Quotes About Contrast

the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral

White pants should be worn on two occasions: One, never. And two, if you're selling ice cream.

The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight. – Larry McMurtry

Even their stable societies oscillated between banquets and barbarism.

This is why we can't have nice things: bears chase the bulls while China shops. Ah, unbearable lightness of bling! Everyone waits for one-eyed kings. The sharpest corners wait for shins. This is why we can't have nice things.

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

one flaw throws the loveliness of [everything else] into focus. I remember reading that Shakers deliberately introduced a mistake into the things they made, to show that man shouldn't aspire to the perfection of God. Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

The first men to set foot on the moon were sent to Iceland for acclimation—that's how unlike to anything else the Icelandic landscape is.

During World War II, Iceland was a poor country with a total population of about 120,000 people. In contrast, the occupying U.S. force consisted of roughly 40,000 men—which meant that U.S. soldiers outnumbered adult Icelandic men—at least during the height of the occupation.

Cette bonne humeur qu'il affichait en toutes circonstances cachait sa part d'ombre et de souffrance et son naturel jovial cédait quelquefois la place aux idées noires et au découragement.

Linda combinación: Disney y Suavitel a minutos de coger con un homicida confeso.

Los hámsteres corren cientos y cientos de metros en su rueda y no van a ningún lado. En cambio, mira a los leones, tumbados veintitrés horas al día, pero cuando se levantan cazan un búfalo»

She holds him, he holds her, they hold each other, and all is dark, all is light, all is ugliness, all is beauty, all is pain, all is grief, all is never, all is forever.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness…

En ausencia de la luz prevalece la oscuridad

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness … The

She reaches out to him. To herself. There is no difference. She understands now. She holds him, he holds her, they hold each other, and all is dark, all is light, all is ugliness, all is beauty, all is pain, all is grief, all is never, all is forever.

Vestía pantalones azules muy ajustados y un suéter de lana. Era fea como un escupitajo, pero muy elegante.

el Distrito Federal es mi ciudad favorita, amo esta ciudad y por eso puedo decir que está más fea que antes. Creo que es la ciudad más horrible del mundo. ¿Y sabe qué? Eso me gusta.

For meg var Oasen et navn som aldri hadde slått an. Det meste i Fyllingsdalen var grønnere enn den steinørkenen her. Men så var det ingen skjermet idyll i det de kalte Lagunen heller. Navnevalgene til kjøpesentre i bergensregionen minnet mer om lengselen ut til solrike steder enn det de var: overfylte maurtuer til kommersialismens pris.

In this world when you ask of happiness Pain steps forward

In this world when you ask for happiness Pain steps forward

They were like a bright golden coin, those two, two sides, different images on each, one value.