“I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.”
Ben Folds (1966) American musician
"Best Imitation of Myself", Ben Folds Five (1995).
Song lyrics, With Ben Folds Five
Song lyrics
“I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.”
Ben Folds (1966) American musician
"Best Imitation of Myself", Ben Folds Five (1995).
Song lyrics, With Ben Folds Five
“I want you. I know you tried to find.”
Pete Yorn (1974) American musician
Farmer Vs. River
Song lyrics
“What happened to you?" she asked.
"I got hit in the side."
"With what?"
"A knife.”
Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist
Source: Lover Awakened
“Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Noam Cohen (1999) American journalist
Interviewed as part of panel discussion — [Andrew, Lih, w:Andrew Lih, Wikimania 2009, Wikimedia Foundation, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:200908281410-Andrew Lih-Challenges of Covering the Wikimedia Community.ogv, October 30, 2014, Challenges of Covering the Wikimedia Community, August 28, 2009]
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Ziad Jarrah (1975–2001) September 11th hijacker
Letter to Aysel Şengün (2001)
Context: I am what you wish for, but unfortunately you must still wait so little until we will be together again. I did not flee from you, but I did what I had to do. You should be very proud of it, it is an honor, and you will see the result, and everybody will be happy.
“You’ve got to be kid— Well, crud, what just happened there? I ran out of syl”
Rick Riordan book The Hidden Oracle
Source: The Hidden Oracle
Nicholas Sparks book True Believer
Jeremy Marsh, Chapter 7, p. 113
Variant: I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on. It's perfectly normal.
Source: 2000s, True Believer (2005)
“I had no intention of anyone ever finding out what I had done.”
Jared Fogle (1977) American corporate mascot
On the success of his Subway diet, as quoted in "Subway pitchman Jared lost pounds, then anonymity" by Mitch Stacy in Associated Press report (16 November 2003)