D. McLaren

  Thinking, Cases

  Brian D. McLaren (2005). “A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/conservative, Mystical/poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished Christian”, p.24, Zondervan

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• I'm not sure if you're the person for me any more.

  Zadie Smith

  Persons, Ifs

  Zadie Smith (2006). “On Beauty”, p.434, Penguin UK

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• Once again Erak bellowed with laughter. "Your master here went nearly the same shade of green as his cloak," he told Will. Halt raised an eyebrow. "At least I found a use for that damned helmet," he said, and the smile disappeared from Erak's face. "Yes. I'm not sure what I'm going to tell Gordoff about that," he said. "He made me promise I'd look after that helmet. It's his favorite-a real family heirloom." "Well it certainly has a lived in feel to it now," Halt told him, and Will noticed there was a hint of malicious pleasure in his eye.

  John Flanagan

  Laughter, Real, Eye

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• If I'd had any way of knowing that things were- as Lily Tomlin once said- going to get a whole lot worse before they got worse, I'm not sure how I would have slept that night.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Night, Knowing, Lilies

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.19, A&C Black

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• We could have made it to the Arizona border in a few more hours if we hadn't been distracting each other with stupid little arguments. Don't get me wrong; I liked J.Lo fine. I've made that bed. But I'm not sure there's a person in the world I could be with twenty-four hours a day for three weeks without getting a little snippy. If I ever meet such a person, I'm marrying them.

  Adam Rex

  Stupid, Arizona, Bed

  Adam Rex (2013). “The True Meaning of Smekday”, p.302, A&C Black

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