“Just because I'm a murdering, thieving, cowardly, traitorous sort doesn't mean I can't do my job properly.”

“I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty.”

Jean Genet (1910–1986) French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist

“Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

“Just because we can't be together doesn't mean I don't love you”

Cecily von Ziegesar Gossip Girl

“Just because life's meaningless doesn't mean we can't experience it meaningfully.”

Glen Duncan (1965) British writer

“Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be.”

Stephanie Laurens (1943) Australian writer

“Just because you can't see them and you can't hear them, that doesn't mean they're not here.”

Graham Masterton (1946) British writer

“Just because I tread heavily on propriety's toes doesn't mean I can't play the game when it's of use to me.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

“I believed all that stuff about pleasing myself. Can't be done. You can't please yourself by doing what you want. Because it doesn't mean anything if it's just you. There has to be somebody it matters to.”

Orson Scott Card book Homebody

“When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.”

Karen E. Quinones Miller (1958) American writer