Quotes About Freedom

Hadn't we both yearned for escape, reinvention, new identities? Hadn't we each, in the end, unmoored ourselves by cutting loose the anchors that weighed us down?

Sad sam bio slobodan da radim što mi je volja, ali sloboda mi je bila besmislena, jer sam ostao bez onog što sam najviše želio. Kažu, prona?i smisao u životu i proživi ga. Ali, ponekad, shvatiš da ti je život imao smisao tek kad ga proživiš, i to najvjerojatnije onaj koga nisi bio ni svjestan.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls. Laila

She turned it so the sharp edge was vertical, and, as she did, it occurred to her that this was the first time that she was deciding the course of her own life.

Aku dan Hassan memandang. Menahan tawa. Anak India itu akan segera mengetahui satu hal yang dipelajari oleh orang Inggris di awal abad lalu, yang akhirnya dipelajari oleh orang Rusia di akhir 1980-an: bahwa penduduk Afganistan adalah orang-orang merdeka. Penduduk Afganistan menyukai tradisi namun membenci aturan. Begitu pula dengan adu layang-layang. Aturannya sederhana: Tidak ada aturan. Terbangkan saja layang-layangmu. Putuskan benang lawanmu. Mudah-mudahan kamu beruntung.

I understood the nature of my curse: I was going to get away with it.

I understood the nature of my new curse: I was going to get away with it.

women and men were equal in every way and there was no reason women should cover if men didn't.

All my life, I have lived like an aquarium fish in the safety of a glass tank, behind a barrier as impenetrable as it has been transparent. I have been free to observe the glimmering world on the other side, to picture myself in it, if I like. But I have always been contained, hemmed in, by the hard, unyielding confines of the existence

Les enfants ne sont pas des livres de coloriage. Tu ne peux pas les peindre avec tes couleurs préférées.

C'était toujours pareil avec les cerfs-volants. Vos pensées dérivent en même temps qu'eux.

América era distinta. América era un río que descendía con gran estruendo, inconsciente del pasado. Y yo podía vadear ese río, dejar que mis pecados se hundieran en el fondo, dejar que las aguas me arrastraran hacia algún lugar lejano. Algún lugar sin fantasmas, sin recuerdos y sin pecados.

I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into the humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills

Potevo solo concludere che per alcune persone, in particolare per le donne, il matrimonio, anche infelice come questo, può costituire una fuga da un'infelicità ancora più grande.

America was different. America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past. I could wade

That was the thing about kite flying : your mind drifted with the kite

La sola fuga possibile era allentare le redini della fantasia.

Tr? con Ä'âu ph?i nh?ng quy?n t?p tô màu. Anh không th? bôi ??y nó b?ng nh?ng màu anh Æ°a thích

Uçurtma uçurman?n ayr?lmaz bir parças? da buydu: zihnin uçurtmanla birlikte oradan oraya savrulurdu.

En eso consistía volar cometas; en dejar que tu cabeza volara junto a ella.

Let's fly," he said.

You won't have to do a thing. Ever again. You rest, sleep in, plant a garden. Whatever you want, you ask and I'll get it for you.

Regulile erau simple: fara reguli.

Thalia, I want you to know that you don't have to wear that thing in this house anymore. Not on my account. Nor his. Do it only if it suits you. I have no more to say about this business.