Quotes of: Being-used Keyword

It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.

The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being.

Song of Solomon

Really?" "No. I'm being ironic. Or is it sarcastic? I can never remember." "Irony's cleverer, so you're probably being sarcastic.

The Screaming Staircase

I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.

Steppenwolf

Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing their mind.

Styles of Radical Will

But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

As I bathe myself I pray with all beings that we can purify body and mind and clean ourselves inside and out.

A Tale for the Time Being

The greatest riddle of all.... the riddle of man! The complex mystery of the universal human being as he stands wihtin the threshold of universal laws. This is the most fascinating puzzle!

Temple of the Grail

Doing autograph sessions all day is not what I signed up for. But that’s just all part of not being famous.

This Book Title is Invisible

My father liked me, when I wasna being an idiot. And he loved me, too -- enough to beat the daylights out of me when I was being an idiot. Jamie Fraser

Outlander

I love when I can reboot people when they are being mean to others...

The Prisoner of Cell 25

Without a spiritual wakefulness to divine purposes and connections in all things, we will not know things for what they truly are.

The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God

You are the posterity of your family. You are either continuing the progression or regression of your ancestors.

The Promise of Being Black: The Conversation We Need to Have

Sordid things, for the most part, are what make human beings, my father included, move. That's what it is to be human, I'm afraid.

Player Piano

Relationships tend to be flawed because they are made up of inherently flawed components, mere human beings.

Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless and Hopeful: An Introduction on Polyamory

Nothing is better for "spiritual advancement" & the detachment of the flesh than a close reading of the "Erotic Dictionary.

Philosophic Nights in Paris,: Being Selections from Promenades Philosophiques

The group of people in front of her was jovial and paid her no attention. The group behind was much the same. She was alone without being alone.

Pastoral

I thought if I didnt take a break, I would do something even worse. Like yell or hang up the phone.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Dear Friend, I'm sorry I haven't written to you in a couple of weeks, but I have been trying to 'participate' like Bill said.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower