Be You Quotes - Page 10

• Ever try to hold a butterfly? It can't be done. You damage them," he said. 'As gentle as you try to be, you take the powder from their wings and they won't ever fly the same. It's kinder to let them go.

  Susanna Kearsley

  Relationship, Break Up, Letting Go

  Susanna Kearsley (2011). “The Rose Garden”, p.34, Allison & Busby

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• There is no true life. Your true life is the one you end up with, whatever it may be. You just do the best you can with what you've got.

  Anne Tyler

  True Life, May, Life Is

  Anne Tyler (2001). “Back when We Were Grownups: A Novel”, Knopf

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• I can't be you. You can't be me. You can imagine another well—but never quite perfectly, you know?

  John Green

  Imagine, Wells, Knows

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.302, A&C Black

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• So let me see if I got everything straight … This … means that we are somehow meant to be husband and wife. But if I refuse you, you spend the rest of your life impotent and alone? But I, on the other hand, am free to live my life however I see fit?” He nodded. “It really sucks to be you, doesn’t it?

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Husband, Mean, Hands

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Night Play”, p.252, St. Martin's Paperbacks

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• I should have known that if any girl was going to disobey an order, it would be you.

  Kiera Cass

  Girl, Order, Should Have

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• Either you will be you or you will not be at all.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  "The Sun Watches the Sun". Book by Dejan Stojanovic, "The Knight" (p. 81), 1999.

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• We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.

  Stephen Covey

  People, Identity, Cards

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• You switched the days," I said, dismayed. "You blew the tire. You..." I trailed off, probably because the next words out of my mouth were either going to be "You are enough to do this?" or "You're destined for a life of crime." It was a toss-up either way.

  Ally Carter

  Mouths, Way, Toss

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• Easy, Marks,' he whispered. 'One of us has to have some self-control, and it really should be you.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Self, Easy, Should

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• I went into the desert to forget about you. But the sand was the color of your hair. The desert sku was the color of your eyes. There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Eye, Hair, Color

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.189, A&C Black

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• There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.189, A&C Black

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• With the supplies gathered, he went over to the stainless-steel sink and pressed the foot pedal to get the water running. While he washed his hands, he said quietly, "If I could, I would." "Excuse me?" Qhuinn pumped some suds into his palms and scrubbed all the way up his forearms. Which was overkill, but if Blay wanted him superclean, then that was what he was going to be. "If I could love a guy like that, it would be you.

  J.R. Ward

  Running, Hands, Feet

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 5-8”, p.1277, Penguin

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• ‎"Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.

  Richard Dawkins

  Reality, People, Religion

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• I knew it would be you

  Charles Bukowski

  Would Be

  Charles Bukowski (2014). “Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection”, p.38, Harper Collins

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• Though you feel you're not where you're suppose to be, you shouldn't worry because that next turn that you take, it will lead you to where you wanna go.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Worry, Next, Turns

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• Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.

  Apolo Ohno

  Positive, Being Yourself, Self Esteem

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• I am not jealous of what came before me. Come with a man on your shoulders, come with a hundred men in your hair, come with a thousand men between your breasts and your feet, come like a river full of drowned men which flows down to the wild sea, to the eternal surf, to Time! Bring them all to where I am waiting for you; we shall always be alone, we shall always be you and I alone on earth, to start our life!

  Pablo Neruda

  Jealous, Men, Hair

  Pablo Neruda (1994). “The captain's verses”

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• When you first take someone’s life, two people die. The person you just killed and the human being you used to be. You’re never the same after that—it changes you forever and not in a good way —and no matter how hard you try, you can’t go back to the innocence you had. Ever.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Two, People, Forever

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• Charley talking to Cookie ‘'You know those women in nursing homes that have to be restrained around the clock because they mix up everyones medication and steal all the bedpans?'' ‘’Yes'' I said wondering what I was walking into ''That’s going to be you!'' She was probably right, if I live that long

  Darynda Jones

  Home, Nursing, Talking

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• If I had only one friend left, i'd want it to be you.

  Paul Overstreet

  Want, Friendship Lyrics, Left

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• A hero does for others. He would do anything for people he loves, because he knows it would make their lives better. I am not that kind of person, but I want you to be. You could give something to her, to me, to those children in the quarter. You could give something I never could ... The white people out there are saying you don't have it-that you're a hog, not a man. But I know they are wrong.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Children, Hero, Love Is

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• Don’t die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be. You may go broke. You may experience failure and rejection repeatedly. You may endure multiple dysfunctional relationships. But these are all milestones along the path of a life lived courageously. They are your private victories, carving a deeper space within you to be filled with an abundance of joy, happiness, and fulfillment. So go ahead and feel the fear. Then summon the courage to follow your dreams anyway.

  Steve Pavlina

  Dream, Monday, Adventure

  "The Courage to Live Consciously". www.stevepavlina.com. October 27, 2004.

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• Beyoncé's like, 'Okay. The singing is great. But you're not having any fun.' She's like, 'Remember when we were at Jay's concert and Panjabi MC comes on and you do your crazy Indian dance? Do that. Be you!'

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Fun, Crazy, Singing

  "The Spellbinder: Gwyneth Paltrow" by Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. August 3, 2011.

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• Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.

  Lauren Bacall

  Memorable, Mind, Earth

  "Interview with Lauren Bacall". "CNN Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. May 6, 2005.

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• There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities. Then you grow older and that innocence is shattered and somewhere along the way the reality of life gets in the way and you're hit by the realization that you can't be all you wanted to be, you just might have to settle for a little bit less.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Love, Dream, Believe

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

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