Quotes of: Why Keyword

It isn't chic for women to be drunk. Men drunks are more excusable, more easily absolved, but why? It must be thought they have better reasons.

Cat's Eye

Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.

Cat's Eye

Maybe this was why people filled their house with stinking cats, so they didn't notice that they were alone, so they wouldn't die without a living soul noticing.

Case Histories

Why, he wondered, did he have to peddle his difference for their amusement, and yet at the same time temper it, suppress it, make it suitably benign?

Church of Marvels

People live their lives thinking that they are forgotten, and that is why we do the most outrageous things, so as not to go unnoticed

Carnival: A Novel

... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don't get lost in time.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The common people will let it go, oh yes. They will sell liberty for a quieter life. That is why they must be prodded, prodded.

A Clockwork Orange

I can't resist that's why I exist to take you there kissed

Contemporary Passion: I Nearly Loved Her Perfectly

You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid—and I know they are—yet I won't be wiser?

Crime and Punishment

Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend.

Corcitura

But Nita had always seen having a child as selfish. Why bring another soul into this world, she'd say, when there are so many out there that need our help?

Crux

Why can't we say 'When!' about money the way we say 'When!' about coffee?

Celebrating Time Alone: Stories Of Splendid Solitude

As far as I’m concerned, this is the worst thing that’s happened since I found out why Magnus was banned from Peru.

City of Lost Souls

Why are they going to disappear him?' I don't know.' It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.

Catch-22

She could never understand why creatures of darkness had the slightest interest in spineless human girls.

Danse Macabre (Night's Dream, #2)

Why are you so angry?” His question surprised me, and I laughed a little. “This isn’t angry,” I smirked. “This is just me. Get used to it.

A Different Blue

Why do I write? Because I like telling stories and I don't like repeating myself (insert chuckle here).

Dream Caster

You’re just a figment of my imagination. A fantasy?” “Yes.” He didn’t dare move. “Then why are you still wearing clothes?

The Djinn's Dilemma

Dirck's mind hadn't stopped racing since the arrest. Why were the only dreams that came true nightmares?

A Dark of Endless Days

Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you?

Dexter By Design

If only people realized Corbusier is pure nineteenth century, Manchester school utilitarian, and that's why they like him.

Decline and Fall