Quotes About Subtlety

Lack of subtlety, that's how you beat magic.

Minimal is the word I'd use to describe how I live and dress, and it's also how I sing. I'm not a big fan of overemoting.

In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

She showed that oblique-mannered softness which is perhaps more frequent in women of darker complexion and more lymphatic temperament than Mrs. Charmond's was; women who lingeringly smile their meanings to men rather than speak to them, who inveigle rather than prompt, and take advantage of currents rather than steer.

a subtlist in emotions, he cultivated as under glasses strange and mournful pleasures that he would not willingly let die just at present. To show any forwardness in suggesting a modus vivendi to Grace would be to put an end to these exotics. To be the vassal of her sweet will for a time, he demanded no more, and found solace in the contemplation of the soft miseries she caused him.

she, like all others, had moments of commonplace, when to be least plainly seen was to be most prettily remembered

No seu sorriso e na sua voz talvez transparecesse um pouco da emoção que se produz quando, depois de prolongadas relações mudas, se profere a primeira palavra; é uma emoção sutil que secretamente inclui o passado inteiro no momento presente.

Un sitio libre, en un rincón cercano a la puerta, atrajo felizmente su mirada. Se colocó con discreción y procuró hacer ver que se hallaba sentado allí desde el principio.

Excellence, here, was in proportion to obscurity: the one who was best was the one who was least observed, least distinguished.

For many people laughing is a way of being loud without having to say a thing.

There is nothing more difficult than simplicity,' Madame added, turning her back on them. 'And therefore, nothing more refined.

God created the world to be praised on the subtle nature of his existence.

Snow is the only one of us that leaves no tracks.

The most perfect humour and irony is generally quite unconscious.

This, I thought, was how the real power-play went: conversations in corners and gardens, nods, shrugs, inclinations of the head. But nothing in writing.

diplomacy. A dance of shadows in the darkness.

My body is a whisper where hers is a shout.

Don José es un hombre que, a fuerza de tener que aguantar a su mujer, había conseguido llegar a vivir horas enteras, a veces hasta días enteros, sin más que decir, de cuando en cuando, ¡hum!, y al cabo de otro rato, ¡hum!, y así siempre. Era una manera muy discreta de darle a entender a su mujer que era una imbécil, pero son decírselo claro.

The face tells us subtleties in feelings that only a poet can put into words.

Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage.

The author relates that the word "OBSCENE" springs from the concept in Greek drama that certain actions would be performed outside the scene or off the stage. He clarifies that the Greeks did not shy away from shocking actions, but they knew that portraying them in the audience's view would drown out the emotional subtlety of the character development and ethical dilemmas.

You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background

La vita sociale si regge interamente su sfumature.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.