Quotes About Restraint

Never run from a predator. Even the most behaved of them will have a hard time restraining themselves from chasing after a prey.

He didn't want to scare her any more than she already was. He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself. So he stayed silent.

Perhaps it was freedom itself that choked her.

It's the same with everything,' said Ninian. 'The greater the control we accept, the greater the freedom.

unreasonable.' She felt like saying it was barking mad but restrained herself. 'Aahh, not quite ready yet. Not quite evolved enough. But you're getting there, Judith. You have taken the first tentative steps. The fact that you came to me proves that. You'll be back.' Sheeva jumped up from the

Through the window, I saw the beautiful world outside: the sky, the sun, the cacti, the rocks, and the dirt. How I longed to return to it! I licked at the air, trying to smell the desert's delicious dusty scent, but could not. How was I able to see it without smelling it? Did humans control scents as well as the temperature and the waters? Is that what windows were for, to keep out scents? Why did they wish to put invisible barriers between themselves and the world?

When you start thinking, "Why did she say that?" and "What made him do that?" instead of immediately reacting, that's the beginning of your path to emotional intelligence.

Chains are chains even if made of gold, they just tie you.

Chains are chains, even made of gold, they just tie you.

she said and gives me this look you'd think she was dying for a shite but was holding it in.

il semble que ce qui vous pousse brusquement à la fugue, ce soit un jour de froid et de grisaille qui vous rend encore plus vive la solitude et vous fait sentir encore plus fort qu'un étau se resserre.

Mais il semble que ce qui vous pousse brusquement à la fugue, c'est un jour de froid et de grisaille qui vous rend encore plus vive la solitude et vous fait sentir encore plus fort qu'un étau se resserre.

El éxtasis no dura mucho, sin embargo. No tiene porvenir. Pronto nuestro impulso es frenado en seco.

You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

Patience," she says again. But she says it impatiently.

You're a good boy. I wish you didn't have to be quite so good

You must release me or you will never be released.

One unionist politician likened this custody arrangement to keeping 'a python in a paper bag'.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission.

I realize that I cannot say enough. So. Since I cannot say enough, at least I will avoid saying to much".

Close your mouth, E'lir Kvothe, or I will feel obliged to put some vile tonic in it.

We can't do anything but snap at each other," I said. "The masters made sure of that. Anything too extreme would get us expelled for Conduct Unbecoming a Member of the Arcanum. Why do you think I haven't made his life a hell?" "You're lazy?" Wil suggested.

A pinned butterfly holds no delight. A pinned butterfly is nothing like a butterfly at all.