Quotes About Ambiguity

If words could not be used ambiguously, if, in short, each word was an ideal term, language would be a diaphanous medium.

But you won't be able to pin her down on sex. Have you thought of politics?

Success sometimes may be defined as a disaster put on hold. Qualified. Has to be.

He and Rafe were Light and Dark, Living and Undead. I was in this bizarre state where I felt like I hovered between the two states.

We hebben helemaal geen verkering!' Aadhya sloeg theatraal haar ogen ten hemel. 'Terwijl jullie nog maar twee maanden doen wat het ook is dat jullie doen en wat geen verkering mag heten, maar daar in de ogen van alle andere sprekend op lijkt.

Galina would not know where they came from; Palmira would not. Better not to know. To them they could be jewels, rich and fine, that someone had bought and paid for with gold and not with blood. They would have gone far enough away from the cruelty that made them, and then they could be only beautiful.

Most days weren't clear when you were in them.

The fog comes on little cat feet.

When nothing is for sure, we remain alert, perennially on our toes. It is more exciting not to know which bush the rabbit is hiding behind than to behave as though we knew everything.

The world is incomprehensible. We won't ever understand it; we won't ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery.

Some things have to be seen in the shadows

Y cómo me ves tú a mí? —Como un misterio. —Ese es el cumplido más raro que me han hecho nunca. —No es un cumplido. Es una amenaza. —¿Y eso? —Los misterios hay que resolverlos, averiguar qué esconden. —A lo mejor te decepcionas al ver lo que hay dentro. —A lo mejor me sorprendo. Y tú también.

You're one of those people who fall off a tree and never quite reach the ground.

Hay cosas que sólo pueden verse entre tinieblas —insinuó mi padre blandiendo una sonrisa enigmática

You're one of those people who fall off a tree and never quite reach the ground.

A lo mejor. O a lo mejor sí.

la mujer desea lo contrario de lo que piensa o declara

And how do you see me?" "Like a mystery." "That's the strangest compliment anyone has ever paid me." "It's not a compliment. It's a threat." "What do you mean?" "Mysteries must be solved, one must find out what they hide." "You might be disappointed when you see what's inside." "I might be surprised. And you, too.

Some things can only be seen in the shadows

Las últimas horas habían transcurrido en otro mundo, un universo de roces, de miradas que no entendía y que se comían la razón y la vergüenza. Ahora, de regreso a aquella realidad que siempre acechaba en las sombras del ensanche, el embrujo se desprendía y apenas me quedaba el deseo doloroso y una inquietud que no tenía nombre.

recognized Coubert, the faceless man, immediately. His steely look, his shining eyes with no eyelids; his smile as he licked his nonexistent lips in the dark.

I'm not sure whether to thank you or report you to the police

Sin más indicio de sus intenciones que una misteriosa sonrisa.

El plan, o la ausencia de uno...