Quotes About Restraint

Because life's too short to blush, I keep my blood tucked in.

How sick one gets of being 'good ' how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness.

If I drop both swords and rip off the blindfold, I still can't leave, for I can't leave this world except internally.

Cuando recibió el primer disparo, no le dolió nada. Por un instante creyó que tenía una flor grande, roja y caliente sobre el pecho, la quiso coger para llevarle a su madre, pero estaba maniatado; sin embargo, todos le vieron sonreír, y cayó muerto. De 'Tobita', p.48.

We mustn't say more than we should, but we mustn't say less than we must.

The first discipline modernitys originators imposed upon themselves was that of self-restraint, learning to live with vulgarity. Their high expectations for effectiveness were made possible by low expectations of what was to be.

it's not what artists touch that counts most. It's what they don't touch.

It's like driving a car with your foot on the brake.

to serve so selflessly, you have to subdue something in yourself.

real strength is not hitting when what you most want to do is kill.

There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.

Easy there," Zach said when I stumbled into him. "Now's probably not the time to get handsy. You might want to control yourself.

Every girl thinks about growing up in a palace. Few ever ponder living in a cage.

These are the things I never say to anyone anymore. Not because I don't want to say them — I want to scream them. But these are the things that no one else can bear to hear.

mostly it makes me want to pull Lila out of Alexei's arms and toss her in the pool. I

H?rs?zlar çok ÅŸey istememelidir; bu ironik ama gerçektir. Yürüyerek kaçamayaca??n bir yerde asla durma. Geride b?rakamayaca??n bir ÅŸeye asla sahip olma. (syf. 28)

Por eso necesitaba llorar, por la fila, por los muros, por el locutorio, por los hombres que se amontonaban contra una reja y por las mujeres que se apretaban contra la reja de enfrente, por el amor de todos los condenados dentro y fuera de Porlier. No lo hice. Mantuve las lágrimas a raya en el borde de mis párpados como si presintiera que me harían falta después

defensive. "I don't want to talk about it." "Trin-" "Arthur, cool it." Trin ordered in his softest tone of voice.

I scream at the top of my lungs for the longest time. And I know I should stop, but I can't. It just keeps coming out. But I don't cry. I won't let myself cry.

Les retrouvailles sont des phénomènes si complexes qu'on ne devrait les effectuer qu'après un long apprentissage ou bien tout simplement les interdire.

Les retrouvailles sont des phénomènes si complexes qu'on ne devrait les effectuer qu'après un long apprentissage ou bien tout simplement les interdire. Elle

Honor sometimes means doing something very unwise. Behaving like an idiot is better than dishonor. To this day I blush for having chosen sensible restraint over common decency.

My biggest weakness is that I'm excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I'm not as excessive as I used to be.

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.