Quotes of: Asked Keyword

What is morality, she asked. Judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, and courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at any price.

Atlas Shrugged

Lee was my father’s lawyer, a mensch. But he’s been very sick. Cancer. Pancreatic.” “That’s one of the worst. A killer.” “Yes, the ones that kill you are definitely the worst. [...]

The Ask

They sought each other, missed each other, at cocktail parties, in train terminals, at flower shops, their fin de siecle Nokias gaining symbolic power with each scene.

The Ask

Why is it that married people always say "Come in" when everything they do says "Get out"? They talk about their miseries and then ask you why you're unmarried.

The History Man

How could you love something so destructive?" I ask. "Because this wolf doesn't care if your heart is whole or not," you say. "It tastes just the same.

Hiding Out

Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend. Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine too?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . .

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It's like in the Bible.You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it." "What part of the Bible is that from?" Ig asked her. "The Gospel of Keith Richards?

Horns

The Red Cross irritated Ugwu; the least they could do was ask Biafrans their preferred foods rather than sending so much bland flour.

Half of a Yellow Sun

He had a talent for asking exactly the right questions to lead me to my own answers. Just being near him made things clearer.

His Faithful Squire

The larger question is, as virologist Jonas Salk once asked, "Are we being good ancestors?

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

I asked you to marry me – and you laughed. You thought I was joking. In fairness, I was still dressed as a Cavalier.

As I Stand Here At The Altar

Did you consider anything like the Infected?' Simon had asked. 'Not quite. But some of our other contingency plans might help us out with this particular mission.

Infected Connection

Is not a critic," asks Professor Stoll, "... a judge, who does not explore his own consciousness, but determines the author's meaning or intention, as if the poem were a will, a contract, or the constitution?

The Intentional Fallacy

Working for Mab now, are you, Wolfman?" he smirked. "Like a good little attack dog? Will you also roll over and beg if she asks?

The Iron Knight

Where did you live before you came here?" I asked. "The moon," he said smoothly. "We left because the place had no atmosphere.

The Impossible Knife of Memory

Am I too late?" Caleb asked as he joined them. "Did he do something stupid?" "Yeah. On both counts." Tristan stalked past Nick.

Inferno

The world can ask you to participate, but it's a day-today decision if you want to agree to that proposal.

An Invisible Sign of My Own

In those stories, one is often asked to do something unimaginably terrible to the creature. Cut off it's head, say. A test. Not a test of love. A test of trust. Trust lifts the spell.

Ironside

Jump, when they say, and ask, how high? It is the only way to truly fit in. And who would want to be any different?

I guess this is growing up

Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace.

Jane Eyre