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Things people say to depressives that they don’t say in other life-threatening situations:-Yes
-Do you want me to stay?
-Yes
-Do you love me?
DON'T SAY, DODo not say things
You think I want to hear.
Instead,
S...
SUZY KASSEM 10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer
Write.
Write more.
Write even more.
W...
BRIAN CLARK
I wish you were a mind-reader. I want youto know everything but I don't want to have
to t...
LISA KLEYPAS Basch: So why don't you ask her out?
The Runt: I'm scared she wouldn't like me and say no...
SAMUEL SHEM
Things you might hear,Things you wanna believe,
Things that aren't true,
JAMES ALLEN
When it’s over, I want to say: all my lifeI was a bride married to amazement.
I was a b...
MARY OLIVER A BILL OF ASSERTIVE RIGHTS
I: You have the right to judge your own behavior, thoughts, an...
MANUEL J. SMITH
You can do things. Do you know this?
Do you believe it?
You should.
It’s true...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH It's amazing the things you realize
when you lose someone:
you get mad at yourself for n...
MELODY CARLSON
Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to t... CORMAC MCCARTHY
Note and Quote to Self – What you think, say and do!Your life mainly consists of 3 thi...
ALLAN RUFUS
This is a bad story.”“Sorry. I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have told you.”
“N...
EMMA DONOGHUE
To express is to drive.And when you want to give something presence,
you have to consult n...
LOUIS KAHN
Yes, I want money more than anything else in the world.”“Then you’ve made the only...
MARGARET MITCHELL
Knock! knock!who's there?
me!
me who?
that's right?
what's right?
mee...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN For you, my love, I would endeavor to pluck the stars from the sky, only to shower them at your feet...
SYLVAIN REYNARD And brilliant days come alive,
with you,
around
but the things we d...
ANDREA KOEHLE JONES
I asked,”Are you going to pick up next time I call you?””I did this time didn’t I?”<...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER
Harry’s letter to his daughter:If I could give you just one thing, I’d want it to be...
HARRY BROWNE
You possess other people's...bodies."He accepted that statement with a nod.
"...
BECCA FITZPATRICK People always ask me
"Son what does it take
To reach out and touch your dreams?"
To t...
TIM MCGRAW
Why d’you make me suffer?"“Because I love you.”
Now it was his turn to get angry. �...
ITALO CALVINO
You know what?” His breath was warm against my cheek. “There are a lot of stupid things to do, b... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know.<...
VASHTI QUIROZ-VEGA
You know that the things you put it your head stay there, right?''Yeah. But you remember some ...
CORMAC MCCARTHY I told you everything I know", said the messenger. Arin had gone to his childhood suite, feeling anx...
MARIE RUTKOSKI
Listen to me. When a man wakes, he wakes wanting. He wakes hard and rude and aching with need.” He... TESSA DARE
Roses are red,Violets are blue,
No amount of money,
Can stop me from loving you,
CHRIS COLFER
I look at youAnd I want to build things
Four walls
A roof
A room with a view
Just because there are storms raging by.
Just ...
MELITA TESSY
You want to beat Peter?" she asked"No," he answered
"Beat the buggers. Then come home an...
ORSON SCOTT CARD
Devereaux is going with our pitch.”“Hey, that’s just great,” I said superperkily. “W...
MARIAN KEYES
To know the way, we go the way,
we do the way.
The way we do,
the things we do...
BENJAMIN HOFF
There’s a gun in your desk. It’s fully loaded.”“How do you know?” His frown deepens....
E.L. JAMES Boo: "Go talk to her."
Callum: "About what?"
Boo: "Anything."
Callu...
MAUREEN JOHNSON
And the thing about love," Wally said to Angel, "is that you can’t force anyone. It’s natural to... JOHN IRVING
Are you sure you want us to keep calling you 'Six'?""You can say it's short for somethin...
PITTACUS LORE
i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautifulbefore i’ve called them intellig...
RUPI KAUR When I think of Tao,
I think of the artist
Bob Ross and his famous painting techniques. ...
SHEILA BURKE Sabrina: “But you don’t believe in marriage.”
Linus: “Yes, I do. It’s why I’v...
SAMUEL TAYLOR
Do you want a cookie?- What?
- A cookie. Like an Oreo. Do you want one?
- No.
-...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
- The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear?'- Yes.
- My Imagination.
- I thou...
STEPHEN KING Don’t mourn your luck that’s failing now,
work gone wrong, your plans
all proving dece...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS
The Blue Birdfrom The Last Night of the Earth Poems
there’s a bluebird in my hear...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI What about your
Your 10,000 promises?
That you gave to me (to me, babe)
Your 10,00...
BACKSTREET BOYS
Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear?"Yes."
My Imagination."
I thought yo...
STEPHEN KING
Anybody who wants to be President, you should right away say, "I don't want to hear that guy anymore... NOAM CHOMSKY You are writing a Gospel,
A chapter each day,
By deeds that you do,
By words that y...
PAUL B. GILBERT
Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you’re a grown-up, you’ll unde...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
i do not want to have youto fill the empty parts of me
i want to be full on my own
<...
RUPI KAUR
Miss Tick sniffed. 'You could say this advice is priceless,' she said. 'Are you listening?''Ye...
TERRY PRATCHETT
It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn’t touched m... LAUREN OLIVER It’s not the word that’s important, it’s the right to say any word you want to and to form any...
ARUN D. ELLIS
It's so hard to express yourself.' I understand this.'
I want to express myself.'
Th...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
If you want to feel youthful...pink's your color.If you want to feel old...then it's blue rins...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Really, if you don’t want to, you don’t have to,” I say. “You can duck out—”
...
ASHLEY POSTON The Way It Is
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But i...
WILLIAM STAFFORD I think it’s beautiful
the way you sparkle
when you talk about
the things you lov...
ATTICUS POETRY
You're a very difficult person to manipulate, you know.""Nonsense," he said. "You just have to...
BRANDON SANDERSON What I want from you is simple. I want today only.
If it’s laughter, I want it. If it�...
D. LOVE
Dreams hit the fan? Life unexpectedly take a turn for the worst? Here’s what you do:Fi...
RICHIE NORTON You wanted to live," he says.
"You say that like it's a good thing. A virtue."
STEPHANIE KUEHN
Ain’t nobody gonna separate from theircold hard cash unless they have an unresolved problem,...
AMBER HURDLE
We women, me and you. Tell me something real. Don’t just say I’m grown and ought to know. I don�... TONI MORRISON
You just stood there screamingFearing no one was listening to you
They say the empty can ratt...
JAMES HETFIELD
I love you, Eliza,” I said.She thought about it. “No,” she said at last, “I don’t li...
KURT VONNEGUT When you decide to be the best
you can be, don’t be surprised
if the circle of people yo...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup...
NICHOLAS SPARKS
I love you so much I want to share you
with yourself.
I know you do not insist
KAMAND KOJOURI Now that you’re old, cut yourself some slack, would you?
Let yourself off the hook.
LIONEL FISHER
Are you, are youComing to the tree
They strung up a man
They say who murdered thr...
SUZANNE COLLINS Having someone do certain things for you is like getting someone to chew your food for you.
Before I tell you, I have to know three things," I said."Okay."
"One, are you sitting dow...
DARYNDA JONES
I know you deserve better than me. You think I don’t know that? But
if there was any w...
JAMIE MCGUIRE
Don’t you—you don’t want your own space?”“No,” he said baldly. “Unless you do. I...
SARAH J. MAAS
Well, you would realize…Like i eventually realized…
That the good things about her?
What I want to know is how you go on when you look aroundand don’t see anywhere you want to ...
CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Okay, I thought wolves had packs. Do you have a pack?”
“Not in the traditional sense.”
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Did you really want to die?""No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why ...
TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO
Ifyou really want something, you shouldn’t stop until
you get it, no matter what you ha...
PRISCILLA GLENN No is a complete sentence and so often we forget that.
When we don't want to do something we c...
SUSAN GREGG What is MONEY? a piece of PAPER, a chunk of METAL or just some bits and bytes.
It’s been call...
HARMON OKINYO
You have your reasons to say what you have to say ; I have my reasons to say what I have to say.ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Hearts don’t break.
It’s just another thing the poets say.
Hearts are not made
Of...
NICOLA YOON I say to my sister, "I thought you were doing the things in our Dream Book. I was sure of it."
CLARA KENSIE
Never say I love youIf you really don't care.
Never talk about feelings
If they...
ANON. I want to hurt you.
I want to own you.
I want to devour you.
I want to make you mine....
PEPPER WINTERS
This poem is very longSo long, in fact, that your attention span
May be stretched to its ...
COLLEEN HOOVER He wasn’t that careful, Lucan. I think you’ve got him mixed up with someone else.”
...
J.A. HUSS
You're a poem?' I repeated.She chewed her lower lip. 'If you want. I am a poem, or I am ...
NEIL GAIMAN
You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her.Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a ...
CHARLES DICKENS
Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again.""Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. Wh...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
You have to carry the fire."I don't know how to."
Yes, you do."
Is the fire real? Th...
CORMAC MCCARTHY
So you intend to go through life never loving anyone? Just … things?”“No. I’m looking ...
RENEE AHDIEH
What would you do if I died?If you died I would want to die too.
So you could be with me?...
CORMAC MCCARTHY
What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, S... 
If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple. 
I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is. 