Quotes About Acceptance

maturity consisted in accepting the turn that existence had taken without getting too upset

Today I feel some uneasiness in recalling how much I suffered, I have no sympathy for myself of that time.

Had it really been so wonderful? I knew very well that at that time, too, there had been shame. And uneasiness, and humiliation, and disgust: accept, submit, force yourself. Is it possible that even happy moments of pleasure never stand up to a rigorous examination? Possible.

I said to myself every day: I am what I am and I have to accept myself; I was born like this, in this city, with this dialect, without money; I will give what I can give, I will take what I can take, I will endure what has to be endured.

I feel ugly, like I'm a bad person, and yet I'd like to be loved.

in his view love ended only when it was possible to return to oneself without fear or disgust

That connection between anxiety and ugliness unexpectedly consoled me. You can turn ugly because of worries—

the dead are objects that have broken, a television, the radio, the mixer, and the best thing is to remember them as they were when they were working, because the only acceptable tomb is memory.

My breasts are small," I said in a whisper, but immediately despised myself because it sounded as if I were making excuses, excuse me if I can't offer you big tits, I hope you enjoy yourself anyway, idiot that I was, if he liked little tits, good; if not, the worse for him, it was all free, a stroke of luck had fallen to this shit, the best birthday present he could hope for, at his age.

it was a good rule not to expect the ideal but to enjoy what is possible.

Nelle favole si fa come si vuole e nella realtà si fa come si può.

The reasonableness of others and my own desire for tranquility got on my nerves. The breath built up in my throat, ready to vibrate with words of rage. I felt the need to quarrel, and in fact I quarreled first with our male friends, then with their wives or girlfriends, and finally I went on to clash with anyone, male or female, who tried to help me accept what was happening to my life.

I, too, would find out that old age is a brute, ferocious beast.

talvez, diante do abandono, sejamos todos iguais; talvez nem mesmo uma cabeça muito disciplinada consiga suportar a descoberta de não ser amada.

de pequeña sabía que nos moríamos, siempre lo he sabido, pero nunca pensé que fuera a pasarme a mí, y ahora tampoco termino de creérmelo.

Lina es valiente, incluso demasiado. Pero no sabe adaptarse a la realidad, es incapaz de aceptar a los demás y aceptarse a sí misma

La madurez consistía en aceptar el curso que había tomado la existencia sin agitarse demasiado, trazar un surco entre la práctica cotidiana y el aprendizaje teórico, aprender a verse, a conocerse a la espera de los grandes cambios

Mi dicevo che la maturità consisteva nell'accettare la piega che aveva preso l'esistenza senza agitarsi troppo, tracciare un solco tra prassi quotidiana e acquisizioni teoriche, imparare a vedersi, a conoscersi in attesa di grandi cambiamenti. Giorno

If she wants Marcello Solara, I will resign myself. I love her so much that if she's happy with someone else I will withdraw and between us everything will remain as it is now. But if she wants me--if she wants me--there's no help for it, you must give her to me.

Forse, di fronte all'abbandono, siamo tutti uguali; forse nemmeno una testa molto ordinata può reggere alla scoperta di non essere amata.

el amor terminaba solo cuando era posible regresar sin temor o disgusto a sí mismos

said to myself that maturity consisted in accepting the turn that existence had taken without getting too upset, following

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