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Quotes About Meaning

nic jiného není lidský život než bytí k smrti
~ Ladislav Fuks
I know in an existential sense that life can change on a dime ... something has instantly and inexorably changed in American life.
~ lahr john
What we take anything to be profoundly affects how we go about describing it, and how we describe something profoundly affects how we go about explaining, accounting for, or understanding what is what we are, in a sense, defining, by our description.
~ laing ronald david
You mean he came to your school? The scandalous rodent-loaf!
~ Laini Taylor
As long as he had life, who deserved it so little, he would use it, wield it, and do whatever he could in its name, even if it was not, was never, enough
~ Laini Taylor
You could look out the window today, see the sky raining fire, and say that it has all been for nothing, everything we've ever done, because now we've lost. But folk were born and lived and knew friendship and music in this city, ugly as it is, and all across this land that we fought for. Some grew old, and others were less lucky. Many bore children and raised them, and had the pleasure of making them, too, and we gave them that for as long as we could. Who has ever done more, my friend?
~ Laini Taylor
Is that all souls are for? For when we die?" "No. They're for living, too.
~ Laini Taylor
Never before had time seemed so like currency, each moment a coin that could be well- or ill-spent, or even, if one wasn't careful, wasted and lost.
~ Laini Taylor
Qué significado tiene la palabra «verdadero» cuando se refiere a un rostro? Solo las almas son verdaderas y cuando las sueltas al aire se desvanecen,
~ Laini Taylor
If this night is a fairy tale, then this is the happily ever after, right, or at least the beginning of it? And the thing about happily ever afters? Those princesses and woodcutter's sons have bodies under their coats, too. I mean, what do you think happily ever after means? (I can't be the only one who thinks this.)
~ Laini Taylor
Now, let's not be hasty,' said Mik 'What exactly is a samurai, really? Do you think that's something we should know before we wish it?' 'Good point. It might turn us both into Japenese men.' She squinted at him. 'Would you still love me if I were a Japenese man?' 'Of course
~ Laini Taylor
Unlike those many dead because of him, he had life, and life wasn't a default state—I am not dead, hence I must be alive—but a medium. For action, for effort. As long as he had life, who deserved it so little, he would use it, wield it, and do whatever he could in its name, even if it was not, was never, enough.
~ Laini Taylor
Tú no eres tonta, Madrigal —dijo Brimstone—. Si hay algo que deseas, persíguelo. La esperanza tiene poder. No la malgastes en cosas sin sentido.
~ Laini Taylor
And the space where his legend was gathering up words grew larger. Because this story was not over yet.
~ Laini Taylor
Is that all souls are for?" Esmé had asked him earlier. "For when we die?" Mihai could have laughed or cried when she'd asked him that. In all its simplicity her question was like cupped hands holding the meaning of his life. "No," he'd said. "They're for living too.
~ Laini Taylor
I love books. Not just for what they contain. I love them as objects too, as ever-present reminders of what they contain, and because they are beautiful.
~ Laini Taylor
Evrenden almak için vermen gerekir," dedi Akiva. "Ama... Neden ac?? Ba?ka bir ?ey veremez misin? Mesela... Ne?e? "Bu bir denge meselesi. Kolay verilen bir ?ey olsayd?, anlam? olmazd?." "Gerçekten ne?enin, ac?dan daha kolay oldu?unu mu dü?ünüyorsun? Sen hangisini daha çok ya?ad?n?
~ Laini Taylor
I hope, child, but I don't wish. There's a difference.
~ Laini Taylor
Names have power, and he was, from infancy, associated with gold.
~ Laini Taylor
You have more to live for than you know
~ Laini Taylor
It was the understanding—and burden—that unlike those many dead because of him, he had life, and life wasn't a default state—I am not dead, hence I must be alive—but a medium. For action, for effort. As long as he had life, who deserved it so little, he would use it, wield it, and do whatever he could in its name, even if it was not, was never, enough.
~ Laini Taylor
Las almas muertas solo sueñan con la muerte —dijo el resucitador al emperador—. Los sueños insignificantes son para los hombres insignificantes. La vida es la que se expande para llenar los mundos. Es la vida tu dueña, o la muerte.
~ Laini Taylor
Ölüler daha a??r olurdu. Sonuçta hepimiz birer kabu?uz. Ama bir ölüyü arkada b?rakmak da kalbe a??rl?k yapard?. Bizi gerçek k?lan vücutlar?m?zd?. Görecek gözleri ya da dokunacak elleri olmayan bir ruh neye yarard??
~ Laini Taylor
Det är bara döda själar som drömmer om döden [...]. Det är livet som växer och uppfyller världar. Antingen är det livet man tillber eller döden (s. 78).
~ Laini Taylor