Quotes About Acceptance

She looked at David closely, and the feeling was still there. She could see that his forehead was too high, that a small scar cut a white stroke through his eyebrow. And his smile was pretty crooked, really. But it was as if something had changed inside Tally's head, something that had turned his face pretty to her.

It's just the way things are. she shrugged. It's no one's fault. Or everyone's.

I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty. -Tally Youngblood

Or maybe when they do the operation- when they grind and stretch your bones to the right shape, peel off your face and rub all your skin away, and stick in plastic cheekbones so you look like everybody else- maybe after going through all that you just aren't very interesting anymore. -Shay, Uglies

Fate didn't care a squick about what anybody was meant to do.

Once we turn, it's new pretty, middle pretty, late pretty." Shay dropped her arms, and her board stopped drifting. "Then dead pretty.

Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun. We are ugly.

Sometimes Tally felt she could almost accept brain damage if it meant a life without reconstituted noodles.

It's exciting. But you can't keep fighting the way things are forever.

Qué otra cosa es el destino del hombre, más que soportar su medida y apurar su vaso? Y si el cáliz le resultó amargo al Dios del cielo, ¿por qué debo pavonearme como si me agradara? ¿Y por qué debo avergonzarme, cuando toda mi existencia tiembla entre el ser y no ser, cuando el pasado brilla como un rayo sobre el oscuro abismo del futuro y todo a mi alrededor se hunde y el mundo se pierde conmigo?

there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men — and God knows why they are so fashioned — did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.

No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.

I do not pretend to aught worth knowing, I do not pretend I could be a teacher To help or convert a fellow-creature. Then, too, I've neither lands nor gold, Nor the world's least pomp or honor hold— No dog would endure such a curst existence!

Si notre coeur était toujours ouvert au bien que Dieu nous envoie chaque jour, nous aurions alors assez de force pour supporter le mal quand il se présente.

Nothing is harder to bear than a succession of fair days.

düzelece?ime söz veriyorum; her zaman yapt???m gibi yazg?n?n önümüze ç?kard??? her küçük kederi art?k eveleyip gevelemeyece?im ve geçmi? benim için geçmi?te kalacak.

insanlar hem kendileri hem ba?kalar? için her ?eyi zorla?t?r?yorlar; ancak buna, örne?in bir da?? a?mak zorunda olan bir yolcu gibi boyun e?mek gerekir, da? olmasa, yol çok rahat ve k?sa olacakt?r; ama o da? oradaysa, a?maktan ba?ka çare de yoktur.

durerile oamenilor ar fi mai mici daca ei - Dumnezeu stie de ce sunt facuti astfel! - nu s-ar ocupa cu un atat de mare zel al inchipuirii de amintirea relelor trecute si ar indura un prezent nepasator.

Jupiter's welcome to more from his Juno if he can get it

ke?ke insanlar -niçin böyle olduklar?n? ancak Tanr? bilir!- geçip giden ?imdiyi ya?amak yerine, geçmi?te kalan bir s?k?nt?n?n hat?ralar?n? an?msamak için hayal gücünü bu kadar zorlamasalar.

Di?imi s?k?yorum ve kendi sefaletimle alay ediyorum; en çok da farkl? geli?mesi imkâns?z olan bu durumu kabullenmemi sal?k verecek kimselerle alay ediyorum. ?çi saman dolu bu kuklalardan beni kurtar!

Si a un instante le digo alguna vez: -Detente, eres tan bello-, puedes atarme entonces con cadenas y acepto hundirme entonces de buen grado; puede doblar entonces la campana, y libre quedarás de mi servicio: ¡párese allí el reloj con sus agujas! ¡Puede acabar el tiempo para mí!

las aflicciones de los hombres serían menores si no se empeñasen con tanta imaginación (¡Dios sabrá por qué los ha hecho así!) en rememorar los males pasados en lugar de soportar un presente anodino.

Si, mio caro, mi rendo conto ogni giorno di più di quanto sia sciocco voler valutare gli altri in base a se stessi. E poiché io con me stesso ho tanto da fare, e poiché questo mio cuore è così impetuoso, lascerei volentieri che gli altri andassero per la loro strada, se solo anch'essi mi lasciassero andare per la mia.