Do You Know Quotes - Page 11

• I only saw fire and chandeliers and smoke. No people. Not the room. Not even a time frame. Do you know how many chandeliers there are in the south wing alone? What was I supposed to do? Tell everyone to avoid chandeliers forever?

  Amanda Hocking

  Fire, Wings, People

  Amanda Hocking (2014). “Trylle: The Complete Trilogy”, p.250, Pan Macmillan

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• But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you set out from shore on your little boat, once you embark, you'll never truly be at home again. What you've left behind exists only in your memory, and your ideal place becomes some strange imaginary concoction of all you've left behind at every stop.

  Claire Messud

  Memories, Home, Ideas

  Claire Messud (2013). “The Woman Upstairs”, p.118, Vintage

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• Not everybody believes in ghosts, but I do. Do you know what they are, Trisha? She had shaken her head slowly. Men and women who can't get over their past . . . That's what ghosts are.

  Stephen King

  Believe, Past, Men

  Stephen King (2016). “Needful Things”, p.235, Simon and Schuster

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• Well," he said, clearly enjoying my confusion. "It was actually for two souls, since you and Seth were both saved. But even if it wasn't, it still would've been worth it. Do you know the price of one soul, Georgina? It's beyond rubies and diamonds, beyond any mortal reckoning. If it had taken me centuries, if it had taken a dozen more angels to help me, it all would have been worth it.

  Richelle Mead

  Taken, Angel, Two

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• Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men

  Dennis Lehane

  Men, Thinking, Differences

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• I am a wicked man... But do you know, gentlemen, what was the main point about my wickedness? The whole thing, precisely was, the greatest nastiness precisely lay in my being shamefully conscious every moment, even in moments of the greatest bile, that I was not only not a wicked man but was not even an embittered man, that I was simply frightening sparrows in vain, and pleasing myself with it.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Gentleman, Wicked

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• There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.

  John Flanagan

  Winning, Two, Waiting

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• Sam?" Rachel asked. "Do you know you have the saddest sad face ever?

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Faces, Sad Face, Saddest

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.159, Scholastic UK

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• Do you know how, when you are on the verge of a breakdown, the world pounds in your ears; a rush of blood, of consequence? Do you now how it feels when the truth cuts your tongue to ribbons, and still you have to speak it?

  Jodi Picoult

  Cutting, Blood, Ears

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• To be honest," I halfwhispered, "I don't feel as safe with him as I do with you." "I know." A ghost of a smile touched my lips. "How do you know?" "Think about what safety is, Ella." "Trust?" "Yes, partly. But also an absence of risk." He unstuck a strand of hair from my damp cheek and tucked it back. "Maybe you need to take a risk. Maybe you need to be with someone who rattles you a little.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Thinking, Hair, Safety

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.285, St. Martin's Press

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• Do you know how to wrap a leg?" "I was born wrapping legs," I say stiffly, because I'm insulted. "Must've been a challenging delivery," Sean notes.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Challenges, Legs, Notes

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• Are you crazy?" I said. "Crazy about you." "Patch!" "Don't worry, we've got time." "How do you know?" He staggered back a step, with his hand over his heart. "Your lack of faith hurts.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Hurt, Crazy, Heart

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.538, Simon and Schuster

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• But I discovered that people like me -- they do, you know, if you like them -- and then it was all right.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  People, Like Me, Knows

  Diana Wynne Jones (2014). “The Land of Ingary Trilogy (includes Howl’s Moving Castle)”, p.16, HarperCollins UK

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• Mama?" "Yes, Emmy." She traced a rivulet of rain with her finger as it made its journey down the glass. "How do you know when it's been long enough?" Emmy could sense her mother smiling into the phone. "When you relaize that love doesn't have a time span. Only pain does. I think sometimes it's hard to distinguish between the two, so we just hold on to both of them like they're inseparable.

  Karen White

  Mother, Pain, Rain

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• When is your birthday?” (…) Wide silver-gold eyes swung to him. “You don’t know?” “No.” Pouting, she twirled a strand of her hair. “How can you not know?” “Do you know mine?” he asked. “Of course I do. It’s the day you met me.

  Gena Showalter

  Eye, Hair, Gold

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• Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?

  Agatha Christie

  Passion, Dark, Desire

  Agatha Christie (1984). “Lord Edgware Dies”, Berkley

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• Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with absolute fidelity, love, and devotion. These are the kinds of gods they have foisted on us Mr. Jiabao. Understand, now, how hard it is for a man to win his freedom in India.

  Aravind Adiga

  Winning, Men, Faithful Servants

  Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger”, p.16, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• It was like letting go and falling back into water and seeing yourself grinning up through the water, your face like a mask, and seeing the bubbles coming up as if you were trying to speak from under the water. And how do you know what it's like to try to speak from under water when you're drowned?

  Jean Rhys

  Letting Go, Fall, Water

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• Nakata's empty inside... Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That's what scares me the most

  Haruki Murakami

  Mean, House, Scare

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• Lys," he whispered. "Do you know what's coming?" "Yes," she whispered. "And you know that I'll be with you until the end?

  Lauren Kate

  Ends, Knows

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• Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's what people really want, if they're telling the truth.

  Doris Lessing

  Mean, Thinking, People

  Doris May Lessing (1981). “The Golden Notebook”, Bantam

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• Hey, I can cook." "How do you know? You haven't eaten anything since before the Norman Conquest." "I've never had any complaints." "Given the infants you date, I'm not surprised. You could serve them sawdust and they'd eat it with a smile, dazzled by the swing of your broadsword." "What do you know about the swing of my broadsword?" "More than I care to. Women talk." Which shut him up, as he started wondering who'd said what.

  Angela Knight

  Swings, Hey, Sawdust

  Angela Knight (2011). “Master of Shadows”, p.67, Penguin

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• Do you know how an ugly woman feels? Do you know what it is to be ugly all your life and inside to feel that you are beautiful? It is very rare.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Beautiful, Ugly, Feels

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you know who you are? God made you a woman. Accept His gift. Don't be afraid to be feminine and to add physical and spiritual loveliness to the setting where He has placed you. You are a child of God. You are a part of the bride of Christ. You belong to the King--you are royalty. Dress and conduct yourself in a way that reflects your high and holy calling. God has called you out of this world's system--don't let the world press you into its mold. Don't think, dress, or act like the world; inwardly and outwardly, let others see the difference He makes in your life.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Spiritual, Kings, Children

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• Kaylee do you know why you are here?" "Yeah. Because the doors are locked.

  Rachel Vincent

  Doors, Yeah, Kaylee

  Rachel Vincent (2009). “My Soul to Lose”, p.43, Harlequin

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