Quotes About Contrast

It wasn't at all what I expected. I guess I've seen too many Fawlty Towers reruns with Mom, so I had pictured a run-down place with eccentric characters running around. The Cardington was as modern and comfy as a Holiday Inn.

By contrast, the most monstrous crimes against humanity have invariably been inspired by unjustified belief.

The ugly political winds in the United States contrasted sharply with the earnest gravity of the occasion. Donald Trump had launched his campaign for president on a platform that blatantly stoked fear about immigrants and refugees, falsely depicting them as criminals and terrorists who were cannily masquerading as persecuted civilians.

Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind, but in one composition.

The cankered passion of envy is nothing akin to the silly envy of the ass.L'Estrange,Fab.xxxviii.

And the faces of them, which have used abstinence, shall shine above the stars; whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness.Bible2 Esdras,vii. 55.

Odd characters, my dear, are needful to make even characters shine. You good girls would not be valued as you are, if there were not bad ones.

For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet.

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It was difficult to sympathize with a protagonist whose dilemma was mild when compared to her own.

He'd been such a solid presence beside her, Strong, warm, vibrant. So different from that form beneath the sheet in the mougue

She sighed and lifted her hand to run it along the edge of his lip. You want to stay here, in the employees' quarters? Wouldn't you be a little out of place? If you're here,it will be the Taj Mahal.

Para que el Bien tenga mérito —enfatizó— hace falta que exista el Mal.

They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.

a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or jailbirds. They're spidery and frail, their hair as fine as mist. Most of them are a good decade younger than me, and this astounds me. Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.---- There are five of them now, white headed old things huddled together and pointing crooked fingers at the glass.

It's hard to reconcile this August with the other one. and to be honest I don't try very hard. I've seen flashes of this August before-This brightness, this conviviality, this generosity of spirit-but I know what he's capable of, and I won't forget it. The others can believe what they like, but I don't believe for a second that this is the real August and the other an aberration And yet I can see how they might be fooled-

strangely alone in the most public of places.

Imagine that it's sugar, Korbyn said. 'You're riding across candy.' Salt can never be sugar, Fennik said. We should talk about the definition of the word 'imagine'.

I'd much rather be eating a bar of chocolate or even something healthy like a lettuce leaf alone at my desk than sitting through this silent, painful meal.

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story

The thing is, you can't always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns.

But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaking loud.

I just think that some things are meant to be broken, imperfect, chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, ya know? [...] If everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that. You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then, otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.

Funny how a beautiful song could tell such an ugly story.