Quotes About Paradox

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand

az Å'rület egy homályban tartott kérdés, amelyre van válasz ugyan, csak olyan, amit egy néma mond egy süketnek.

I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold. I'm the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I'm a gift beyond measure, a matter of course, and I'm yielded with pleasure- when taken by force.

We are often more agreeable through our faults than our good qualities.

Passions often produce their contraries: avarice sometimes leads to prodigality, and prodigality to avarice; we are often obstinate through weakness and daring through timidity.

Death and the sun can't be looked at steadily.

Es necesario amarlo todo, incluso lo más repugnante. El amor es lo más arduo, lo más cruel. En eso radica el misterio: lo más repugnante se diluye en el amor con mayor facilidad que lo que resulta desagradable solo a medias

the mark of a man is his contradictions.

People are very nice to me, even though I'm known for saying rude things.

Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2.

Is it good or bad?" she asked Issa. The wrong question, she knew. She just couldn't help herself. "It's both, sweet girl," said Issa. "like everything.

It's not easy having a paradox at the core of one's own being.

beautiful in a way that made beauty hideous.

Nadezdha Azhari dan aku adalah sampanye dan popcorn. Masing-masing tangguh berdiri sendiri, dahsyat bila berdampingan, tapi fakta metafisiknya ya itu tadi: dia sampanye, dan aku popcorn.

Anything awful makes me laugh.

The nearer the Church the further from God.

Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty.

Love is a contradiction.

Goodness, real goodness, has it's own sort of cruelty to it.

How could you be heartbroken and happy at the same time?

Beauty is harsh.

Will looked as if he were being asked to believe in something impossible—snow in summertime, a London winter without rain.

There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.

There is beauty and darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life in death, thorns on the rose.