He say, Celie, tell me the truth. You don't like me cause I'm a man? I blow my nose. take off they pants, I say, and men look like frogs to me. No matter how you kiss 'em, as far as I'm concern, frogs is what they stay.
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Related Im okay Im okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause im telling you the trut... GERARD WAY i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD I mumble a lot when im off stage, so a lot of times when im with a friend i'll say something and he'... MITCH HEDBERG i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL dont read my diary when im gone, ok im going to work now , when you wake up please read my diary, lo... KURT COBAIN when i meet someone new they tell me that im crazy or that i need personal and that im the weirdest ... DALLY SALAD Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they thr... HARRY S TRUMAN Any other questions?" "Just one," I say. "What color are your eyes?" I want to know what he thi... ALLY CONDIE No matter what happens or what you go through im here for you i always will be.No one will keep me f... NICKOLI LEE ALLEN D'AVANZO My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later. NATALIE WOOD I don't mind what the opposition say of me so long as they don't tell the truth about me. MARK TWAIN I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. SIR WALTER SCOTT He shook his head. "The next time I hear a women going on about how neurotic men are, I'm going to r... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS If you ask me to kiss you, I will,” he says. His fingers stroke the inside of my wrists, and ... STEPHANIE PERKINS I need you here with me we look for our love but we dont find it im searching and searching, I reall... SELENA GóMEZ Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic." "That's not very nice ... VERONICA ROTH have i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are. LEWIS CARROLL I do. I choose you, which is to choose him and the others and to say Everything I was... JAMESON FITZPATRICK She standing there looking me straight in the eye. She look tired and her jaws full of air. I s... ALICE WALKER Just tell me you don't love me, and I'll let the matter drop." "What?" "What I said. Just ... CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA You remind me of a boy I used to know Same Smile, same easy, laid-back style And man, coul... MALORIE BLACKMAN A Bullet is a man, from time to time he strays, I compare my life to this, To this I relate. And Im ... CHRIS CORNELL you really think im happy what just because i smile haha thats a joke is the devil good just because... AMBER FAITH HUN Let me also say I wanna make you sandwhiches, And soup, And peanut butter cookies, Th... ANDREA GIBSON Tell me a truth, Senna." "I don't know how," I breath. "Then tell me a lie." "I don't... TARRYN FISHER Don't say it. Don't say nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. Don't tell me it doesn't m... JODI PICOULT (When) I go to the mall and out to eat, people still recognize me, ... Every Sunday, when I go to ch... JULIAN TAVAREZ I tell you what, Mr. Fledgeby,' said Lammle, advancing on him. 'Since you presume to contradict me, ... CHARLES DICKENS I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me. SIR WALTER SCOTT Dont strew me with roses after Im dead. When Death claims the light of my brow,No flowers of life wi... THOMAS F. HEALEY I say tell me the truth, but you don´t dare. I tell you how I feel but you don´t care. You say lov... FIONA APPLE I say tell me the truth, but you don´t dare. I tell you how I feel but you don´t care. You say lov... FIONA APPLE I didn't like acting 'cause I didn't know how, ... I was scared to death. I had never done it before... GLEN CAMPBELL I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell ... GEORGE M. COHAN I like to play around with people who don't know me. Often I'm talking to people through my ... MARLEE MATLIN I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me SIR WALTER SCOTT Aren't I enough for you?' she asked. 'No,' he said. 'You are enough for me, as far as a woman i... D.H. LAWRENCE Everyone, this is the new girl. Elder knows her. New girl, this is everyone.” A few people look up... BETH REVIS It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big ... MARIO BALOTELLI Just let me go, we have to be able to criticize what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if y... ANI DIFRANCO You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it ... BRIAN ANDREAS How did you do that?” I shrug. “I click my heels three times and say, ‘There’s no plac... CYNTHIA HAND And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my princ... JOAN COLLINS You look like hell,' he said to me in a low voice. 'Gee, Dax, don’t coat it with honey.... MARIA V. SNYDER Im going to Invest in a Turtle shell so i dont have to Watch MY Back. add ME to the Ninja Turtles Li... KALUM JOHNSON (KDOG) My friends say I'm a fool to think that you're the one for me, I guess I'm just a sucker for love. (... JUSTIN BIEBER How do you always know just what to say?" I ask. His laugh rumbles through me. "Practice, I gu... TERA LYNN CHILDS I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you sp... GEORGE M. COHAN SHUT UP. Both of you. You're coming with me." To me he said, "Put some pants on." "Fuck y... DAVID WONG I'll tell you what you can do," he said, stopping abruptly. Now he did reach out to grip both my sho... MEG CABOT When people say hello to me, I feel like maybe I know them from somewhere, because they say, like, &... DAKOTA FANNING Tell me I'm a screwed up mess, that I never listen, listen. Tell me you don't want my kiss, that ... ONE DIRECTION I love to go shopping. I love to freak out salespeople. They ask me if they can help me, and I say, ... STEPHEN WRIGHT This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say th... RORY MCILROY What Turning Forty Means to Me I need to take my pants off as soon as I get home. I didn'... TINA FEY I need to feel you as a man does a woman. You have no idea what it costs me to say these things to y... PIPPA DACOSTA I say tell me the truth, but you don«t dare. I tell you how I feel but you donÃ�... FIONA APPLE As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell yo... HARPER LEE As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you ... HARPER LEE Sometimes it's hard because I don't like to hurt people's feelings. So there have been times when a ... ELLEN DEGENERES don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it ... JODI PICOULT What about your Your 10,000 promises? That you gave to me (to me, babe) Your 10,00... BACKSTREET BOYS As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" The skull howled with laughter. "You just got your ass handed ... JIM BUTCHER When you take your step your dream comes true,you see the sky with fluffy clouds you take your breat... SELENA GóMEZ I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. (....) He stares at me. I wait wi... VERONICA ROTH inside me, the liquor feels like fire and I like it. “Maybe it should be you,” I say matter-of-f... SUZANNE COLLINS every body thinks im this cheerful littel person with a wonderful smile but the truth is i hide behi... AMBER FAITH HUN Say it." "Say what?" "Tell me what you told me earlier." "I love you." "That's a... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I wish not to tell you how I feel, I choose silence so that you leave, Kiss me goodbye and... SANHITA BARUAH As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you ... HARPER LEE Will you love me in December as you do in May, Will you love me in the good old fashioned way? JAMES WALKER Never felt lyk im alone bcoz my soul always follows me dats wat make me feel im not alone & I"ll nev... RAKSHAN BHANDARY Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.' MICHELLE PHAN I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don&... DAMON LINDELOF Jules wants me to tell you that it's a shame you have to fall for someone as boring as myself. He wi... AMY PLUM That's not what he meant," Rachel says again, pink flushing her cheeks. "Actually, I meant-" I ... C.J. REDWINE Beckett started the Hummer and texted Eve: Tak4e Ur Cloth3s OFF Im on my qway Her reply ca... DEBRA ANASTASIA Don’t kill me,” he sobbed as he lay there. “Oh God, please don’t kill me.” “If you ... DEREK LANDY You'll never find another like me because im the original. RACHEL W why can't you see i'm a kid', said the kid. Why try to make me like you? Why are you hurt ... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Imagine that Jesus is calling you today. He extends a second invitation to accept His Father's love.... BRENNAN MANNING After we've been dancing awhile and need a breather, we walk off the dance floor. I whip out my cell... SIMONE ELKELES When I first used to tour, guys would come up and say, 'Where's the fight club in my area?... CHUCK PALAHNIUK All right, Chris, you've given me a breather. I'm prepared for anything. And thank you for... V.C. ANDREWS i'd rather people hate me for who i am then have them like me for who im not KURT COBAIN Try it again," I said. "Kiss me." "No," he said. "Kiss me." "No," And then he smiled.... BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ Im telling you, my heart was beating in my throat over the last four holes. This is a huge opportuni... THOMAS AIKEN You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It... TRUMAN CAPOTE I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes. LAWRENCE KASDAN Do you remember all of your audiences?" Marco asks. "Not all of them," Celia says. "But I reme... ERIN MORGENSTERN I am society's child, this is how they made me, and now I'm saying what's on my mind and they dont w... TUPAC SHAKUR No matter what people say, about what I did, about what I am like... They say you are not dedicated ... YUVRAJ SINGH Behind every great hatred is a love story. For I am a man who has known and tasted love. I say “a ... JUSTIN CRONIN In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the price... PAULO COELHO My boyfriend's an idiot," I say as soon as he lurches away. "A cute idiot," Ally c... LAUREN OLIVER I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What ... RACHEL CAINE As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in ... JOANNA RUSS Expect me nigga like you'd expect jesus to come back expect me nigga im coming. TUPAC SHAKUR You're trying your damndest, you strike out and they boo you. I act like it doesn't bother me, like ... MIKE SCHMIDT Do it. Before they send those mutts back or something. I don't want to die like Cato," he says. SUZANNE COLLINS
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ALICE WALKER Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about... ALICE WALKER When we have pleaded for understanding, our character has been distorted; when we have asked for sim... ALICE WALKER The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout. ALICE WALKER She standing there looking me straight in the eye. She look tired and her jaws full of air. I s... ALICE WALKER God is different to us now, after all these years in Africa. More spirit than ever before, and more ... ALICE WALKER His little whistle sound like it lost way down a jar, and the jar in the bottom of the creek. P. 64 ALICE WALKER I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you ... ALICE WALKER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER Like I said...fine with me. ALICE WALKER Who am I to tell her who to love? My job just to love her good and true myself. P. 237 ALICE WALKER Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it. ALICE WALKER The Olinka girls do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this... ALICE WALKER Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that tre... ALICE WALKER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER The more I wonder, the more I love. ALICE WALKER Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He ... ALICE WALKER Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly. ALICE WALKER A grown child is a dangerous thing. ALICE WALKER People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always ... ALICE WALKER All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my c... ALICE WALKER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved. ALICE WALKER And I thank God let me gain understanding enough to know love can't be halted just cause some people... ALICE WALKER A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is th... ALICE WALKER Well how you spect to make her mind? Wives is like children. You have to let 'em know who got the up... ALICE WALKER All my life I had to fight... But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house... I loves Harpo... ALICE WALKER I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions -- those who wantonly dama... ALICE WALKER The longer I am a writer--so long now that my writing finger is periodically numb--the better I unde... ALICE WALKER Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve. ALICE PAUL I think fashion can always date, but I think if a woman has elegance, she doesn't date. ALICE TEMPERLEY The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way. ALICE WATERS When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jit... ALICE OSWALD After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to... ALICE DREGER After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to... ALICE DREGER