Quotes About Experience

At the time, I must have been in my late twenties, a young man at the prime of his desires for a woman's company. Unlike many of the men I grew up with in my village- young men who had never seen the bare thigh of a grown woman and married, in part, for the license to at least cast their gaze upon such a sight- I did have some experience.

I wonder if he's ever tasted salt water or got dizzy watching the tide pull away from his feet

Peristiwa itu telah lama berlalu, tapi pengalamanku selama ini menunjukan bahwa kita tak akan pernah bisa mengubur masa lalu. Karena bagaimanapun, masa lalu akan selalu menyeruak mencari jalan keluar.

Con el tiempo he descubierto que lo que dicen del pasado, que es posible enterrarlo, no es cierto. Por que el pasado se abre paso a zarpazos.

We saw our first Western together, Rio Bravo with John Wayne, at the Cinema Park, across the street from my favorite bookstore.

He pointed to an old man dressed in ragged clothes trudging down a dirt path, a large burlap pack filled with scrub grass tied to his back. "That's the real Afghanistan, Agha sahib. That's the Afghanistan I know. You? You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it.

En ce jour où, pendant qu'ils regardaient un vieux film, Lemar lui a demandé s'il était déjà né quand le monde était en noir et blanc.

There are things that have to be taught, others learnt from books; but there are some things that you just have to see and feel.

Una storia è come un treno in corsa: in qualunque punto sali a bordo, prima o poi arrivi a destinazione.

All my life, I'd been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman

Aku tidak ingat lagi dari mana kenangan itu berasal, baik bulan maupun tahunnya. Yang kutahu, kenangan itu tersimpan dalam jiwaku, indahnya serpihan masa lalu yang terbungkus rapi, sapuan warna cerah di atas kanvas kelabu kosong yang menyelimuti kehidupan kami.

Nothing came out. Suddenly I was hovering, looking down on myself from above.

Kažu prona?i svrhu u životu i ostvari je. Ali katkad, tek nakon što ga proživiš, uvidiš da je život imao svrhu, lako mogu?e onu o kojoj nisi nikad ni razmišljao.

G?seÈ™te-È›i un scop în via?? È™i atinge-l. Dar uneori, îÈ›i dai seama c? viaÈ›a a avut un scop doar dup? ce ai tr?it, È™i probabil un scop pe care nu l-ai avut niciodat? în minte. Iar acum, c? îl împlinisem pe al meu, simÈ›eam c? tr?iesc f?r? rost È™i la voia întâmpl?rii.

Se întâmpla cu mult timp în urm?, dar, aÈ™a cum am aflat din proprie experien??, e greÈ™it ce se spune despre trecut, c? poÈ›i s? îl îngropi. Pentru c? trecutul îÈ™i face drum spre lumin? cu ghearele.

O poveste trista. - Cartile bune-s facute din povesti triste. - Da, asa-i.

Hidup itu bagaikan kereta api, masuklah ke gerbongnya.

the Tariq who did not get headaches, who had once said that in Siberia snot turned to ice before it hit

I could begin there, I suppose. Or somewhere else. A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later.

Time makes us forget.

Sad stories make good books," she said.

But I think a big part of the reason I didn't care about Soraya's past was that I had one of my own. I knew all about regret.

When you have counted eighty years and more, Time and Fate will batter at your door; But if you should survive to be a hundred, Your life will be death to the very core.

I wonder...if a life lived only in the mind is any less intense? If all the senses are engaged what is lost, but fact?