Because I Can Quotes - Page 2

• Because I can't hit bottom, I can't be saved.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Bottom, Saved, I Can

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.22, Random House

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• It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.

  Mandy Moore

  Get Well, Dancer, Important

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• The best feeling in the world is when your child comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because. I can't wait to have more.

  Marlee Matlin

  Children, Waiting, Feelings

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• I don't know" means "NO!" "I don't know" means "I'm too cowardly to tell you the truth because I can't deal with confrontation." "I don't know" means please do the dirty work for me because I don't want to hurt your feelings even more then I already have.

  Greg Behrendt

  Hurt, Dirty, Mean

  Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt (2005). “It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy”, p.38, Harmony

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• When we met I was wrecked, blasted, and damned, and I am slowly pulling myself together because I can see that you are a human being and I would like to be one, too.

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Together, Mets, Humans

  Audrey Niffenegger (2013). “The Time Traveler’s Wife”, p.118, Zola Books

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• I can't do this because I can't...I can't be the man I want to be with you. And that means that this - this just becomes...another reminder of what I am not.

  Jojo Moyes

  Mean, Men, Want

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• Unexpectedly, a fierce sense of protectiveness comes over me. Except I fight it back because I can hardly look after myself these days.

  Melina Marchetta

  Fighting, Looks, Fierce

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• Meddling, smug, stupid little..." "She likes me! They always play hard to get when they like me!" "No. You do not understand. I could not have done it because I can not read or write.

  Darren Shan

  Stupid, Writing, Play

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• Finn: I look at you because I can't look away Wendy. Wendy: That's kinda creepy. Finn: I will work on being less creepy then.

  Amanda Hocking

  Creepy, Looks, Wendy

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• If I do find out the Secret,I won't be able to tell it to you-you know that right?And that doesn't mean I don't trust you.It's just because I can't.Sometimes even best friends have to keep secrets from each other." -Cass

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Mean, Secret, Able

  Pseudonymous Bosch (2009). “This Book Is Not Good For You”, p.229, Hachette UK

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• People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.

  Terry Pratchett

  People, Trying, Needs

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• Let's not talk about it any more, but if you still want anything please write to me about it, because I can say what I mean much better on paper.

  Anne Frank

  Writing, Mean, Paper

  Anne Frank, General Press (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.122, GENERAL PRESS

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• I look at you, and I see the most beautiful woman on the face of the earth. Inside and out you are beautiful. I know you better than anyone else could ever know you, because I can see into your thoughts and read your memories. The very light in you, our tremendous capacity for loving, humbles me.

  Christine Feehan

  Beautiful, Memories, Light

  Christine Feehan (2011). “Christine Feehan 5 CARPATHIAN NOVELS”, p.674, Penguin

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• Because I can't handle the nightmares. Not without you.

  Suzanne Collins

  Nightmare, Without You, Handle

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.192, Scholastic Inc.

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• I think about dying every day, because I can't stop thinking about living.

  Libba Bray

  Thinking, Dying, I Can

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.240, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Back in my 20s, when I wrote 'A Place of Greater Safety,' the French Revolution novel, I thought, 'I'll always have to write historical novels because I can't do plots.'' But in the six years of writing that novel, I actually learned to write, to invent things.

  Hilary Mantel

  Writing, Historical Novels, Years

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• I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!

  Shirley MacLaine

  Ideas, Rooms, Get Away

  "Shirley MacLaine grows old and mean - for "Bernie"". Interview with Zorianna Kit, in.reuters.com. April 24, 2012.

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• You don't see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can't play the game. I can't - my tolerance - I know I'm getting old; I'll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I'm getting old? 'Cause my tolerance level is low.

  Bernie Mac

  Home, Years, Games

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• I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so I like kitten heels occasionally because I can move around a bit easier, but pointy-toed pumps are very elongating.

  Marina and the Diamonds

  Moving, Looks, Pumps

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• I think that you are the liar!" I say, my voice quaking. "You tell me you love me, you trust me, you think I'm more perceptive than the average person. And the first second that belief in my perceptiveness, that trust, that love is put to the test, it falls apart." I am crying now, but I am not ashamed of the tears shining on my cheeks or the thickness of my voice. "So you must have lied when you told me all those things... you must have, because I can't believe your love is really that feeble.

  Veronica Roth

  Liars, Believe, Fall

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• I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.

  John Lydon

  Fall, Wrinkles, Mirrors

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• I look at you because I can't look away.

  Amanda Hocking

  Looks, I Can

  Amanda Hocking (2014). “Trylle: The Complete Trilogy”, p.14, Pan Macmillan

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• Does this have anything to do with the unit we’re studying? Because I can’t find anything about desired characteristics of a mate anywhere in our text.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Doe, Study, Mates

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• I won't stop loving you because I can't stop loving you.

  Mike Gayle

  Loving You, Stop Loving You, I Can

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• If you can't feel then why did you kiss me? Because I can feel it here, in my heart.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Heart, Kissing, Kiss Me

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