Quotes about well
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“You can want and want and want, but if he doesn't want you back… you might as well wish the sky were red.”

Source: Twenties Girl

“This is fusion, when two people become one. They are so close and so well suited to each other that they blend together. They merge and can't live without each other after that.”

Danielle Steel (1947) American author of romance novels

People

“That is our Fairy Tail!! We don't live like we have already died, like you do!! We live with our lives on the lines, you bastard!! If you don't have the courage to change things then you might as well just die!!!”

Hiro Mashima (1977) Japanese manga artist

Courage, Change

“Well, what is a blessing but a curse from another point of view?”

Lois McMaster Bujold The Curse of Chalion

Source: The Curse of Chalion

“There had been certain romantic interludes in the past that had included galloping across the desert at night; but he had never abducted any woman whose enthusiastic support for such a plan had not been secured well in advance.”

Robin McKinley book The Blue Sword

Source: The Blue Sword

Support, Past, Night

“Since the moment I laid eyes on Jericho Barrons, I wanted him. I wanted him to do things to me that pink and clueless MacKayla Lane was shocked and appalled and… okay, yeah, well, utterly fascinated to find herself thinking about.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Shadowfever

Thinking

“If you don’t go after Luke,” Clary said, enunciating very clearly, “I, personally, will kill you.”
For a moment Jocelyn looked astonished. Then she smiled. “Well,” she said, “if you put it like that.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

Smile, Personality

“I’d mentioned this odd wardrobe choice to Adrian a couple of weeks ago:
“Isn’t Dimitri hot?”
Adrian’s response hadn’t been entirely unexpected:
“Well, yeah, according to most women, at least.”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

Women

“Do you give up?" Shezmu bellowed.
"No!" I yelled. "No, we don't give up. We will name you. Just… Gosh, you're quite well muscled, arn't you? Do you work out?”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“I don’t know how you do it. You aren’t even blond. I mean, maybe a little, but mostly you’re a brunette. I just don’t see guys going for that.”

“Yeah, well, some people are into kinky stuff, I guess.”

Richelle Mead (1976) American writer

Source: Succubus Heat

People, Guy

“What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart?
It is too heavy. It will always show.
Jacques felt himself growing gloomy again. He was well aware that to live on earth a man must follow its fashions, and hearts were no longer worn.”

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker

Source: The Holy Terrors

Fashion, Heart

“I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish length for a book — something in which the reader can get happily lost, if the tale is done well and stays fresh.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Books

“Are you guys busy?" Juniper asked.
"Well," I said, "we're in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die."
"We're not busy," Annabeth said.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Variant: Juniper: Are you guys busy?
Percy: Well, we’re in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we’re trying not to die.
Annabeth: We’re not busy.
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Guy, Game, Business

“Well, I'm supposed to be crazy, right? And there isn't much I wouldn't do for you. The stupider the better."
- Adrian Ivashkov”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice

Stupidity

“The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it… If you’re convinced that cooking is drudgery, you’re never going to be good at it, and you might as well warm up something frozen.”

James Beard (1903–1985) American chef

Love, Secret, Cooking

“How's it hangin' Harry?
I keep trying to die, but they won't let me.
Well, you can't have everything.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.”

Maud Hart Lovelace book Heaven to Betsy

Source: Heaven to Betsy

Life, People, Learning

“Aunt Libby: "I think I'm getting married! I've been dying to tell you."
Raven: "You are? Congrats! Dad didn't mention…"
Aunt Libby: "Well, okay, it's not official or anything. In fact, we haven't officially gone out yet. I just met him last night.”

Ellen Schreiber (1967) American writer

Source: The Coffin Club

Thinking, Night

“Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.”

Joseph Conrad book Under Western Eyes

Pt. I
Source: Under Western Eyes (1911)
Context: Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. I have been for many years a teacher of languages. It is an occupation which at length becomes fatal to whatever share of imagination, observation, and insight an ordinary person may be heir to. To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

Reality

“How do you accidentally kill a lord in his own manor?'

with a knife to the chest… well a pair of knives actually, one can never be too careful”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Variant: How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?"
"With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest...
Source: The Final Empire

“Von Linden really should know me well enough by now to realise that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity.”

Elizabeth Wein book Code Name Verity

Variant: Von Loewe really should know me well enough by now to realize that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity.
Source: Code Name Verity

Fight

“Well, he died. You don't get any older than that.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch 22

“The whole crew sat on the deck, without a storm or a monster attack to worry about for the first time in days, and ate ice cream. Well, except for Frank, who was lactose intolerant. He got an apple.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Time

“To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.”

Thomas Hardy Under the Greenwood Tree

Source: Under the Greenwood Tree (1872), ch. 1

Tree

“Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Wisdom

“Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.”

James A. Owen book The Shadow Dragons

Source: The Shadow Dragons

Stupidity, Evil

“You will be wondering about that sugar bowl, I imagine, is it still in use? You are wondering, has it been cleaned? You may very well ask, was it thoroughly washed?”

Shirley Jackson book We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Imagination

“Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat sauce. Oh well, he'd eaten worse.”

Charlie Higson book The Enemy

Source: The Enemy

Food, Dogs

“Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

Source: Little Women

Happiness

“I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Tell them, Gabrielle,” Adam urged impatiently.
Blinking, Gabby nodded. “I have one of the, er… fairies here with me –”
“Tuatha Dé,” Adam corrected irritably. “You’re bloody well making me sound like Tinkerbell.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: The Immortal Highlander

“All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe." It will work miracles in your life.”

Louise L. Hay (1926–2017) American writer

Life

“For the first time Valentine glanced down at the body of Brother Jeremiah. "I did kill him, and the rest of the Silent Brothers as well. I had to. They had something I needed."
"What? A sense of decency?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Sense, Time

“one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started”

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker

“He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they?”

Philippa Gregory book The Constant Princess

Source: The Constant Princess

“Frank nodded grimly. “Well…any goddess who throws a Ding Dong at a giant can’t be all bad. Let’s go.”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Source: The Son of Neptune

“Well, you have the right to make a sacrifice of yourself, but I'll be damned if I'll let you sacrifice me!”

Georgette Heyer book Black Sheep

Source: Black Sheep

“You'd give up drinking to go see your dad?"
"Well, not permanently," he said. "That'd be ridiculous. But maybe I could switch to something slightly cheaper for a while. Like… slushes. Do you know how much I love those? Cherry, especially.”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

Love, Drink

“Sometimes I think that maybe we are just stories. Like we may as well just be words on a page, because we're only what we've done and what we are going to do.”

Jodi Lynn Anderson American children's writer

Source: Tiger Lily

Thinking

“And reality has a well-known liberal bias.”

Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor

White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2006)
Context: I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in "reality." And reality has a well-known liberal bias.

Reality

“Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.”

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman

Singing

“Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right
person for you. That takes some time to figure out”

Emily Giffin (1972) American writer

Source: Baby Proof

Love, Time, Personality

“You want me and I want you. right?"
Who did she think she was? You can't just go around blurting out the truth like a prophet with Tourette's Syndrome. He said, "Well, I guess. Yeah, that's right.”

Christopher Moore book Coyote Blue

Source: Coyote Blue

Truth, Thinking

“Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”

Earl Nightingale (1921–1989) American motivational speaker

Fear, Way, Time

“Well, I've been down so Goddamn long,
that it looks like up to me.”

Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors

“Relationship Principle 9
Every guy knows he can find a girl who is simply satisfied with satisfying him. They are much more turned on by a woman who cares about her own pleasure as well.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Variant: Every guy knows he can find a girl who is simply satisfied with satisfying him. They are much more turnd on by a woman who cares about her own pleasures as well.
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart

Pleasure, Guy, Girl