Quotes About Reality

I looked westward and marveled that, somewhere over those mountains, Kabul still existed. It really existed, not just as an old memory, or as the heading of an AP story on page 15 of the San Francisco Chronicle.

It hurts to say that," he said, shrugging. "But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

Sebenarnya aku berusaha menjadi pengecut karena pilihan lainnya, alasan sebenarnya aku melarikan diri, adalah karena Assef mengatakan kebenaran: Tak ada yang gratis di dunia ini.

I want to scream again, and I remember that last time I felt this way, riding with Baba in the tank of the fuel truck, buried in the dark with other refugees. I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my leg blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away. There will be no other reality tonight.

I always thought clichés got a bum rap. Because, often, they're dead-on.

swear, since seeing Your face, the whole world is fraud and fantasy. The garden is bewildered as to what is leaf or blossom. The distracted birds can't distinguish the birdseed from the snare.

mejor resultar herido por la verdad que consolarse con una mentira.»

Ali vrijeme je kao šarm. Nikad ga nemaš onoliko koliko misliš.

But time, it is like a charm. You never have as much as you think.

That's the real Afghanistan, Agha sahib. That's the Afghanistan I know. You? You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it

Tapi lebih baik disakiti oleh kenyataan daripada dinyamankan oleh kebohongan.

The moment is brief, barely enough for a flutter of the pulse but long enough for her illusory self to catch up with the reality of the woman gazing back from the shopwindow. It is a little devastating. This is what aging is, she thinks as she follows Isabelle into the store, these random unkind moments that catch you when you least expect them.

Mejor resultar herido por la verdad que consolare con una mentira.

Comprendí que el mundo no ve el interior de las personas, y que poco le importan las esperanzas, penas y sueños que albergamos bajo una máscara de piel y de hueso. Es así de sencillo, cruel y absurdo.

He caminado mucho y desde muy lejos para ver si eres tan bello en la realidad como lo eras en mis sueños.

He pointed to an old man dressed in ragged clothes trudging down a dirt path, a large burlap pack filled with scrub grass tied to his back. "That's the real Afghanistan, Agha sahib. That's the Afghanistan I know. You? You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it.

You like big words? I´ll give you one: perspective. That´s what I´m doing here, Laila. Making sure you don´t lose perspective.´ What turned Laila´s stomach the rest of the night was that every word Rasheed had uttered, every last one, was true.

Es curioso, Markos, pero la gente por lo general tiene una idea muy equivocada de sí misma. Creen que viven en función de lo que desean, cuando en el fondo lo que los guía es aquello que temen. Aquello que no desean.

Hasan'?n rüyas?n? düÅŸündüm; ÅŸu gölde yüzdüÄŸümüz rüyay?. Canavar falan yok, demiÅŸti; yaln?zca su. Oysa yan?lm??t?. Gölde bir canavar vard?. Hasan'? bileÄŸinden yakalam??, onu çamurlu dibe çekmiÅŸti. O canavar bendim. Sayfa : 103

The moment is brief, barely enough for a flutter of the pulse but long enough for her illusory self to catch up with the reality of the woman gazing back from the shopwindow. It is a little devastating. This is what aging is, she thinks

Duele decirlo —aseguró, encogiéndose de hombros—. Pero es mejor resultar herido por la verdad que consolarse con una mentira.»

It was Honiara and me against the world. And I'll tell you this, Amir Jan : In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.

Dig beneath a beautiful piece of writing [...] and you will find all manner of dishonor.

But better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.