Bother Quotes - Page 7

• "You already said that," Sabine said, folding the wrapper back from her burger. "You said it a lot, actually. Which supports my theory that apologies are basically pointless. They don't fix anything, right? That's why I rarely bother."

  Rachel Vincent

  Apology, Support, Burgers

  "Before I Wake". Book by Robert Wiersema, 2006.

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• There's always the dinner rolls," said Will, pointing to a covered basket. "Though I warn you, they're as hard as stones. You could use them to kill black beetles, if any beetles bother you in the middle of the night.

  Cassandra Clare

  Night, Black, Use

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.558, Simon and Schuster

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• When the chips are down, you are alone, and loneliness can be terrifying. Fortunately, I've always had a chum I could call. And I love to be alone. It doesn't bother me one bit. I’m my own company.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Loneliness, Chips, Company

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• Here and there and not just in books we catch glimpses of a world of once upon a time and they lived happily ever after, of a world where there is a wizard to give courage and a heart, an angel with a white stone that has written on it our true and secret name, and it is so easy to dismiss it all that it is hardly worth bothering to do. ... But if the world of the fairy tale and our glimpses of it here and there are only a dream, they are one of the most haunting and powerful dreams that the world has ever dreamed.

  Frederick Buechner

  Dream, Powerful, Book

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• I am a book also, words and thoughts and stories held together by flesh. We open and close ourselves to the world. We are read by others or put away by them. We wait to be seen, sitting quietly on shelves for someone to bother having a look inside us.

  Ari Berk

  Book, Waiting, Together

  Ari Berk (2012). “Death Watch”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• As I look around on Sunday morning at the people populating the pews, I see the risk that God has assumed. For whatever reason, God now reveals himself in the world not through a pillar of smoke and fire, not even through the physical body of his Son in Galilee, but through the mongrel collection that comprises my local church and every other such gathering in God’s name. (p. 68, Church: Why Bother?)

  Philip Yancey

  Faith, Morning, Sunday

  FaceBook post by Philip Yancey from Jan 18, 2016

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• I don't know if there is actually more rain here in England, or if it was just that the rain seemed to be so deliberately annoying. Every drop hit the window with a peevish "Am I bothering you? Does this make you cold and wet? Oh, sorry.

  Maureen Johnson

  Sorry, Rain, Bothering You

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• Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you?

  Jeff Lindsay

  Pain, Enormous, Sooner Or Later

  Jeff Lindsay (2009). “Dexter by Design”, p.17, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Gays, lesbians, straights, feminists, fascist pigs, communists, Hare Krishnas - none of them bother me. I don't care what banner they raise. But what I can't stand are hollow people. When I'm with them I just can't bare it, and wind up saying things I shouldn't.

  Haruki Murakami

  Gay, Pigs, Wind

  "Kafka on the Shore". Book by Haruki Murakami , Chapter 19: Oshima, 2002.

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• Charley: If you‘re not going to tell me where you are, if you‘re not going to trust me to help you, then why are you here? Why bother? Reyes: Because you‘re the reason I breathe.

  Darynda Jones

  Helping, Trust Me, Breathe

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• YOU CHEATING SCUM!” Lee Jordan was howling into the megaphone, dancing out of Professor McGonagall’s reach. “YOU FILTHY, CHEATING B —” Professor McGonagall didn’t even bother to tell him off. She was actually shaking her finger in Malfoy’s direction, her hat had fallen off, and she too was shouting furiously.

  J. K. Rowling

  Cheating, Dancing, Scum

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• Hello, Uncle Brother Zachariah," James said without opening his eyes. "I would say that I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm sure this is the most excitement you've had all year. Not so lively in the City of Bones, now is it?" "James!" Will snapped. "Don't talk to Jem like that." "As if I am not used to badly behaved Herondales, Brother Zachariah said, in the way Jem had always tried to make peace between Will and the world.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Uncles, Sorry

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “The Midnight Heir”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• Also she had the power of silent sympathy. That sounds rather dull, I know, but it's not so dull as it sounds. It just means that a person is able to know that you are unhappy, and to love you extra on that account, without bothering you by telling you all the time how sorry she is for you.

  E. Nesbit

  Sorry, Love You, Mean

  E. Nesbit (2013). “Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit”, p.1388, Delphi Classics

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• Why is it that every time a girl says a guy is bothering her, it's fluffed off with oh, he just likes you, as if that makes it okay?

  Kelley Armstrong

  Girl, Guy, Likes

  Kelley Armstrong (2014). “The Darkest Powers Trilogy, 3-book bundle: The Summoning, The Awakening, The Reckoning”, p.72, Penguin

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• I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.

  Veronica Roth

  Stupid, Decision, Wonder

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• That's my girl," he murmured. "I'm not your girl." "Well," he said not bothering to hide his smile from her sightless eyes, "the good news is that the honey gave you back your sparkling personality." "And the bad news?" "The honey gave you back your sparkling personality.

  Larissa Ione

  Girl, Eye, Personality

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• I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress.

  May Sarton

  Christmas, People, Effort

  May Sarton (2014). “Journal of a Solitude”, p.47, Open Road Media

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• I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was.

  Julian Barnes

  Too Much, Wanted, Pitiful

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• I don't know," I said. "Maybe you're right, and all that stuff I think I missed is overrated. Why should I even bother? What's the point really?" He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do." He moved down to start bagging while I just stood there, letting this sink in. Just something you have to do. No excuse or rationale necessary. I kind of like that.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Stuff, Kind

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.116, Penguin

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• I think I’ve always believed that there is one person in the universe who you’re truly meant for–for whom you are truly meant–and the fact that sometimes there are two or even more people on the earth you can fall in love with really bothers me. It suggests that if you work hard you can be meant for anyone.

  Daniel Handler

  Falling In Love, Hard Work, Thinking

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• I don’t like you in danger. When a man finds the only person of worth to him, that one person who matters more than anything and makes everything he’s ever seen or done or gone through worthwhile, believe me, Rikki, the urge to protect her is overwhelming. If that bothers you, then I’m sorry, because it’s going to be happening over and over throughout our years together.

  Christine Feehan

  Sorry, Believe, Men

  Christine Feehan (2010). “Water Bound”, p.269, Penguin

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• Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up. “Don’t bother,” Esrahaddon told them. “She’s dead, and there’s nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. It—” The two were out the door.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Doors, Two, Feet

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• Exactly. They're stupid. Who cares?" "I care. They bother me. And that's why I'm stupid. That makes me exponentially more stupid than stupid. I'm stupid to the power of stupid." She waved her hand. The moon blew away. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." I looked at her out of the corner of my eye.

  Kami Garcia

  Stupid, Eye, Moon

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• I don't ask what Alex sees in him because I'm afraid my disapproval will make her latch on to him even more. That's how it works. I'll have to pretend he doesn't bother me and that I don't want to drown him in the bay.

  Kaui Hart Hemmings

  Alex, Want, Latches

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• I'm just saying it's not time for that either. We need to focus and having Maya moon over Rafe is making everyone uncomfortable." Rafe grinned. "Doesn't bother me.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Moon, Focus, Needs

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