Colons And Semicolons Before Quotes

#1. The trying to change what they think, the attempt to explain, the hope they'll come to see your side of things, it was exhausting because it never made a dent and afterward you only ached unbearably.

Marisha Pessl

#2. The curse of the great is ennui.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

#3. Sometimes, breaking down is the bravest thing you can do.

Vironika Tugaleva

#4. Trust a snake before a Jew and a Jew before a Greek,but don't trust an Armenian

George Orwell

#5. People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.

Catherine Hardwicke

#6. To love someone is the most beautiful adventure but to be loved by some one is a great reward.

Debasish Mridha

#7. And just like that, I was caught in another moment of awe. Even the back of the man was enough to make my legs quake, but what stilled me was the stunning ink he wore

Melissa Jane

#8. Fate is a crazy thing.

Saumya Sharman

#9. Any form of a winning record in the conference is an accomplishment.

Jordan Knight

#10. If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?

James Lee Burke

#11. Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.

Josh Billings

#12. I've always wanted to play a normal woman, and I think I have been offered these parts where I play a kook because I'm not the idea of what a normal woman is.

Jenny Slate

#13. We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.

Casey Stengel

#14. While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.

John Adams