Quotes About Appreciation

Conozco mejor la vida porque muy a menudo he estado en trance de perderla.»

Es el asombro eterno que en cada rincón de la Tierra, siente todo hijo de la naturaleza ante los hijos de la cultura, para quienes un puñado de metal amarillo tiene más valía que todos los logros técnicos y espirituales.

Åžu bir kaç saatin tad?n? ç?kar?n, hiçbirimize tek bir nefeslik bir yaÅŸam dahi verilmeyecek ve böyle bir anda aÅŸk? bulan onun keyfini ç?karmal?d?r.

La gratitude rend heureux parce qu'on fait rarement l'expérience palpable, la délicatesse de sentiment fait du bien et, pour moi, être mesuré et froid, une telle exaltation signifiait quelque chose de tout à fait bienfaisant, merveilleux.

Una de las misteriosas leyes de la vida es que descubrimos siempre tarde sus auténticos y más esenciales valores: la juventud, cuando desaparece; la salud, tan pronto como nos abandona, y la libertad, esa esencia preciosísima de nuestra alma, sólo cuando está a punto de sernos arrebatada o ya nos ha sido arrebatada.

Tek nefeslik hayat, bir daha verilmeyecek. Böyle bir anda sevgiyi bulan tad?n? ç?karmal?

I call "crystallization" that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.

Most poetry just confounds me. I really want to like it, but I can't help thinking it's a hoax. (p. 24)

To recognize someone, you had to first know them.

She had no doubt the man would kill her. Stupid things went skating through her mind--she'd never told her mother how much she loved her chocolate cupcakes... or Felicia what a kind friend she'd been... or Keith that it was cool and mature that he owned a house, even if it was in Brooklyn.

You're my hero," he murmured. She grinned up at him. "What a coincidence. You're _my_ hero.

Evelyn was twenty-six, and for the first time in her life, she was seen. Recognized. It wasn't that heads were turning--she wouldn't ask that much--but just for a moment, one man would hold her gaze a little longer than he should. Or a woman's eyes would flick over her dress with jealousy. She could now be a missed connection on Craigslist, a fragment in a song lyric, the inspiration for a girl in a musical.

The sense of loss was deeply familiar - a sudden hole, the universe altered, a recognition of the end of something meaningful and important. How often does one get the chance to be this close to a wild being?

It took me years and years of trial efforts to work out that there is absolutely no knitting triumph I can achieve that my husband will think is worth being woken up for.

Really, there are only two kinds of people who are going to understand about hand-knit socks: those who wear them and know the singular joy of perfect socks, and the knitters who have the pleasure of giving that exquisite experience. Everybody else thinks you must be a special kind of crazy to spend so much time making something that you could buy for $1.99 at the store.

When it is all over, when the socks are done, a knitter will have invested an average of twenty thousand stitches in the name of love and warm feet, knowing full well that the socks will wear out.

When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.

People say you don't know what you've got till it's gone, but the truth is you just never thought you'd ever lose it.

I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first.

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter.' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure.' But that's the truth.

Canada has always been ready for the truth. I think they actually appreciate a politician or anybody as a leader who tells the truth.

The truth is, just to hear other people speaking Italian is really worth it. It keeps the sound in your ear.

As far as the fans, I always say it because it's the truth: without them I'm absolutely nothing.