Quotes About Experience

He is a connoisseur of pain.

I am made of memories. The memories come, and come. We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both.

You are wise,' he said. 'If it is so,' I said, 'it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.

His face was smile-lined

Estoy hecho de recuerdos.

Later, I almost convinced myself it had not happened, that it had been a vivid dream, drawn from his descriptions and too much imagination. But that is not the truth.

They have wrinkles, but no wisdom. I took them to war before they could do any of those things that steady a man. They were unmarried when they left. They had no children. They had no years of lean harvest, when they must scrape the bottom of their stores, and no good years either, that they might learn to save. They have not seen their parents grow old and begin to fail. They have not seen them die. I fear I have robbed them not only of their youth but their age as well.

What is a mortal like?" It was a child's question, but he nodded gravely. "There is no single answer. They are each different. The only thing they share is death. You know the word?

Most men, in my experience, are fools.

She is also young and has the prejudices of her kind. I am older and flatter myself that I can read a man more clearly. I have no objection to Patroclus as your companion.

Every moment felt like a drop of my blood lost.

Have you no more memories?' 'I am made of memories.

I'm made of memories

Je n'aurais pas été honnête de regretter ce qui m'avait donné la vie.

Chirone amava insegnare non attraverso lezioni vere e proprie ma attraverso le opportunità che si presentavano di volta in volta.

A silence, in which I felt him moving deep among his memories.

those things that steady a man. They were unmarried when they left. They had no children. They had no years of lean harvest, when they must scrape the bottom of their stores, and no good years either, that they might learn to save. They have not seen their parents grow old and begin to fail. They have not seen them die. I fear I have robbed them not only of their youth but their age as well.

This, and this and this and this.

I could feel every nerve in my body, every brush of air against my skin.

We are all made of memories

Estoy hecho de recuerdos I am made of memories

Her mouth tightens. "Have you no more memories?" I am made of memories. "Speak, then.

All my life, I have been moving forward, and now I am here. I have a mortal's voice, let me have the rest.

We had been silent. We were fourteen, and these things were too hard for us. Now that we are twenty-seven, they still feel too hard.