Quotes About Change

Life was nothing other than what came and went with each passing moment.

This is my thesis: Do you know what is needful to turn an honest man into a rogue! A change of scene--a moment's forgetfulness suffice.

A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly

Look! I have here a number of white pebbles. I let them soak in the shade, then hold them in the hollow of my hand and wait until their soothing coolness is exhausted. Then I begin once more, changing the pebbles and putting back those that have lost their coolness to soak in the shade again. . . Time passes and the evening comes on. . . Take me away; I cannot move of myself. Something in my will is broken.

B?rbatul nu-i decât un copil care a îmb?trânit.

Up until then I had lived for myself or at least inside of myself. I had gotten married without imagining that my wife was anything more than a comrade, without realizing precisely that because of our union my life could be changed.

Veo peor y se me cansan más deprisa los ojos. También oigo peor. Me digo que sin duda no es malo que se aleje así de nosotros, progresivamente, una tierra que de lo contrario nos costaría demasiado dejar; que nos costaría demasiado dejar de golpe. Lo admirable sería, al mismo tiempo, acercarse progresivamente a… otra cosa.

Because I don't want to remember, he answered. If I did, I might keep the future from happening by letting the past encroach upon it. I create each hour's newness by forgetting yesterday completely. Having been happy is never enough for me. I don't believe in dead things. What's the difference between no longer being and never having been?

In irresolution lies the secret of not growing old.

Le rêve de demain est une joie, mais la joie de demain en est une autre, et rien heureusement ne ressemble au rêve qu'on s'en était fait; car c'est différemment que vaut chaque chose.

The things that soonest appear out of date are those that at first strike us as most modern.

Un gest ca s-o posezi ajunge s-o destrame.

Even if it's not your ideal life, you can always choose it. No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything.

No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything.

It's been six months, Nancy.' 'What's your hurry? It took me a year to get used to living with Carl. I mean, what do men do anyway? They work, eat, drink, and play games. Sex for them is in the sports and recreation category. You can't live with a man and not be lonely.' 'You think so?' 'Absolutely. Besides, once you have kids, it all changes anyway. Everything seems to make sense then.

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

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Mais vous avez dû tomber amoureux, n'est-ce pas ? Vous êtes devenu du jour au lendemain un homme heureux ! C'est ça ? Les gens heureux, tant qu'ils sont heureux, ne remarquent pas les anomalies, mais ce n'est que temporaire. Les anomalies sont toujours là, à côté d'eux!

The life she'd led, each of the places she'd called home sending unexpected shoots toward the next, had made her open to almost anything.

Arriva un momento – pinsò – nel quale t'adduni, t'accorgi che la tua vita è cangiata. Ma quando è successo? – ti domandi. E non trovi risposta, fatti impercettibili si sono accumulati fino a determinare la svolta. O macari fatti ben visibili, di cui però non hai calcolato la portata, le conseguenze. Spii e rispii, ma la risposta a quel «quando» non la sai trovare. Come se avesse importanza, poi!

What shape is water?' " 'Water doesn't have any shape!' I said, laughing. 'It takes the shape you give it.

In her heart she is a mourner for those who have not survived. In her soul she is a warrior for those who are now as she was then. In her life she is both celebrant and proof of women's capacity and will to survive, to become, to act, to change self and society. And each year she is stronger and there are more of her.

her first goal was 19. then she became 19, and she didnt die. it surprised her. nothing had ever surprised her like that.

I want writers to write books because they are committed to the content of those books. I want writers to write books as actions. I want writers to write books that can make a difference in how, and even why, people live. I want writers to write books that are worth being jailed for, worth fighting for, and should it come to that in this country, worth dying for.