Be You Quotes (page 80)

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• may
• manly
• still

You may be a lady but you are still the man! Lynda Barry

• waiting
• dog
• dream

You know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nicholson. 'Well, if Sven dreamed tonight that his dog died, he'd have a very, very bad night's sleep, because he's very fond of that dog. But when he woke up in the morning, everything would be all right. He'd know it was only a dream.' Nicholson nodded. 'What's the point exactly?' The point is if his dog really died, it would be exactly the same thing. Only he wouldn't know it. I mean he wouldn't... J. D. Salinger

• german
• saying
• really

You can say what you want about the Germans being full of "kunst", but what they are really full of is delicatessen. Anita Loos

• humanity
• different
• difference

You’re a different human being to everybody you meet. Chuck Palahniuk

• running
• pretty
• bright

You'll be found, your nickels, dimes and Indian-heads fused by electroplating. Abe Lincolns melted into Miss Columbias, eagles plucked raw on the backs of quarters, all run to quicksilver in your jeans. More! Any boy hit by lightning, lift his lid and there on his eyeball, pretty as the Lord's Prayer on a pin, find the last scene the boy ever saw! A box-Brownie photo, by God, of that fire climbing down the sky to blow you like a penny whistle, suck your soul back up along the bright stair! Ray Bradbury

• saying
• wonderful
• running

You ever wonder what a Martian might think if he happened to land near an emergency room? He’d see an ambulance whizzing in and everybody running out to meet it, tearing the doors open, grabbing up the stretcher, scurrying along with it. ‘Why,’ he’d say, ‘what a helpful planet, what kind and helpful creatures.’ He’d never guess we’re not always that way; that we had to, oh, put aside our natural selves to do it. ‘What a helpful race of beings,’ a Martian would say. Don’t you think so? Anne Tyler

• good
• hurt
• thinking

You've got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can't think of the really good, penetrating, X-rayish phrases. Aldous Huxley

• reading
• transform
• willingly

You will be transformed by what you read. Deepak Chopra

• vampire
• feeling
• guilty

You know when things are bad when you feel guilty for being rude to vampires. Jacob B. Ch.14 Stephenie Meyer

• wellness
• to live
• look away

You want to be French, Mary Frances, that's your problem, but instead you're just another American."I went to the window for that one an saw a marriage disintegrate before my eyes. Poor Mary Frances in her beige beret... "Americans," he repeated. "We don't live in in France, we live in Virginia. Vienna, Virginia. Got it?"I looked at this guy and knew for certain that if we'd met at a party he'd claim to live in Washington, D.C. Ask for a street address, and he'd look away, mumbling, "Well,... David Sedaris

• sleep
• big sleep
• tris

You are not very tall are you?"I try to be".Exchange between Martha Vickers and Bogie in "The Big Sleep". Raymond Chandler

• him
• one day
• willfulness

Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you. C. S. Lewis

• lost
• using
• yours

You used to be much more..."muchier." You've lost your muchness. Lewis Carroll

• surprise
• dead
• never

You're never safe from being surprised until you're dead. L. M. Montgomery

• motivational
• understanding
• giving

You've never been in love," she said. "You don't understand."If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities," Caitlin said, "Then I haven't missed anything. Judy Blume