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Quotes About Duality

Hardly nobody gets to live two genders in their life.
~ Caitlyn Jenner
The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.
~ Yann Martel
I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent.
~ Rupert Friend
What nourishes me also destroys me.
~ Angelina Jolie
I'm an assassin on the court. And at home, I'm a nun.
~ Stephen Jackson
We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
~ Karin Slaughter
There's that side of me that wants to be the loving, caring father, and there's the other side of me that's just a dirty animal. If I don't let that out, I go nuts.
~ Dave Gahan
Listen, the obvious thing to remember is without dark, there is no light, and without light, there is no dark.
~ Jessica Capshaw
Like the character I played in 'Jekyll', we all have different masks we put on for different occasions. As much as we all want to lead decent lives, we're also attracted by the idea that something dark may lurk within us.
~ James Nesbitt
The terrible, exasperating thing about humans is how goodness and gentleness, and utter depravity and disregard for human life, can be contained within the same person, and in terrifyingly close proximity.
~ Norman Mailer
People with a good opinion of themselves tend to enjoy a double life.
~ Norman Mailer
Always remember that to every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.
~ Norton Juster
But that's just as bad," protested Milo. "You mean just as good," corrected the Humbug. "Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things." "I don't know which side of anything to look at," protested Milo. "Everything is so confusing and all your words only make things worse.
~ Norton Juster
Two bodies face to face Are at times two waves And the night is an ocean. Two bodies face to face Are sometimes two stones And the night a desert.
~ Octavio Paz
Two Bodies Two bodies face to face are at times two waves and night is an ocean. Two bodies face to face are at times two stones and night a desert. Two bodies face to face are at times two roots laced into night. Two bodies face to face are at times two knives and night strikes sparks. Two bodies face to face are two stars falling in an empty sky.
~ Octavio Paz
Si può giocare tutto il giorno, ma sentirsi molto più seri di chiunque altro.
~ Orhan Pamuk
It could be true that there was another realm hidden within this one and that he might be able to walk and ponder his way into it if he allowed his secret other self to emerge. For the moment, he refused to choose between the two realms. His public views were correct, and so were his private ones; the intentions of the heart and the intentions of words were equally important…
~ Orhan Pamuk
Human: That's stupid. Isn't there grass on both sides?
~ Orson Scott Card
I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out.
~ Orson Scott Card
Two sides of the same coin, but which side is which?
~ Orson Scott Card
The trouble with coins is, when one face is up, the other face is down.
~ Orson Scott Card
I once heard a tale of a man who split himself in two. The one part never changed at all; the other grew and grew. The changeless part was always true, The growing part was always new, And I wondered, when the tale was through, Which part was me, and which was you.
~ Orson Scott Card
I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones that they actually try to live by.
~ Orson Scott Card