Quotes About Revelation

He was reaching that age, he was at the edge of it, when the world becomes suddenly more beautiful, when it reveals itself in a special way, in every detail, roof and wall, in the leaves of trees fluttering faintly before the rain. The world was opening itself, as if to allow, now that life was shortening, one long, passionate look, and all that had been withheld would finally be given.

suddenly felt frightened. He was reaching that age, he was at the edge of it, when the world becomes suddenly more beautiful, when it reveals itself in a special way, in every detail, roof and wall, in the leaves of trees fluttering faintly before a rain. The world was opening itself, as if to allow, now that life was shortening, one long, passionate look, and all that had been withheld would finally be given.

What I found was a moment where the main character has to figuratively look at himself, as in the mirror. He is confronted with a disturbing truth: change or die.

Third: Act first, explain later. Stamp this axiom on your writer's brain. Or put it on a note and tape it where you can see it. This advice never fails.

A poem is a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind.

Why do you live on the bank of a river?' was one of these questions. 'Because a poem in a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind.

To see things thousands of miles away, things hidden behind walls and within rooms, things dangerous to come to, to draw closer, to see and be amazed.

You caught only glimpses of Ross, even if you spent a long evening with him.

Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.

He will rattle your cage and then break your heart.

In decreeing the Decalogue, moreover, YHWH bypasses Moses to address the people as a whole, communicating his will to them in quasi-democratic openness, without the need for any royal or prophetic intermediary. That is not only without precedent in the history of religion; it is also unparalleled in the Hebrew Bible. God's proclamation of the Decalogue accordingly lies at the heart of the theme of revelation.

Learning becomes a joy when children have what we call "aha!" moments.

Love is seldom what you expect

Till this moment I never knew myself.

I write only to bid you Farewell. The spell is removed; I see you as you are.

If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out. -Elizabeth

The world may know my words, but it has no such privileges with my heart

Do you not want to know who has taken it? cried his wife impatiently.

I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment

If I am missed it will appear. I may be discovered by those who want to see me. I shall not be in any doubtful, or distant, or unapproachable region.

He must tell his own story.' 'But he will tell only half of it.' 'A quarter would be enough.

Mi afecto y mis anhelos no han variado; pero una palabra suya me hará callar para siempre Mr. Darcy

So altered that he should not have known her again!' These were words which could not but dwell with her. Yet she soon began to rejoice that she had heard them. They were of sobering tendency; they allayed agitation; they composed, and consequently must make her happier.

Yes; these four evenings have enabled them to ascertain that they both like Vingt-un better than Commerce; but with respect to any other leading characteristic, I do not imagine that much has been unfolded.