Thought You Quotes

#1. My junior year, I went to an LSAT-prep course. I flipped over my test and thought, 'You bastards.' I walked out and went to Waffle House. That's where I had what I call 'The Waffle House Epiphany': I didn't want to be a lawyer. I wanted to make a dent in the universe.

Alexis Ohanian

#2. That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.

Eckhart Tolle

#3. It was funny how just when you thought you knew yourself through and through, you stumbled on a new kind of strength, a fresh reserve of power inside you that you never knew you had, and all at once you found yourself burning a little brighter and hotter than you ever had before.

Lev Grossman

#4. You said a bad driver is only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.

F Scott Fitzgerald

#5. No matter how you imagine something to be, it's not what you imagine it to be. Any thought you have isn't real or a big deal.

Art Hochberg

#6. I would have appreciated the option of joining you and Reece instead of being left with the three bickering hens. I thought you were more compassionate, Levi. -Harrison Oxley

S.L. Morgan

#7. I was surprised to see you in Government this morning. I thought you said you were a junior.

Kasie West

#8. You smell like a bar," he said.
I thought, You smell like a library. But I wanted to have sex right then, so I said, "You smell like a poem.

Melissa Bank

#9. We thought, you know, this will just be kind of low-key. And no one will ever know we're here, and we're tucked back in.

Kurt Meyer

#10. Perchance to dream
"What are you doing here, Ariel? I would have thought you'd be halfway to Timbuktu."
- lisa mantchev perchance to dream

Lisa Mantchev

#11. When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did.

Toni Cade Bambara

#12. But I thought you were home to stay," she said, exhaustion clear in her voice.
"Ellie, you were my home." He looked down at the sleeping infant. "But I can't stick around and watch you make the biggest mistake of your life.

Lindsey Brookes

#13. If you knew how to cook, maybe I would eat," Jace muttered.
Isabelle froze, her spoon poised dangerously. "What did you say?"
Jace edged toward the fridge. "I said I'm going to look for a snack to eat."
That's what I thought you said." Isabelle turned her attention to the soup.

Cassandra Clare

#14. You do realize that I never thought you had a stellar
reputation." Her teasing tone made me smile.
"What? You didn't think I was next in line for Pope? Damn, I thought I had you fooled.

Abbi Glines

#15. When you are willing to stop looking for something in thought, you find everything in silence.

Gangaji

#16. Do I look feeble to you"
"Actually, yes."
"Well, looks can be deceiving. For instance, when I met you, I thought you look reasonably intelligent.

Neal Shusterman

#17. Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you're lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be.

Joan Ryan

#18. He thought about how love could move you in ways you wouldn't have imagined, one foot in front of the other, even when you thought you had nothing left inside.

Alice Hoffman

#19. Being given a terrible piece of information shouldn't ruin the interactions you have with the people around you or mean that you can't become something, even if it's not the idea of what you thought you were going to be.

Rose McIver

#20. A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.

Ryan Phillippe

#21. I thought you guys were doing some kind of secret role-playing shit.

M.D. Saperstein

#22. Goodwill to others is constructive thought. It helps build you up. It is good for your body. It makes vour blood purer, your muscles stronger, and your whole form more symmetrical in shape. It is the real elixir of life. The more such thought you attract to you, the more life you will have.

Prentice Mulford

#23. Those walls and bars are there for a reason," said Crake. "Not to keep us out, but to keep them in. Mankind needs barriers in both cases." "Them?" "Nature and God." "I thought you didn't believe in God," said Jimmy. "I don't believe in Nature either," said Crake. "Or not with a capital N.

Margaret Atwood

#24. If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature.

Elbert Hubbard

#25. When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.

Paul McCartney

#26. I'll get you, you clique-y sons of bitches, I thought. You know what? I never did get them. I'm just realizing now. I should totally still get them.

Mindy Kaling

#27. He looked down into Lindsay's face, and her eyes were bright once more, her cheeks flushed....
"I thought you were after the fudge." Lindsay didn't move one centimeter toward the kitchen, didn't stir from his arms.
"I found something sweeter.

Sierra Donovan

#28. And I think, as I'm surrounded by teeming life - parasites, fish, and children - I think, So, you thought you wanted to observe life? Motherhood shakes her head, clenches her fists, and demands, No, you must live it.

Sarah Ruhl

#29. I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' I said, 'I am.'

Demetri Martin

#30. Excuse me, I said. I thought you were a trout stream.
I'm not, she said.

Richard Brautigan

#31. Oh yeah, Caleb thought, you're my bitch. Caleb's voice was sugar laced with arsenic

C.J. Roberts

#32. You told Detective Stotts you think a wild storm is coming." "I thought you were puking." "Not with my ears," he said.

Devon Monk

#33. Thought you could steal the pepper, did you?! Thought you could try darning my socks while I was asleep, did you?! I wanted those holes there, you little bastard! I wanted those holes there!" He throttled the duck and swung it up and down, whumping it on the table.

Clayton Smith

#34. The Great Secret of Life is the law of attraction that says like attracts like, so when you think a thought, you are also attracting like thoughts to you.

Rhonda Byrne

#35. That no matter how smart you thought you were, you are actually way less smart than that.

David Foster Wallace

#36. One never really knew what went on inside the hearts of other people, even those hearts you thought you knew as well as your own.

Debra Ginsberg

#37. I wonder if it's like this for mountain climbers, he thought. You climb bigger and bigger mountains and you know that one day one of them is going to be just that bit too steep. But you go on doing it, because it's so-o good when you breathe the air up there. And you know you'll die falling.

Terry Pratchett

#38. Constantly through thought you are creating your inner conditions and helping to create the conditions around you. So keep your thoughts on the positive side, think about the best that could happen, think about the good things you want to happen.

Peace Pilgrim

#39. I know you told me you thought you'd be okay being a secret, and I thought I'd be all right with it too. But I've lied to my family enough. I feel like a spineless asshole. I don't want to hide anymore.

Lisa Kessler

#40. You know how the best story angles often spring from that thought you have on reading an article or watching a show - that thought you have before the responsible journalist in you comes up with something boring. I usually recommend people get in touch with their deep 'reptilian brain.'

Nick Denton

#41. Every invention begins with an original thought. You are God's original thought. You are his initiative, the fruit of his creative inspiration, his intimate design and love-dream.

Francois Du Toit

#42. You only need to lose track of who you are, or who you thought you were supposed to be, so that you end up lying flat on the dirt floor basement of your heart. Do this, Jesus says, and you will live.

Barbara Brown Taylor

#43. I thought you wouldn't want weepy words of love and all that.'
Belle swatted him on the shoulder. 'Of course I do! Every woman does. Especially from the man she actually wants to accept. So devise some weepy words and I'll-'
'Aha! So you accept!

Julia Quinn

#44. . . . I love the school uniform. You have great legs."
"Shut up!" I gasped. "I thought you were an old man!"
"Old soul. Young man. Big difference. . .

Mary Lindsey

#45. When she was fifteen if you'd told her that when she was twenty she'd be going to bed with bald-headed men and liking it, she would have thought you very abstract.

H.G.Wells

#46. Think the highest thought you can think,
Feel into it, then expand it.
Do this every morning.

Blythe Ayne

#47. Yes. Reyn is our resident horse master. He has an excellent seat."
I grinned. "I've noticed."
Reyn's face tightened and Nell flushed, looking embarrassed. "It's an equestrian term."
"Really? I thought you were talking about his ass.

Cate Tiernan

#48. Alexander, my nights, my days, my every thought. You will fall away from me in just a while, won't you, and I'll be whole again, and I will go on and feel for someone else, the way everybody does.
But my innocence is gone forever.

Paullina Simons

#49. You have food?" Winter scolded. "I thought you said you were hungry."
I'm hungry for other things besides what I have," [Clover] argued.

Obert Skye

#50. You the white teacher. I thought you one of the boys." Then she paused. "You gonna drink it?" "Yep." "Teachers drink?" "Yep." "That's good. Oh Gawd, that's so good. I got some gin in that there paper bag when you finish.

Pat Conroy

#51. I didn't like the looks of those other grave robbers. You were the first women who's noticed me in years and I thought you were beautiful."
"Are you flirting?"
"If I were alive, perhaps," he replied, "but as it is, I don't think we could be more than friends.

Amy Neftzger

#52. You worked for Walmart, Nestle, De Beers, or some other corporate monster. You were wealthy but you often bathed me in pennies. Melted pennies. I let you because I thought you were infallible. I drank molten copper because you told me to. I would do anything you asked me to.

Logan Ryan Smith

#53. Just thought you should know," she said, winking. "Can I tell them to piss off?"
"Oh sure," Jeth said, not nearly as amused by the situation as she was. "Just be polite about it."
Lizzie grinned and said into the comm, "This is the Montrose. The captain says piss off. Politely.

Mindee Arnett

#54. There are designers who say, 'Oh! I see wallpaper and blue carpet.' I usually start by knocking down walls. 'You thought you just needed some new drapes? Well, guess what: That wall's gotta go.'

Candice Olson

#55. I thought you married me for my looks, my sensitivity, and my fabulous bedroom stamina."
Carson said, "Lucky for you, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But I will acknowledge you really do an exhaustive job cleaning the bedroom.

Dean Koontz

#56. I thought you wanted food," she gasped.
"I do," he murmured, tugging on the bodice of her dress. "But I want you more.

Julia Quinn

#57. Nothing to be done about it now, she thought. You can relive a moment again and again and again. But you can't change it. That's the tragedy of time. "See?

Barbara J. Taylor

#58. Oh, thank god. I saw you both on the ground & I thought you killed each other

Alexandra Bracken

#59. Jake and Hunter will make you forget all other book boyfriends you thought you loved!

Scarlett Avery

#60. Puck: Thought you weren't that kind of girl.
Becca: What kind of girl?
Puck: My kind.

Joanna Wylde

#61. I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.

Damien Chazelle

#62. I thought you were gone, Pepper. It was bad enough to lose you the first time, but to lose you like that? I couldn't have dealt with that.

Sophie Jordan

#63. It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific.

Mike Krzyzewski

#64. Enjoyed the ride?' Janis asked, sarcasm in her voice. 'I never thought you'd actually be scared of flying.'

'Well, it's not everyday I ride unicorns to parallel worlds,' I muttered.

Deepika Kumaaraguru

#65. They seem nice, though, your sisters, really,' Porcelain remarked.
'Ha!' I said. 'Shows what little you know! I hate them!'
'Hate them? I should have thought you'd love them.'
'Of course I love them,' I said ... 'That's why I'm so good at hating them.

Alan Bradley

#66. I've always thought you are what you are and you shouldn't pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you're pretending to be.

Julian Barnes

#67. A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.

Bobby Bowden

#68. I thought you were dead.
Stupid. As if I'd die without taking you with me.

Patricia Briggs

#69. I thought you were opposed to engaging in prostitution to fund our travels."
"That's not what I - is prostitution your answer for everything?

Claudia Gray

#70. I thought you were worth everything. That we were worth all the drama and bullshit. I am willing to fight to the death for what we have. But I can only do that if you're willing to fight with me.

A Meredith Walters

#71. I'm sorry to pull you out of your classes, but your adviser understands," Kitteredge said. "He's a friend of the family."

So that's it, Neal thought. You bought me; you own me.

Don Winslow

#72. There's another mess of legal crap just came through from the UN for you." Holden sighed. "Am I supposed to read it?" "Don't see how they can make you," Amos said. "Just thought you'd want to ignore it intentionally." "Thank you. Sort of," Holden

James S.A. Corey

#73. That was the biggest problem with getting used to someone, she thought. You were lonely when they weren't there.

J.D. Robb

#74. If you just did what you wanted to do, and didn't care what anyone thought, you'd be Autistic.

Seamus McDuff

#75. That's disappointing," Nick said. "I was hoping to see you in action again. It's kind of sexy in a violent, perverted sort of way."
"Gosh, knowing that makes my day complete."
"I thought you'd want me to be open about my feelings now that we're married.

Janet Evanovich

#76. Having managed to break the bread in half, the bird flew away so quickly, it seemed to melt into the blue sky. Philippe looked at the part left on the ground. He'll come back for it, he thought. You always come back for what is yours.

Katherine Pancol

#77. I don't like the negative of reality tv - the 'you're no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.' It's all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody.

Bob Saget

#78. One minute, he thought, you're allowed the illusion that things are pretty much the way they've always been and always will be. Next time you turn around, some pinhead rips the world out from under you, and the weirdness starts pouring in from every direction ...

Chet Williamson

#79. Good work, Eddie, I thought. You may have just helped get the girl of your dreams back together with her boyfriend.

Richelle Mead

#80. His voice, when it came, was very soft, almost a whisper. I wouldn've thought you'd've figured that out by now.

Julie Kagawa

#81. How does a blind man say he was wrong? I thought you were lost, but you were never lost to God.

DiAnn Mills

#82. Adam," she panted. "I thought you wanted to see the lights."
"Yeah, they're real nice. Wonder if I could make you come just by playing with your nipples? What do you think, princess?

Kylie Scott

#83. So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.

Deb Caletti

#84. Fitz's door was closed, so she knocked before going in.
"I told you, Mr. Snuggles's visiting hours are over," he called through the door.
"What about your visiting hours?" she asked.
"Oh! I thought you were Keefe."
Sophie opened the door. "I get that a lot.

Shannon Messenger

#85. ...have you ever thought you knew someone--I mean really knew someone--then realized that the person you thought you knew only existed in your overextended mind...

Stephanie Verni

#86. If you ever thought you were ugly, Los Angeles is the place to come and find out you were right.

Richard Jeni

#87. To stop thought, you have to go above it. We are collecting energy. When it is freed, it is like a flood and the water will rise and we are in altered states of attention.

Frederick Lenz

#88. when you reach a point where you can distinguish between the things you thought you wanted and the things you actually need, that is an epiphany.

Paul Stanley

#89. Whoever was stupid was beneath worry or thought; you did not have to figure them out. This eliminated hundreds of people. In this life you had time only for a certain amount of thinking, and there was no need to waste any of it on people who were not threatening.

Joyce Carol Oates

#90. You know, when I first met
you, in Idris, I had hopes - I had thought you would be like me. And when you were
nothing like me, I hated you. And then, when I was brought back, and Jace told me what
you did, I realized that I had been wrong. You are like me.

Cassandra Clare

#91. Miss Wyndham, when I first met you in London, I thought you the most intelligent and the strongest girl I had ever had the pleasure of meeting. She would never moon after some mopey, dark boy. She would look for the man that challenged her, amused her, and made her sparkle and enjoy life.

Tarun Shanker

#92. Mum had done everything you need to educate a kid. She made me a kid who likes books and she told me about 'Wind in the Willows' and read it and I thought this is weird, Rat, Mole, Toad and my first ever Bolshie thought - you know about 'The Wind in the Willows.'

Terry Pratchett

#93. I thought of the parable of the prodigal son. We had made merry for the beloved child's return too - but what happens when the beloved child doesn't say she's sorry? The parable doesn't talk about that. Jesus figures of course you're sorry. Jesus, I thought, you blew it. Not everybody is sorry.

Caroline B. Cooney

#94. You aren't human. Your mother is a...sex demon." She tripped over that a little, because seriously, that was one of those things you never thought you'd say. {Location 2966}

Larissa Ione

#95. You little fool. You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth.

Walt Disney Company

#96. In my experience, if you steer clear of dogma and muster up more love than you thought you had to give, then your vitality increases, satisfaction sets in, sweetness surfaces. I believe in the creative power of good feelings. I'm convinced that the desire to be real is everyone's divine imperative.

Danielle LaPorte

#97. That's part of the insidiousness of addiction, I thought. You remember the depth and blackness of the hole you were in and not the strength it took to pull yourself out. "I

Emma Scott

#98. How predictable," Grimalkin sighed, appearing in the doorway. We gaped at
him, and he regarded us with amusement. "I thought you might need a second way out. Why is it always up to me to think of these things?

Julie Kagawa

#99. I thought you were supposed to be flying this thing, not pleasuring it.

Paul Gallagher

#100. Someone who lives alone, I thought. You end up becoming what you see in the eyes of those you love.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon