Quotes About Paradox

Each of us is an individual manifestation of the collective world-soul … we are also and paradoxically contained by the world-soul, like droplets in the ocean.

It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion, the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned.

Paradox reconciles all contradictions.

Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They want to protect her but she must be a survivor. And she must come...like a train...but with...elegance.

Life was so full of irony that he found himself asking if it was nothing more than a trick played on humanity by a Grand Illusionist with a black sense of humour.

Many things that are true feel like a cheat. Kingdoms get the princes they deserve, farmers' daughters die for no reason, and sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You'd be surprised.

But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.

Many things that are true feel like a cheat.

What else is there to say?Everything and nothing. You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

Better the devil you know. I wonder why the only choice is twixt two devils, tho.

How can a parson be wrong-thinking but good-hearted? How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen?

Cómo es posible que los hombres invisibles estén más solos cuando consiguen que todo el mundo los vea?

We don't say nothing more. What else is there to say? Everything and nothing. You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

Cómo puede una reina ser a la vez una bruja buena y una bruja mala? ¿Cómo puede un príncipe ser a la vez un asesino y un salvador? ¿Cómo puede un boticario tener un carácter del demonio pero ser recto en sus principios? ¿Cómo puede un párroco tener malos pensamientos y un buen corazón? ¿Cómo es posible que los hombres invisibles estén más solos cuando consiguen que todo el mundo los vea?

There ain't nothing good that don't got real bad waiting to follow it.

Los humanos son animales complicados [...]. ¿Cómo puede una reina ser a la vez una bruja buena y una bruja mala? ¿Cómo puede un príncipe ser a la vez un asesino y un salvador? ¿Cómo puede un boticario tener un carácter del demonio pero ser recto en sus principios? ¿Cómo puede un párroco tener malos pensamientos y buen corazón? ¿Cómo es posible que hombres invisibles estén más solos cuando consiguen que todo el mundo los vea?

The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day. You wanted her to go at the same time you were desperate for me to save her. Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary.

Because humans are complicated beasts, the monster said. How can a queen be both a good witch and a bad witch? How can a prince be a murderer and a saviour? How can an apothecary be evil-tempered but right-thinking? How can a parson be wrong-thinking but good-hearted? How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen?

Le cose della natura sono proprio sbalorditive, vero?" proseguì la madre. "Facciamo tanto per sbarazzarcene e poi alla fine sono proprio loro a salvarci.

Na sua vida, nunca conhecera uma prostituta tão bem-educada. Não condizia, ser puta e ao mesmo tempo saber tanto.

I won the only duel I ever lost.

Today,' Elodin said brightly, 'we will talk about things that cannot be talked about. Specifically, we will discuss why some things cannot be discussed.

Se puede dividir el infinito un número infinito de veces, y las partes resultantes seguirán siendo infinitamente grandes. Pero si divides un número no infinito un número infinito de veces, las partes resultantes son no infinitamente pequeñas. Como son no infinitamente pequeñas, pero hay un número infinito de ellas, si las sumas, obtienes una suma infinita. De lo que se desprende que, de hecho, cualquier número es infinito.

Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, pero lo que hace que un hombre se acerque al fuego no tiene nada que ver con su resplandor. Lo que te atrae del fuego es el calor que sientes cuando te acercas a él. Con Denna pasaba lo mismo.