Why can’t I do it?” [Isabel] asked…. “Do what?” “Just forget about everything. Just go somewhere and get smashed and pretend like there are no problems or consequences. I know why. Because there are still problems and consequences. And going and--and--partying doesn’t make them go away. I feel like I’m the only sane person in the world. I don’t get why this whole world runs on stupidity.
Maggie Stiefvater
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Right now I feel guilty to be alive. Why? Because I’m wasting it. I’ve been given this life and ... MEGAN MCCAFFERTY And if you have a minute, why don't we go Talk about it somewhere only we know? This could... BIL KEANE There are board members who do not acknowledge the serious problems going on, and I do not know why, FRED JACOBS I fear being alone more than anything else. So why do I do this? Why do I push away the people I lov... VICTORIA AVEYARD I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I look up, and he’s searching my eyes, just like he did after kissing me for the first time in the... BETH REVIS Sometimes I just want to gone from the internet to become invisible, but still I don't do anything. ... DEYTH BANGER I was heading for the city in the south, of which they used to say in our village: ‘There are... FRANZ KAFKA (There are so many If's like Why's, why there, if there... but why?? Look again I say this word!) DEYTH BANGER I walked across an empty land I knew the pathway like the back of my hand I felt the earth... BIL KEANE I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistak... ANNE LAMOTT I hate and love. And why, perhaps you’ll ask. I don’t know: but I feel, and I’m tormented... CATULLUS I like to do it just because I like to go to places that a lot of bands normally wouldn't go, becaus... EDSEL DOPE Breaking the circle” My eyes darken when I see my new lover. Fresh prey. My body d... ASPER BLURRY Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn... MARKUS ZUSAK That’s when I realized that I really loved you.” She sat down on the floor with me. She sp... STEPHEN CHBOSKY ...‘All this suffering,’ I said, ‘and nothing but greed and violence to build on when the war ... JOYCE DENNYS Every time I think I’m getting smarter I realize that I’ve just done something stupid. Dad says ... KAREN MARIE MONING I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought, there are so many p... REBECCA KATHERINE MARTIN Looks?” the skull said. “Who cares about that? It’s superficial. Outward appearance doesn’t ... JONATHAN STROUD Good God, you don’t give up.” “Nope.” I laughed, couldn’t help it, and his ... J. LYNN Why, isabel? Why are you doing this to yourself? To your body?'And why are you doing this t... LOUISE O'NEILL I could go on all night, Lake. I could go on and on and on about all the reasons I’m in love with ... COLLEEN HOOVER 6 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, and I still don’t know which month it was then or what day it... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON I asked,”Are you going to pick up next time I call you?” ”I did this time didn’t I?”<... MAGGIE STIEFVATER People are born to die so why care about the problems revel in the good times and coast through the ... CHEYENNE CARD ROSE: I love you, Jack. JACK: No...don’t say your goodbyes, Rose. Don’t you give up. ... JAMES FRANCIS CAMERON Why can't you fly now, mother?" "Because I am grown up, dearest. When people grow up they forge... J.M. BARRIE Why is there so much problem just to know one’s own Soul? The Soul resides in one’s own abode (b... DADA BHAGWAN I don’t have a philosophy: I have senses... If I talk about Nature, it’s not because I know... ALBERTO CAEIRO But stories are like people, Atticus. Loving them doesn’t make them perfect. You try to cherish th... MATT RUFF I don’t want to love him—this would be so much simpler if I didn’t. But I do. He’s funn... RACHEL VINCENT To love is to think. And I almost forget to feel only from thinking about her. I don’t k... ALBERTO CAEIRO Why can’t I get enough of you?” she asked between kisses. “Do you want to? DONNA GRANT I just got carried away and I guess that's why I need to go and get help with this. DANIEL JONES Why people like to be kicked and punched in the face. The game is famous as box?? What's the in... DEYTH BANGER I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?" Pass,... SARAH DESSEN Why?” she whispered. “Why should I dance with you?” “Because I love you. Because ... ERIN MCCARTHY Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a ... MICHAEL GRANT 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 Charlie, don’t you get it? I can’t feel that. It’s sweet and everything, but it’s like you�... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why do we have to do this in the middle of the night?” Taylor asked. “Because we don’t wa... MICHAEL GRANT True knights protect the weak.” He snorted. “There are no true knights, no more than... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE The last thing I want to do is cause loads of hype or problems, I just want to go in there and get m... PRINCE WILLIAM About time,” Brianna said. “Hey, sorry, we were kind of busy,” Quinn snapped. “And I di... MICHAEL GRANT The strange thing about falling in love is, we know what it looks and feels like. But we can’t rea... CHARLIE MACLEAN The strange thing about falling in love is, we know what it looks and feels like. But we can’t rea... CHARLIE MACLEAN No one is going to hand me success. I must
go out & get it myself. That’s why I’m here. To
domin... GUNDO MULAUDZI and we laugh and laugh and all I know is at this moment I feel like I can do anything... KIRSTEN SMITH So...Mason, Eddie, and Mia went to Spokane to hunt Strigoi?" "Yes." "Holy shit. Why didn't... RICHELLE MEAD It's why real men just go out in the woods and howl. I must do it and get paid. HENRY ROLLINS Just tell me what's so irritating."(katsu) That's none of your damn business!"(kyok) Maybe... NATSUKI TAKAYA Some are sad. And some are glad. And some are very, very bad. Why are the... DR. SEUSS But what does he do to qualify as a sonovabitch?” Jenny asked. “Make me”, I replied. ERICH SEGAL What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today. Why is... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS Don’t do anything stupid." "Don’t worry," I whispered over the line, "I’m an expert on st... BRANDON SANDERSON -I would die for you -You lie -If I lie, why do I stand here before and beg on my knees t... M Are you a female dog?" "What?" Massie asked. "Why?" "Because you are acting like a real LISI HARRISON I want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't know why. I don't think she necessarily looks like me or a... DIABLO CODY People say to the mentally ill, ‘You know so many people think the world of you.’ But when they ... RICHEY EDWARDS That is why I can't understand why she has gone and we are so concerned she hasn't got in touch. Jus... STEPHEN SEARS Beauty’s not only skin deep. Just because a person is beautiful doesn’t mean there’s no s... RACHEL COHN Why, Jon, why?" his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can'... RICHARD BACH The movies make the brooding guy the hero – the guy with problems the guy who carries a gun, the g... E. LOCKHART Hey I'm sorry about the other day. Didn't mean to give you a hard time, I ---" He held u... KIERA CASS There is much asked and only so much I think I can or should answer, and so, in this post I would li... LIBBA BRAY What I want to know is how you go on when you look around and don’t see anywhere you want to ... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Why do you want to be on The Real World? -Because I want everyone to witness my youth DAVE EGGERS Don’t just talk about it, go out there and do it. Don’t just meditate about it, go out there and... STEVE MARABOLI I came back because I had to. Because there was nothing wrong in the world except that I was getting... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sloppy, Mega,” I mutter. I still can’t see. I wipe my bloody nose on my sleeve and reach out to ... KAREN MARIE MONING When I touched that boy, I felt something. Something awful. Something I can’t describe.” �... NEAL SHUSTERMAN Sometimes I feel so- I don’t know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you’re ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Isn’t it funny how we make rational excuses for being out of alignment? We say, “Wel... ALARIC HUTCHINSON I’m mean? That’s the worst you can throw at me?” “Mean and self-pitying. Does that make... MICHAEL GRANT It is hard to be angry when one has seen the sun rise,' she said. It seems to be true,' he admi... DAVID GEMMELL Like a speeding train I am passing by... I don’t know where I’m heading with... SANOBER KHAN If you’re worrying about your relationships, then just destroy those relationships and your worrie... WATARU WATARI Why? Because I am a sovereign being and I do what I desire to do as I feel led. That is al... MISHI MCCOY 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 wouldn’t dare!” I cocked my head at him and thought about it. “Why do people say... GARON WHITED Do you think they have ice cream here?” Lanie asked. Kyle cocked his eyebrow, obviously... M.K. SCHILLER We know what they're going to do and what they like to do. We're just going to have to go out there ... DERRICK SHARP What?" I asked uneasily. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He shook his head, the sm... RICHELLE MEAD Why do you watch me burn in the cold,dark-red fire?
Like hope that never last
Why do you cut me on t... RYAN B LUNDQUIST If you can't understand why someone is doing something, look at the consequences of their actions, w... JORDAN B. PETERSON I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we
like it and it makes us think and fe... RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN Sometimes I just want to go in a room and break things and scream. Like, it’s so much pressure all... LIBBA BRAY Tikkun olam.” Exactly. Basically, it says that the world has been broken into pieces. A... DAVID LEVITHAN Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?” The c... LEWIS CARROLL Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for th... PEDRO ALMODOVAR But one day I’ll have to explain about my nightmares. Why they came. Why they won’t ever really ... SUZANNE COLLINS And all are asleep,so all are foolish. Don't feel offended. Thefacts have to be stated as they are.Y... OSHO Amor" So many days, oh so many days seeing you so tangible and so close, how do... PABLO NERUDA I wouldn't be in shallow relationships, so I do nothing. I have no sex and no romance. Who needs it.... CANDACE BUSHNELL I don’t know why I ever helped you.” “Because you like broken things. CASSANDRA CLARE There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know ... TAYLOR SWIFT This must be what feelings are. This is why people write poems! I get it now. I get it, ... LAINI TAYLOR
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I've folded one thousand paper crane memories of me and Grace, and ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER One thousand ways to say good-bye One thousands ways to cry One thousand ways to hang your... MAGGIE STIEFVATER We had this big grill at his house, and I remember, one night he said, 'Sam, tonight you're feeding ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Lunch." I said. "Immediately. I'm going to wither away to absolutely nothing. Then you'll be racked ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER And then I opened my eyes and it was just Grace and me - nothing anywhere but Grace and me - she pre... MAGGIE STIEFVATER She kissed me harder, breath huffing into my mouth, and bit my lip. Oh, hell that was amazing. I gro... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sensitive," I tried. Sam translated: "Squishy." "Creative." "Danger... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Crashing into the trembling void Stretching my hand to you Losing myself to frigid regret<... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I settled on the floor and whispered to Sam, “I want you to listen to me, if you can.” I leaned ... 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MAGGIE STIEFVATER As they moved through the old barn, Adam felt Ronan’s eyes glance off him and away, his disinteres... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer. MAGGIE STIEFVATER And Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war. MAGGIE STIEFVATER While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night. MAGGIE STIEFVATER If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human. MAGGIE STIEFVATER The biggest mistake you can make is assuming that creativity will hit you all at once and the muse w... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He started to dance. And all at once, because Cole was dancing, I was dancing. And this Cole was eve... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I was wild and tame and pulled into shreds and crushed into being all at once. MAGGIE STIEFVATER As they scuffled in the grass, Adam closed his eyes and leaned his head back. He could nearly scry j... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam described the circumstances surrounding his eye and his hand with the same level tone he would ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER They're saying that you and Sean Kendrick were burning up the cliffs." Tommy spins me again and grin... MAGGIE STIEFVATER When did you get so smart?" He tapped his forehead. "Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I... MAGGIE STIEFVATER What was a kiss without a kiss?" It was a tablecloth tugged from beneath a party service, ever... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Grace, who haunted my thoughts when I couldn’t dream MAGGIE STIEFVATER Gansey hurried on. "Let me introduce you. These are my friends: Ronan, Adam Parrish, and Jane." MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam understood, then, that Gansey and Blue’s awe changed this place. Ronan and Adam may have seen... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan, taking in Blue’s posture and Gansey below, observed, “If you spit, Blue, it would land ri... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Casually, out of the view of Ronan, making sure Adam was still sleeping, Gansey dangled his hand bet... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I like you better this way." For some reason, admitting this made her face go hot right away; she wa... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Maura had decided sometime before Blue's birth that it was barbaric to order children about, and so ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Flustered, she replied, "You're not my - my - grandmother, or something." "You'd talk abo... MAGGIE STIEFVATER his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively -- I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me w... MAGGIE STIEFVATER One thousand brilliant stars punched holes in my consciousness, pricking me with longing. I could st... MAGGIE STIEFVATER It was a sort of ferocious, quiet beauty, the sort that wouldn't let you admire it. The sort of beau... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I didn't say I would start a yard." "You didn't have to. I'll come back next year and yo... MAGGIE STIEFVATER She doesn't know any better, what a girl like her needs is a man with both his legs on the land. A m... MAGGIE STIEFVATER That's a poor match, Sean Kendrick," says a voice at my elbow. It's the other sister from Fathom &am... MAGGIE STIEFVATER In the middle of all this, as Sean slips out of his jacket, he looks over his shoulder at me and he ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many read... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Aglionby Academy was the number one reason Blue had developed her two rules: One, stay away from boy... MAGGIE STIEFVATER In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan. Adam spit his words back at him and Ronan... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I found it." "People find pennies," Gansey replied. "Or car keys. Or four-leaf clovers." "... MAGGIE STIEFVATER She recognized the strange happiness that came from loving something without knowing why you did, th... MAGGIE STIEFVATER When she opened her eyes, she was both in her body and watching it, nowhere near the cavity of the t... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcas... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Blue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes; she felt better about him as a person if she pretende... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Gansey's partying with his mother," Ronan said. He smelled like beer. "And Noah's fucking dead. But ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I guess now would be a good time to tell you," He said. "I took Chainsaw out of my dreams. MAGGIE STIEFVATER You missed World Hist." "Did you get notes for me?" "No. I thought you were dead in a ditc... MAGGIE STIEFVATER From the passenger seat, Ronan began to swear at Adam. It was a long, involved swear, using every fo... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfa... MAGGIE STIEFVATER They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them. MAGGIE STIEFVATER When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan said, "I'm always straight." Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever to... MAGGIE STIEFVATER You are being self-pitying." "I'm nearly done. You don't have much more of this to bear." ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER We have to be back in three hours," Ronan said. "I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again." MAGGIE STIEFVATER She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Right,' he said. 'So it stands to reason there's something about the line that fortifies or protects... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Nothing had changed. Nothing. MAGGIE STIEFVATER It was true that Blue was just shy of five feet and it was also true that she hadn't eaten her green... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Even though Ronan was snarling and Noah was sighing and Adam was hesitating, he didn’t turn to ver... MAGGIE STIEFVATER