Tegan See Quotes & Sayings

The foundations set up as tax shelters by the wealthy tended to spend as much money glorifying the donors' names and providing cushy jobs for their friends — Anne Stuart

You've got your lights turned so they can see you. The very best of what you've got to offer. — Tegan Quin

I'm stripped and vital, and I see rules that almost fit. And if I voice my opinion, will you stay and sit? And as I stand here screaming in despair, I say yes this is my life and yes you should care. — Tegan Quin

If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with
For the betterment of Man, understand,
You ain't nothing but a waste. — Talib Kweli

Could you bring me to Rita's house before we go to the airport?" I ask. "There's one last thing I need to ask her to do." "That is on the other side of the river," says Ethan."I know. But I need to see her. Please, I'll be eternally grateful." He doesn't say anything, but instead puts the car in gear and starts the engine. After we are driving for about two minutes he asks. "How grateful?" Ah, I see the old Ethan hasn't disappeared then. I smile and lean over to place a light peck on his cheek. "This grateful," I say to him."Hmm, I think you can do better than that," he chides in good humor.
"You're driving," is all I say in reply.
"I can pull over," he answers smartly. — L. H. Cosway

I won't mistake you for problems with me. I won't let my moods ruin this you'll see. I won't take everything good and move it away. I won't be left dancing along to songs from the past. — Sara Quin

Make a map of what you see,
Direct pain effectively. — Tegan Quin

Climbed up on the rainbow
Just to see if I'd fall off — Tegan Quin

You say you don't see any part of me. To love in all this mess and I know. You take the good and all the bad that comes with me. — Sara Quin

The strength comes only from your mind. Fingertips. Wrist. Thighs. Brain. These are your weapons. The sword is merely a beautiful accessory. — Kelly Gardiner

Would you prefer to believe in a world created by mere chance that is utterly meaningless or would you prefer to believe in a world created with a purpose by an intelligent designer who loves you personally?
Complete nothingness and lack of hope vs a life lived incredibly joyfully ...
The answer is oh so clear to myself. — Anonymous

Okay you found me out. Beyond without a doubt, your lie is safe with me. A friend, i'm sure you are. And on this day so far, I've fallen hundred see? — Tegan Quin

Perhaps, if we don't always have a conscious conscience, we have a subliminal one, from which the memory of past wrongs is not so easily erased. — Eva Hoffman

Outgrowing things we love is never a pleasant process. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

Education is the transmission of civilization. — Ariel Durant

Relax, Amy, I'm not gay. I just like Sleater-Kinney. It's possible to like them and be heterosexual. It's not like I invited you to go see Tegan and Sara. — Emily Gould

How can they ask why I feel so angry? Do you see my problem if I never explain it?
But then there's you asking me how long. Say something, it's taken me so long. — Tegan Quin

I don't really like to be filmed. — Stevie Nicks

When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that. — Margaret Atwood

I had no idea how she went from frozen nipple to that. — J. Lynn

I will find a way, or I will make one. — Hannibal

Don't turn over rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live underneath them. — Janet Fitch

I saved up all my sunshine
Just to see you more clear
I'm a little short on solar
And I haven't given in — Tegan Quin

You hate this.
You need more something. — Amanda Boyden

What I like best about this is not seeing you naked, love," Marcus said. He began to massage the bar of soap in the washcloth, creating a rich lather. "Though you are quite beautiful. What I like is knowing Josh is kneeling here beside you and cannot see you. — Joey W. Hill

I was used to feeling like I was never gonna see myself at the finish line.
Hanging on to parts of me, hanging on at all. I was used to seeing no future in my sight line. — Sara Quin

I hate the bigotry you believe in. But I'll try not to hate you."
"Why?" he asked. His voice was cold, as she remembered it.
"Hate eats the hater," she quoted from a familiar text of the Telling. — Ursula K. Le Guin