Quotes About Acceptance

It did not matter at this point; my life had unfolded as it had.

Angie se dio cuenta de que había comprendido algo demasiado tarde y que la vida debía de ser eso, comprender algo cuando ya era demasiado tarde.

the day she told us to go to the page without judgment, reminded us that we never knew, and never would know, what it would be like to understand another person fully.

Stupid — this assumption people have, that things should somehow be right.

We're all just a mess, Angelina, trying as hard as we can, we love imperfectly, Angelina, but it's okay.

The trees off to the side have been cut down to make a parking lot. You get used to things, he thinks, without getting used to things.

I could not stop feeling that life as I had known it was gone. Because it was. I knew this was true.

So life goes on, I thought. (And now I think: It goes on, until it doesn't.)

But it's a sad story, Lucy. Both Pam and Jim are in New York and they always will be, and I will always be here in Maine." We sat in silence while I absorbed this. Oh, he broke my heart!

Grief is a most peculiar thing; we're so helpless in the face of it. It's like a window that will simply open of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. But it opens a little less each time, and a little less; and one day we wonder what has become of it.

Now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash, just like watery ink on paper.

You cannot say to the sun, 'More sun,' or to the rain, 'Less rain.' To a man, geisha can only be half a wife. We are the wives of nightfall. And yet, to learn kindness after so much unkindness, to understand that a little girl with more courage than she knew, would find her prayers were answered, can that not be called happiness? After all these are not the memoirs of an empress, nor of a queen. These are memoirs of another kind.

Ik vraag me af waar meer durf voor nodig is, doorleven met een lot dat je kent of aanmodderen zonder enig idee van wat je staat te gebeuren

We were tolerated. and that is unforgivable. If you cannot accept a man wholeheartedly, then you should have the fortitude to repudiate him. Kwame in "The two hearts of Kwasi Boachi

Het is verstandig bang te zijn voor elke groep waartoe je niet behoort.

Zou je geen medelijden krijgen met alles wat normaal is?' verzucht Rosa. Zij wendt haar gezicht af en drukt zich tegen Lemmy aan. 'Je zo bedreigd te moeten voelen door alles wat een beetje afwijkt!

Het is misschien niet altijd nodig elk detail te kennen, ' ging hij verder en hij zwoer dat hij naar de toedracht rond ....... dood niet verder zou peuren. 'Het moet toch mogelijk zijn, Modja, denk je niet, een zaak te laten rusten zonder dat je hem volledig hebt begrepen.

And there were other rocks that were like animals, creeping, horrible animals, putting out their tongues, and others were like words I could not say, and others like dead people lying on the grass. I went on among them, though they frightened me, and my heart was full of wicked song they put into it; and I wanted to make faces and twist myself about the way they did, and I went on and on a long way till at last I liked the rocks and they didn't frighten me any more

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Once, as a teenager, I had believed that people could change themselves. Finally I realized that all one could ever hope was understanding one's filthy self better.

I am unknown: so what? This verses believe; they love; they hope: that's enough.

Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

ANATOL: Ach, jak jsme se pak vraceli dom?, v ko?áÃ…â"¢e... jako dÃ…â"¢ív. Položila mi hlavu na prsa. Te? se už nikdy nerozlou?íme - Ã…â"¢ekla... MAX: Probu? se, pÃ…â"¢íteli, a koukej, abys dospÄ›l ku konci. ANATOL: "Už se nikdy nerozlou?íme"... A dnes ve dvÄ› se žením! MAX: S jinou. ANATOL: Nu co; ?lovÄ›k se vždyždycky žení s jinou.