Not Sure Quotes - Page 37

• What is suffering? I'm not sure what it is, but I know that suffering is the name we give to the origin of all the sighs, screams, and groans — small and large, crude and multifaceted — that concern us. The word defines our gaze even more than what we are looking at.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Names, Giving, Suffering

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2009.

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• I miss you Emma." I'm not sure, but it looks like her eyes tear up. "I was fine for months without you," she says, the words hushed and forlorn. "Why does it hurt now?" I'm sighing and shoving a hand through my hair, which I know from experience leaves strands of it stabbing out in numerous directions, defiant and crazy-looking. Maybe crazy is exactly how I feel. "Because now we have hope of something more.

  Tammara Webber

  Hurt, Crazy, Eye

  Tammara Webber (2011). “Where You Are”, p.182, Tammara Webber

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• I am not sure I am ready to know what I think about that, so I dare not write it out.

  Shannon Hale

  Writing, Thinking, Dare

  Shannon Hale (2012). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.130, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Please tell me a story about a girl who gets away." I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. "Gets away from what, though?" "From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn't really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off of the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like 'happy' and 'good' will never find her." "You don't want her to be happy and good?" "I'm not sure what's really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.

  Helen Oyeyemi

  Girl, Running, Secret

  Helen Oyeyemi (2010). “White is for Witching”, p.165, Pan Macmillan

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• I'm not sure what I am anymore... Sometimes I think I'm nothing but what other people have done to me―a big collection of brainwashing, surgeries, and cures... That, and all the mistakes I've made. All the people I've disappointed.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  Scott Westerfeld (2008). “Specials”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm still not sure I didn't hallucinate the conversation while overdosing on his pheromones.

  Sylvia Day

  Pheromones, Conversation, Stills

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.35, Penguin

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• Boy trouble, huh?" "Boy catastrophe is more like it. I'm not sure I can do this." "Do what?" Concern sounded in Holiday's voice. "Do Lucas," Kylie said. Holiday made a funny face and raised one eyebrow.

  C.C. Hunter

  Holiday, Boys, Eyebrows

  C. C. Hunter (2012). “Whispers at Moonrise”, p.223, St. Martin's Griffin

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• -I am not sure whether he's sane. -If there's any doubt about the matter, he is.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Doubt, Matter, Sane

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• Ay-firmative,' Eve said, and tried for a smile. 'Sorry. An Aliens reference always makes me feel better at times like this. Exept I'm not sure I'm the one who lives through the movie.

  Rachel Caine

  Sorry, Feel Better, Aliens

  Rachel Caine (2012). “Black Dawn: The Morganville Vampires”, p.139, Penguin

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• Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life. The more time we spent together, the more I could imagine it lasting in the future. That’s never happened to me before, and I’m not sure it’ll ever happen again. I’ve never been in love with anyone before you came along — not real love anyway…not like this. And I’d be a fool if I let you slip away without a fight

  Nicholas Sparks

  Real, Fighting, Missing

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• I'm not sure there's such thing a thing as a normal life.

  Cassandra Clare

  Normal, Normal Life

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• "It's OK," Puck says. She has a quick way of hiding her disappointment. If you're not looking for it, she's put it away somewhere before you know it was there. "You're busy." "No," I tell her. "No, I'll think about it. I'm not sure if I can get away." I don't know wheat I'm thinking. I cannot find the time to get away. I'm not a good dinner companion. But it's hard to think of that. Instead I'm wishing that I'd spoken sooner, before I'd seen her disappointment.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Disappointment, Thinking, Wish

  "The Scorpio Races". Book by Maggie Stiefvater, October 18, 2011.

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• It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.

  Sarah Dessen

  Loud, Said, Hard

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.100, Penguin

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• I decide to do what I always do when I'm not sure what's going on: I act like everyone else.

  Veronica Roth

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• That's what I love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff where you're not sure what the poet's talking about. You may have an idea, but you can't be sure. Not a hundred percent. Each word, specifically chosen, could have a million different meanings.

  Jay Asher

  Talking, Ideas, Different

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.175, Penguin

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• I'm not sure what it is that I want, but I feel it deep in the pit of my stomach. It's there sitting dormant. I'll know it when I see it.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Sitting, Pits, Want

  J. A. Redmerski, J. Lynn, Jay Crownover (2013). “The Edge of Never, Wait For You, Rule: Scorching Summer Reads 3 Books in 1”, p.57, HarperCollins UK

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• She sticks her tongue out at me and crosses her eyes. Not sure why that made me want to do her in the backseat, but to each his own, I guess.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Eye, Want, Tongue

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• You gonna deal with Mr. Hot and Moody?" "Not sure. I may just pull out my e-reader." He nodded. "Probably safer for your sanity.

  Sylvia Day

  Hot, May, Sanity

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.325, Penguin

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• Master, I'm afraid. I am, truly. This place scares me. At home, I know who I am, what to do. I'm the Warden's daughter, I know where I stand. But this is a dangerous place, full of pitfalls. All my life, I've known it was waiting for me, but now I'm not sure I can face it. They'll want to absorb me, make me one of them, and I won't change. I won't! I want to stay me." Jared sighed and she saw his dark gaze was fixed on the veiled window. "Claudia, you're the bravest person I know. And no one will change you. You will rule here, though it won't be easy.

  Catherine Fisher

  Daughter, Home, Dark

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• The secret is,” I say, whispering right into his ear, “that yours was the best kiss I’ve ever had in my life.” “But I’ve never kissed you,” he whispers back. Around us the rain sounds like falling glass. “Not since third grade, anyway.” I smile, but I’m not sure if he can see it. “Better get started, then,” I say, “because I don’t have much time.

  Lauren Oliver

  Rain, Fall, Kissing

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• I don't have a master. I'm not sure if I have an equal.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Masters, Equal, Ifs

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• The Light willing, we will see one another again," Rand said. He held out his hand to Perrin. "Watch out for Mat. I'm honestly not sure what he's going to do, but I have a feeling it will be highly dangerous for all involved." "Not like us," Perrin said, clasping Rand's forearm. "You and I, we're much better at keeping to the safe paths.

  Robert Jordan

  Light, Hands, Feelings

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory Of Light: Book 14 of the Wheel of Time”, p.172, Hachette UK

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• No one hid their interest when I walked into the room. I'm not sure if it was the news about Boo or my general appearance. At home, people would have asked. People would have been crawling all over me for information. At Wexford, they seemed to extract what they wanted to know by covert staring.

  Maureen Johnson

  Home, People, News

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.156, Penguin

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• You accidentally punched him?” Wyatt asked, suppressing a chuckle. “I’m not sure you have a full understanding of the whole bodyguard thing.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Understanding, Bodyguard, Suppressing

  Michael J Sullivan (2012). “Percepliquis”, p.153, Hachette UK

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• In the afternoon, the king and queen sat to hear the business of their kingdom. At least, the queen sat to hear the business; Costis was still not sure what the king was doing.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Kings, Queens, Afternoon

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