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Knowing Quotes (page 505)

Why did you decide to be an architect?"I didn't know it then. But it's because I've never believed in God."Come on, talk sense."Because I love this earth. That's all I love. I don't like the shape of things on this earth. I want to change them."For whom?"For myself."How old are you?"Twenty-two."Where did you hear all that?"I didn't."Men don't talk like that at twenty-two. You're abnormal."Probably."I didn't mean it as a compliment."I didn't either. Ayn Rand
Maybe they were. I don't know. Maybe theyweren't. But they felt like the real thing, and the real thing wanted to make money off me. James Patterson
Alice Hoffman quote: "You can only know a friend so well after all. When you come..."
You can only know a friend so well after all. When you come right down to it, even your best friend is a puzzle. Alice Hoffman
(paraphrased from Tim Powers) "My style might seem awkward, but I'm only trying to write down the things in the scene that I think the reader should know. Ernest Hemingway
I thank God there is a height in that Book [Bible] I do not know anything about, a depth I have never been able to fathom, and it makes the Book all the more fascinating. Dwight L. Moody
Sylvia Day quote: "I didn't know I was looking for anything until I saw you."
I didn't know I was looking for anything until I saw you. Sylvia Day
I know I'm bitter and a little jaded, and mildly enjoy it, but am I a sad person? Am I happy? I plan on being happy in the future for sure, but it isn't here yet. So what does that make me, exactly? Chris Colfer
Steven Moffat quote: "Never knowingly be serious. Rule 27."
Never knowingly be serious. Rule 27. Steven Moffat
Richard Ford quote: "Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't..."
Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart. Richard Ford
But how do you see you?" she asked."Ever read The Brothers Karamazov?" I asked."Once, a long time ago."Well, toward the end, Alyosha is speaking to a young student named Kolya Krasotkin. And he says, Kolya, you're going to have a miserable future. But overall, you'll have a happy life."Two beers down, I hesitated before opening my third."When I first read that, I didn't know what Alyosha meant," I said. "How was it possible for a life of misery to be happy overall? But then I understood, that... Haruki Murakami
You know what it's like when two people start a conversation. First one of them does all the talking, the other breaks in with "That's just like me, I... " and goes on himself until his partner finds a chance to say, "That's just like me, I... "The "That's just like me, I... 's" may look like a form of agreement, a way of carrying the other party's idea a step further, but that is an illusion... Milan Kundera
Jodi Picoult quote: "How do you know that you are not part of a book? That..."
How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now? Jodi Picoult
Spend your money thoughtfully & secretly, you walk free. That was the way it was in america these days. Who knows? Maybe it had always been that way James Patterson
I don't know what to do about Justin continuing to fleece my family. How much did you lose?"Alan shrugged and sipped. "About one seventy-five." Catching Shelby's eye, he grinned. "I only play with Justine for diplomatic reasons." As she continued to stare he leaned back against the buffet. "And, dammit, one day I'm going to beat him. Nora Roberts
Yet I liked him too much… way too much, and I ripped him out of my heart so it wouldn’t get to hurt me more than it did. Oh, he’s magnetic, he’s charming; you could fall into his eyes. Let’s face it: his sex appeal was unbearably strong. I wanted to know him—- the thoughts, the ideas behind the handsome, confident, wisecracking mask… then the friction increased, centered. His nearness was electric in itself. ‘Can’t you see,’ he said. ‘I want to kiss you.’ So he kissed me, hungrily, his eyes... Sylvia Plath

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