We Can Quotes

I like writing dialogue - I can hear my characters so clearly that writing dialogue often feels as much like transcribing something as it does like creating it.

I have wanted to sing for as long as I can remember. Literally, since maybe the second grade. I don't think there was one turning point where I said, "This is it".

I can resist you or flee from you or try my hardest not to respond to you, but it makes no difference. You fall in love with me, and I with you". Daniel to Luce Page 352

Alex loved books. He was the one who first introduced me to poetry. That's another reason I can't read anymore.

That's my favorite thing about him. I like to lie next to him when it's late, dark, and so quiet I can hear my own heartbeat. It's times like that when I'm sure that I'm in love.

It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me - such bullshit.

Because?' I prompt 'Because I'm sorry, but I can't help it, and I really need to kiss you right now.

Funny how time heals. Like that bullet in my ribs. It's there, I know it's there, but I can barely feel it at all anymore.

My former people were not totally wrong. Love is a kind of possession. It’s a poison. And if Alex no longer loves me, I can’t bear to think that he might love somebody else.

My stomach gets that hollowed-out feeling. It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart.

When he speaks again, I can tell that he's smiling. "So I guess we saved each other.

The worst is knowing I can't tell anybody what's happening -or what's happened- to me. Not even my mom.

If you are advocating full retirement benefits starting at 60, my reaction is the system is already 31 percent underfinanced and can not afford what it's now doing, let alone such a policy change.

If your country's in war there ain't nothin' you can do exceptin' help

I feel that if I establish the world or the premise from the first line, then I can get the reader to come with me where I want her to go.

They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots. My insides are draining out of the fault lines in my skin, I can feel it, but every time I check the bandages, they're dry.

I need to finish this scarf/shawl/blanket thing so I can start something for Emma- a hat, maybe, or a sweater for her stuffed elephant.

There's no point in asking why, even though everybody will. I know why. The harder question is "why not?" I can't believe she ran out of answers before I did.

My first class is biology. I can't find it and get my first demerit for wandering the hall. It is 8:50 in the morning. Only 699 days and 7 class periods until graduation.

Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.

The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.

If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass.

Before I can accept someone's help, I must accept their presence.

How often have I tried just hard enough so that I can then say to myself that I tried with the real purpose of assuaging my guilt about something I did not wish to succeed in the first place?

I have a feeling I'm falling on rare occasions but most of the time I have my feet on the ground I can't help it if the ground itself is falling.

Whether or not I can get an interview from hip-hop media, that's not going to effect whether or not I can go on tour in Asia and Europe and see all of these different places and experiences.

When it comes to 'Glee,' I feel like I've been in a relationship, and now I can mingle a bit.

If I could clone myself, we’d be all right. But I can’t.

I took Hedo (Turkoglu) in the first game and Rashard (Lewis) hit the winning shot. I took Rashard in the second game and Hedo hit the shot. If I could clone myself, we'd be all right. But I can't.

Everything is sore right now. Everything. I look like I'm doing okay but I can't wait to get home.

I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.

I hope I can help guys coming out of high school, if they need advice. I know the ins and outs of everything.

There's no reason to play in the NBA if you don't believe you can win it all.

I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.

And I also have a camera, a Web cam, and I have one at home, so I can hook up and talk to the girls, and they can see me while we're on the bus in the middle of nowhere.

Poetry and I fit together. I can't imagine being without it... It is food and drink, it is all seasons, it is the stuff of all existence.

The only reason you should move to a new job is if you are not getting the opportunity to do what you want to do and what you believe you can do.

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.

There’s no comparison. Veganism is the single most important thing that one can do today.

In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.

I wish I can meet my wife in the hereafter, but I don't think I will. I just cease to exist just as she has ceased to exist.

Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave.

My mom was a social worker. I had a pretty good idea of what the authorities can do when a parent's not around.

I'm not really a partier, in general. I've definitely learned that that's probably the least interesting thing you can do with your time.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

My Yoga practice is number one, straight physical exercises are number two, and when I can do neither, I focus on the breath. Make sure I drink enough water and get enough sleep.

I can't control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.

I can't do most things, if I'm honest, but cooking I definitely can't do.

Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.

I always say that I can play sort of six variations on one girl, all of whom are a variation on me. Maybe I'll think of myself as an actor if, like, I do a corset drama.