Should I Quotes - Page 12

• Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Thinking, Giving, People

  Madeleine L'Engle (2013). “A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy”, p.26, Macmillan

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• I flexed my wrist, popped a silver needle into my palm, and offered it to him. 'What's this?' 'A needle.' 'What should I do with it?' He'd walked right into it. Too easy. 'Please use it to pop your head. It's obscuring my view of the room.' - Kate & Saiman

  Ilona Andrews

  Views, Use, Rooms

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.57, Penguin

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• He tilts his forehead down to rest against mine and pulls me closer. His skin, his whole being radiates heat from being so near the fire, and I close my eyes, soaking in his warmth. I breathe in the smell of snow-dampened leather and smoke and apples, the smell of all those wintry days we shared before the Games. I don't try to move away. Why should I anyway? His voice drops to a whisper. "I love you." That's why.

  Suzanne Collins

  Moving, Love You, Eye

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.96, Scholastic Inc.

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• Dear John, There's so much I want to say to you, but I'm not sure where I should begin. Should I start by telling you that I love you? Or that the days I've spent with you have been the happiest in my life? Or that in the short time I've known you, I've come to believe that we were meant to be together? I could say all those things and all would be true, but as I reread them, all I can think is that I wish I were with you now, holding your hand and watching your elusive smile.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Believe, Love You, Thinking

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• Should I ever again sink into illness, I'm sure I'll remember Eldric. I'll remember he cared for me. I'll remember that someone had at least taken the time to touch my face.

  Franny Billingsley

  Taken, Faces, Remember

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.113, A&C Black

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• You aren't worried are you?" "Why should I be worried? It's just another day in the neighborhood. You know - bombs, fires, people shooting at you. Why should I be worried? Especially since we could be clothes shopping or boarding a plane. I'm not in the least worried." "Hmmm," he mused allowed. "I read about this in the relationship manual. It's called womanly sarcasm and usually means a man is in deep trouble.

  Christine Feehan

  Mean, Sarcasm, Men

  Christine Feehan (2004). “Mind Game”, p.268, Penguin

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• Could man be drunk for ever       With liquor, love, or fights, Lief should I rouse at morning       And lief lie down of nights. But men at whiles are sober       And think by fits and starts, And if they think, they fasten       Their hands upon their hearts.

  A. E. Housman

  Morning, Lying, Heart

  Last Poems (1922) no. 10

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• Why should I not hate mine enemies―if I "love" them does that not place me at their mercy?

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Hate, Enemy, Doe

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• So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the possibility of action, all knowledge comes to one labeled "file and forget," and I can neither file nor forget. Nor will certain ideas forget me; they keep filing away at my lethargy, my complacency. Why should I be the one to dream this nightmare?

  Ralph Ellison

  Dream, Writing, Ideas

  Ralph Ellison (2010). “Invisible Man”, p.592, Vintage

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• I don't suppose that she gave you the job based on looks alone?" Adrian had been staring off but now flashed me a big smile. "Why, Sage, you sweet talker." "That's not what I meant! What happened?" He shrugged. "I told the truth." "Adrian!" "I'm serious. She asked me what my greatest strength was. I said getting along with people." "That's not bad." I admitted. "Then she asked what my greatest weakness was. And I said, 'Where should I start?'" "Adrian!" "Stop saying my name like that. I told her the truth. By the time I was on the fourth one, she told me I could go.

  Richelle Mead

  Sweet, Jobs, Names

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• In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Keys, Darkness, Prison

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2007). “The Harlequin: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.75, Penguin

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• Sinead broke in. "The cops need to know what to do with Evan, Amy. What should I tell them?" "Shoot to kill?" Ian suggested.

  Gordon Korman

  Needs, Amy, Cop

  Gordon Korman, Scholastic Multi-Platform, (2011). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot”, p.87, Scholastic Inc.

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• I do not have any home. So why should I be homesick?

  Carson McCullers

  Home, Homesick, Should

  Carson McCullers (2010). “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”, p.334, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat.

  Lewis Carroll

  Cat, Want, Ends

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• I love you, and because I love you I believe in you. But if I did not believe, still should I love. Had you come back for me, and had there been no other way, I would have gone into the jungle with you - forever.

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

  Believe, Love You, Forever

  Edgar Rice Burroughs (2016). “Tarzan of the Apes: free audiobook included”, p.160, Wizio Publishing

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• Floote, what is going on? Do they think I am contagious? Should I assure them I was born with a nose this size?

  Gail Carriger

  Thinking, Noses, Size

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.113, Hachette UK

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• Am I horny enough to hump a bedpost?" Mica asked. "Not quite yet. Should I consult with you first, Doctor?" Sarcasm lay thick and heavy in her voice. "I believe a consult would be a good idea." Ely nodded with mocking solemnity as Mica lifted herself onto the gurney. "You never know what you may end up hurting if the act isn't done properly.

  Lora Leigh

  Hurt, Believe, Sarcasm

  Lora Leigh (2011). “Navarro's Promise”, p.141, Penguin

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• Why should I wake when I'm half past dead?

  Emilie Autumn

  Autumn, Past, Half

  Song: 4 o'Clock

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• I would think you an utter fool if you did not doubt me, warrior. Instead, I am forced to respect your uncommon intelligence. Now what, do you suppose, should I do from there?

  Jacquelyn Frank

  Warrior, Thinking, Doubt

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• When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, "My father died, my father died." My indiscretion embarrassed me, but I could not help it. Without my father on his Delhi rooftop, why was I here? Without him there, why should I go back? Without that ache between us, what was I made of?

  Kiran Desai

  Father, Crow, Rooftops

  FaceBook post by Kiran Desai from Jun 16, 2014

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• You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two roads go two ways in a wood? So what? Who cares if it made all that big a difference? What difference? And why should I have to guess what the difference is? Isn't that what he's supposed to say? Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up?

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Mean, Differences, Two

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• He was standing leaning against the door frame; now he stood up straight. "How should I have kissed you? Is there an other way you like it?

  Cassandra Clare

  Doors, Way, You Like It

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• The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.

  Rick Warren

  Dream, Ambition, Self

  Rick Warren (2004). “What on Earth Am I Here For?”

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• I waited a second. Should I? No... but I will.

  Jay Asher

  Should

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.133, Penguin

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• I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded with other people and their speech, friends I believed I was devoted to, people whose lives I can simply guess at now, that it gives me the impression I am simply a collection of them, that they all existed for themselves, but had inadvertently formed me, then vanished. But, what: Should I have been expected to create my own self, out of nothing, out of thin, thin air and alone?

  Lorrie Moore

  Heart, Thinking, Air

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