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Quotes About Journey

We walked north, with the lake on our right hand. If we looked at it, the water seemed spread over half the world. The mountains, grayed and flattened by distance, looked like remnants of a broken dam, or like the broken lip of an iron pot, just at a simmer, endlessly distilling water into light.
~ Marilynne Robinson
walking along beside him that night, along that rutted road, through that empty world—what a sweet strength I felt, in him, and in myself, and all around us.
~ Marilynne Robinson
All that purpose. Always on their way somewhere. You had to admire. Maybe a chirp meant "I exist!" and then "I exist!," as if it could matter.
~ Marilynne Robinson
Leaving here is like waking from a trance.
~ Marilynne Robinson
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
~ Marilynne Robinson
To me, going to the unknown is absolutely rule number one.
~ Marina Abramovi?
Il arrive qu'on fasse des pieds et des mains pour atteindre un objectif, mais il vous échappe parce que les lois cosmiques suivent une autre voie.
~ Marina Abramovi?
This was an important trip for me. Twelve artists in all were there, including several I admired—Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Chris Burden, Brice Marden, Joan Jonas, and Pat Steir—and
~ Marina Abramovi?
Kelion?se išlieki jaunas, nes neturi kada senti.
~ Marina Abramovi?
A society that doesn't know any longer how to observe every death with proper rituals, that does not know that death is not the end, but only part of the journey, has lost its way, has had the very heart of its humanity torn out.
~ Marina Warner
Every man has but one destiny
~ Mario Puzo
Life is a comical business, and there is nothing funnier than love traveling through time.
~ Mario Puzo
long race with death
~ Mario Puzo
a man has but one destiny
~ Mario Puzo
The two men, one so huge, one so tiny, left the cemetery together. Terraced gardens girdled the sides of the surrounding mountains with green ribbons, great white rocks gleamed, a tiny red hawk of Sicily rode down toward them on a shaft of sunlight.
~ Mario Puzo
his eyes, he thought that in a few hours he, Lucrecia, and Fonchito would be crossing the skies, leaving behind the thick clouds
~ Mario Vargas Llosa
Se había acordado de algo que le dijo Trifulcio esa noche, la víspera de su partida a Lima, cuando caminaban a oscuras: estoy en Chincha y siento que no estoy, reconozco todo y no reconozco nada.
~ Mario Vargas Llosa
El ex-marino lo tranquilizó: «Lo entiendo perfectamente, Roger. Dios tiene sus procedimientos. Desasosiega, inquieta, nos empuja a buscar. Hasta que un día todo se ilumina y ahí está Él. Le ocurrirá, ya verá.»
~ Mario Vargas Llosa
Desde que el barco empezó a surcar las aguas azul plata del mar Caribe, Roger sintió en la sangre que su sexo, dormido en estos últimos meses de enfermedades, preocupaciones y gran trabajo físico y mental, volvía a despertar y a llenarle la cabeza de fantasías y deseos. En su diario resumió su estado de ánimo con tres palabras: "ardo de nuevo
~ Mario Vargas Llosa
Dan camkan ini, pada hari di mana kalian berhenti berjalan, kalian akan lenyap seutuhnya.
~ Mario Vargas Llosa
Y partió al alba, solo, como parten los héroes».
~ Mario Vargas Llosa
I shall feel safer when we are through Knightsbridge.
~ Marion Chesney
Happiness is a hound dog in the sun. We aren't on Earth to be happy, but to experience incredible things. - Hannah Schneider
~ Marisha Pessl
It's funny how the night that changes your life forever starts out like all the others.
~ Marisha Pessl