Top 100 He Says Quotes
#1. Trust me,' he says with a touch of impatience.
'Stop asking me to do that,' I say, equally as impatiently.
Sarah Alderson
#2. I'm sorry for the randomness of what I wrote, Mr. Oswald. There's been a lot to absorb.'
Without looking up, he says, 'Never apologize for writing your truth, Mr. Fink. There are no right or wrong answers.
Wendy Mass
#3. He says nothing. Not because he disagrees, or disapproves, but because he's crying. Faintly I hear my father sniffling and wiping away tears, and I know he's proud, just incapable of expressing it. I can't fault the man for not knowing how to say what's in his heart. It's the family curse.
Andre Agassi
#4. [ When I met Barack Obama] He says, I do a pretty good me myself - he said something like that. But he's - he is a close talker. He's a touchy guy.
Jordan Peele
#5. The thinking person's case for Romney, murmured by many of his backers, amounts to this: Vote for Mitt, you know he doesn't believe a word he says.
Ross Douthat
#6. Books are fun, Nicholas, he says,
they're like
amusement parks
for readers.
Yeah, well, maybe
they would be fun
if I got to pick
the rides
sometimes, you answer
Kwame Alexander
#7. There was a light behind him. He got up and stretched his neck out about a minute, listening. Then he says: "Who dah?" He listened some more; then he come tiptoeing down and stood right between us; we could a touched him, nearly.
Mark Twain
#8. I wake up and I see the face of the devil and I ask him, "What time is it?"
And he says,
How much time do you want?
Diamanda Galas
#9. I need to kiss you," he says, and it's the smartest thing he's said all day. "Please." ... His lips are just out of reach. "I need to know if I can feel anything. I want to feel something.
Karina Halle
#10. I'd rather spend the rest of my life without ever seeing you again," he says, "than watch them destroy you because of me.
Sangu Mandanna
#11. I like you," he says.
My body is rigid.
"And I don't mean as a friend.
Stephanie Perkins
#12. There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.
Hudson Taylor
#13. Sheriff Dennis lifts an Ole Miss coffee mug off the desk and spits tobacco juice into it. "I like spitting on the Rebels," he says distractedly.
Greg Iles
#14. To "those about to marry," Ibsen therefore says in effect, "Be sure you are not in love!" And to those who are in love he says, "Part!
Henrik Ibsen
#15. He stares down at me for a moment before leaning over to kiss my lips, tugging me back so far it's almost painful so he can reach my mouth. "I love you, too. Promise me you'll remember that." "I promise." "Good," he says. "Because I'm about to fuck you like I don
J.M. Darhower
#16. I love the way he says my name. With the elegance and utmost respect of a King, just before he bows to his Queen.
M.J. Abraham
#17. Avery slides on his glasses and opens his eyes again. "Dammit!" he says again with more feeling. "Why does stuff like this keep happening?"
"You say that as if it's a bad thing," Rob says, smirking.
Laura Kreitzer
#18. Aim for the eye." I say as Marek aims his sniper, "Alright Enya he says as we observe the werewolf down below our watch tower eventually Marek fires he's hit something. I look through my binoculars he's hit it...Just not where I said.
Charon Lloyd-Roberts
#19. Father Alexander Schmemann is an Orthodox scholar who wrote a book called For the Life of the World. He says the liturgy is a journey that proceeds from the kingdom of this world into a brief encounter with the kingdom of God, and then back out again to bear witness to it.
Ian Morgan Cron
#20. I'm crying because we're here," he says. "On a beautiful fall day that feels like summer.
Stephen King
#21. I laugh shakily. 'You're a little scary, Four.'
'Do me a favor,' he says, 'and don't call me that.'
'What should I call you, then?'
'Nothing.' He takes his hand from my face. 'Yet.
Veronica Roth
#22. You're a coward," he whispers. "You want to be with me and it terrifies you. And you're ashamed," he says. "Ashamed you could ever want someone like me. Aren't you?
Tahereh Mafi
#23. My son is pre-K and my daughter is in elementary school. So they don't watch the show. But my son knows that I'm on it - he says that 'Breaking Bad' is his favorite show even though he's never seen it. It's really great that he says that, because it makes me look like mother of the year.
Betsy Brandt
#24. For he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.
Anonymous
#25. It's not safe out there," he says, too close to my ear.
"Yeah ... well ... " I look at him. "Maybe it's not safe in here either.
Ally Carter
#26. Well, Harry Reid and other members of congress, they're just furious over this Olympic uniform deal. He says we should burn the uniforms, and it's an embarrassment and a disgrace. Not as embarrassing as congress constantly borrowing money from the Chinese, but still embarrassing.
Jay Leno
#27. I'm not insane,' it's all he says.
'That's what we all say.
Tahereh Mafi
#28. I want him to live," he says.
I watch,
helpless,
as the pain slips out.
Tears fall
when he whispers,
"But damn it, I want to live, too.
Lisa Schroeder
#29. What rules?"
"Well, for one, I'm not allowed to break your heart," he says. "Second, I'm also not allowed to break your damn heart. And last, I'm not allowed to fucking break your damn heart.
Colleen Hoover
#31. Morgan," he says, his voice quiet as he whispers my name. My name. "Open your eyes, baby.
J.M. Darhower
#32. The friend within the man is that part of him which belongs to you and opens to you a door which never, perhaps, is opened to another. Such a friend is true, and all he says is true; and he loves you even if he hates you in other mansions of his heart.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
#33. New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guy was very rude. I said, "I'd like a card." He says, "You have to prove you're a citizen of New York." So I stabbed him.
Emo Philips
#34. What's your name?" I ask again.
"Chris," he says. "Chris Young."
I exhale dramatically, blowing my bangs out of my eyes.
"I can take you," I reply. "But if you try anything, I'll shoot you right between the eyes. Seriously."
He almost smiles.
"Yes, ma'am.
Summer Lane
#35. Don't you miss the world?"
He is quiet; so is she. Both ride spirals of memory.
"I have the whole world right here," he says, and taps the cover of Darwin. "And in my radios. Right at my fingertips.
Anthony Doerr
#36. I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'
James A. Garfield
#37. The measure of a bookstore is not its receipts, but its friends," he says, "and here, we are rich indeed.
Robin Sloan
#38. How did you do it?" I say. "I don't know," he says. "I just heard your voice.
Veronica Roth
#39. Did you see that guy in the back, from the radio station?'
His smile is a jar full of fireflies.
'Crazy Girl,' he says.
'All I saw was you.
Hilary T. Smith
#40. He has a fancy for always sitting in a pitch-dark room. He says it makes his thoughts brighter.
G.K. Chesterton
#41. I love you," I say to him, only it comes out, "Hey."
"So damn much," he says back, only it comes out, "Dude."
He still won't meet my eyes.
Jandy Nelson
#42. Whe you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful and polite, you have a hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true, that nothing is sincere. Maintaining nonbelief requires a tremendous effort and the proper training.
Milan Kundera
#43. But, Hubertus," Cayce offers, "what if Dorothea is..."
"Yes?" He leans forward, palms flat on the table.
"A vicious lying cunt?"
Bigend giggles, a deeply alarming sound. "Well," he says, "we are in the business of advertising, after all." He smiles.
William Gibson
#44. The freedom of our people is more important!" Julie says fiercely. "We will never stop fighting, never stop working for what is right!"
Jack just smiles at her. "That's a nice lie to believe," he says.
Beth Revis
#45. Hey," I say, my voice lowered, so I don't wake up Katie. "Hey, Boots," he says dreamily. I swear I want to wake up to that every morning of my life. To the sound of, "Hey, Boots.
Jillian Dodd
#46. I can't feel my fingers or the cold or the emptiness of this room because all I feel is him, everywhere,filling everything and he whispers
"Please."
He says "Please don't shoot me for this."
And he kisses me.
Tahereh Mafi
#47. And this time Zara White," he says, " this time it is my turn to rescue you." - Astley
Carrie Jones
#48. I didn't know it would be like this," he says in a whisper. And then: "I'm scared.
Lauren Oliver
#49. And he says he doesn't believe all the heathen will be eternally lost. The idea! If they won't all the money we've been giving to Foreign Missions will be clean wasted, that's what!
L.M. Montgomery
#50. Epictetus say that everything has two handles, one by which it can be borne and one which it cannot. If your brother sins against you, he says, don't take hold of it by the wrong he did you but by the fact that he's your brother. That's how it can be borne.
Anne Tyler
#51. I need you . . . to hear this," he says, cradling my head in his hands. "I . . . will never . . . regret you.
Colleen Hoover
#53. You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
Andre Maurois
#54. My father had always called me Sam since the day I was born. He rarely ever called me Tiger. I would ask him, 'Why don't you ever call me Tiger?' He says, 'Well, you look more like a Sam.
Tiger Woods
#55. When he says "when it all first started up," he means early summer of last year, when the asteroid entered the public consciousness in a serious way.
Ben H. Winters
#56. I am so glad that Jesus does not say, "Practice more spiritual disciplines." He says, "Come to me ... and I will give you rest.
Colin S. Smith
#57. Piper, don't hate Valentine's day," he says. I sigh and look down at him. His eyes are still closed. "I'll be your Valentine.
Heather Hepler
#58. Triumphantly he says, Did you predict that, Lara Jean?
Jenny Han
#59. And now that you are out? How does the world seem to you?" he says.
"Mostly the same," I say. "People are just divided by different things, fighting different wars.
Veronica Roth
#60. He says to land," Tharkay translated, with improbable brevity; at Laurence's frowning look he added, "and he calls us a great many impolite names; do you wish them all translated?
Naomi Novik
#61. But no escape route." "Ah," he says. "So you're looking for an escape route." Hadley nods. "Always.
Jennifer E. Smith
#62. Let's pretend," he says, "that you
never met me. That she was never born.
That none of this ever happened." Then
he is gone.
Celeste Ng
#63. When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.
Cassandra Clare
#64. I tell him I am proud of his genius for construction, but he says he has no genius for anything, he just never knows when he is beaten.
Wallace Stegner
#65. Learn, he says, that there will be hours, days
and months ahead of feeling absolutely terrible
and nothing can change that; neither new
girlfriends, health professionals, changes of diet, dope, humility, or
God.
Charles Bukowski
#66. George W. Bush says he spends sixty to ninety minutes a day working out. He says he works out because it clears his mind. Sometimes just a little too much.
Jay Leno
#67. I believe in you," he says, his voice hushed and almost reverent. "That's more faith than I ever thought I'd have.
Ally Condie
#68. Chill, dudette," he says. He grins. "Did I say that right? I learned it from Pete." I shake my head. "You really shouldn't repeat what Pete says, Henry. It's not healthy." I laugh at his crestfallen expression.
Tammy Falkner
#69. One hundred thousand dollars, he says, his voice ringing clear and loud through the tent.
E.L. James
#70. The great thing about 'Allen Gregory' is that we try to make it really questionable that the things he says have happened, have really happened. We like that ambiguity.
Jonah Hill
#71. As you know President Bush has been traveling around the country trying to sell his new Social Security plan. He wants to take our retirement money and invest it in the stock market. He says nothing can go wrong. I'll mention that to Martha Stewart the next time I see her.
Jay Leno
#72. Better than other people.' Sometimes he says: 'That, at least, you are.' But more often: 'Why should you be? Either you are what you can be, or you are not - like other people.
Dag Hammarskjold
#73. I warned you, he says, I warned you, Harry, but youth is deaf. Youth is careless.
John Updike
#74. I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard - especially when it's hard.
Michelle Obama
#75. And if I see you step foot on my property again, I'll do more than make a phone call, he says, waving the baseball bat around menacingly.
Sarah Darer Littman
#76. If I ever see a man in a rug again, I'm not going to believe a single word he says! A man who lies about having hair will lie about anything.
Joanne Fluke
#77. A few months. Long enough to find out she's fucking crazy," he says with a huge roll of his eyes. "And long enough to realize that the reason why I love her is because she's fucking crazy.
Colleen Hoover
#78. After a pause he says, 'Trust you to bring everything back to sweets.' He is a fine one to talk, him and his birds.
Marian Keyes
#79. Only a king-consort is fool enough to love a queen, he says quietly.
Kendare Blake
#80. It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.
David Hockney
#81. Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.
Henry Vaughan
#82. A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he accepts slander as truth; he does not attempt to persuade men that he is calumniated, but he begs forgiveness.
Isaac Of Nineveh
#83. Enjoy that?" Tanith said with a little grin.
Valkyrie grinned back, her eyes bright. "I keep telling Skulduggery he should get a bike."
"What does he say?"
"He says people who wear leathers, like you, should ride motorbikes. People who wear exquisite suits, like him, should drive Bentleys.
Derek Landy
#84. Smirking, he says, Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts.
Jenny Han
#85. Bet you never eat, he says. Bet you drink up the oxygen like it's butter. Bet you can go for days on nothing but thoughts.
Lauren DeStefano
#86. Okay, and what do I get out of this?" He shrugs and looks almost apologetic. "Me," he says simply.
E.L. James
#87. I understand," she says, and then she quotes Du Fu: "The country is broken, but the mountains and rivers remain." Her eyes flash; he catches sight of the fire in this modest woman. "We are the mountains and rivers," he says, impressed. "No matter what the country is called.
Shawna Yang Ryan
#88. I have a friend who does everything, travels all over the world, goes everywhere, and he says that no matter where in the world he's been, it never gets any better than having a child.
Nia Peeples
#89. The person I love most is the Dalai Lama. China destroyed his country, yet he says that it's imperative we show love for the Chinese.
Monique Roffey
#90. That's the hardest part,' he says. 'The absence of certainty.' - Tucker
Cynthia Hand
#91. I appreciate your help, but that still does not satisfy my confusion. Who are you?" she asks as she sits forward.
"I could be asking you the same thing, Mrs. Peeper," he says as he laughs.
Shanora Williams
#92. Ava's not my date. I came stag."
"Stag. You. Why?"
"So my date wouldn't get offended when I wanted to dance with you," he says.
Cynthia Hand
#93. The logistics of breaking you are easy. The only question is when."
"Right. If you could do it, you would have done it already."
"Maybe you entertain me." He says with supreme confidence as if he's in control of the situation.
"Like a monkey with an attitude and a pair of scissors.
Susan Ee
#94. And you," he says, "you need to talk to your boy." He lifts my chin. "And if he needs saving, then you save him. Isn't that what you told me you did for each other?"
I let go a few more tears but then I nod. "Over and over again.
Patrick Ness
#95. We should come up with another name for you," he says casually. "Something tougher than 'Stiff'. Like 'Blade' or 'Killer' or something.
Veronica Roth
#96. The other guy is obviously meant for me. He's quite short. I don't care about that. I'm quite short myself. I prefer beta males to alphas. Only he keeps telling me to smile. "Nothing's as bad as all that," he says. If I were five years old, I'd have bitten him by now.
Karen Joy Fowler
#97. We are outside again, walking, when he takes a bite and stops dead. "Wow," he says after a minute. Then, "Wow," again.
I smile. Everyone remembers their first taste of Paris. This will be his.
Kristin Hannah
#98. Don't leave me again, he tells me, only he doesn't just do it once. He says it over and over, until I'm melting. He's going to have to let go, because hands traditionally can't hold onto liquidised people.
Charlotte Stein
#99. Please do. It would make my fucking year to see you riding my cock, he says with a masculine groan, smirking at me.
Samantha Towle
#100. I watch his face silently, waiting for him to explain. "I don't want to be the asshole who keeps you away from your friends," he says. "And I don't want you to feel like you have to keep things from me in order to see them. And I'm sorry because you obviously felt exactly that way.
J. Kenner
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