Quotes About Clarity

Under all this dirt the floor is really very clean.

Se eu ficar assim imóvel, respirando leve, sem ódio, sem amor, se eu ficar assim um instante, sem pensamento, sem corpo…

Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.

something can only become an illusion after disillusionment. before that, it is something real. what caused the disillusionment? no one told me the print on the wall was just ink and paper and had no life of its own. at some point the cat stopped blinking, and i stopped thinking it could.

Ask a burning question, get a burning answer

the fragrant pinewoods on one side of the road; a blueberry patch on the other. It was as though the positions of each plant and each cloud in the sky pierced her consciousness

Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.

Light at the end of the tunnel We don't even have a tunnel we don't even know where the tunnel is.

I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.

It's not doing what is right that's hard for a President. It's knowing what is right.

I've discovered that the things that happen in my life make a lot more sense when I include God in the picture. It's like trying to work a jigsaw puzzle without the picture on the front of the box. You can do it, but the task of putting thousands of tiny pieces together will sure go easier and make a lot more sense if you can take a peek at the bigger picture now and then.

Then my outrage wandered away: never do junk if you need to finish thoughts, sentences, or simple tasks.

Ordinary words simply preserve ideas. Still, you have to be careful. Words can lie, or be misunderstood. Words don't have magic, but they have power.

I want to come with you, but first you've got to give me a few straight answers." "It's against my nature, but I'll try.

There was often truth to be found in wine that didn't come out otherwise.

SECRET #4 Something can stare you in the face and you still can't see it. Better take another gander.

SECRET #14 Sometimes you shouldn't be so sure of what you think you're sure of.

There were times after my marriage ended where, you know, I really felt like I was at the bottom of a mountain, there was a great big, fog up there, and I'm never going to cross to the other side.

Toti knew, someone with a strong sense

Things aren't always as they seem. But then, sometimes they're exactly as they seem.

If the ending is messy, one doesn't remember anything good about any of it.

I know what is wrong. You havn't decided what you want.' She'd underlined this many times. 'Terribly important to draw up a balance sheet every now and then, debits and credits. Decide what's important, what's worth fighting for. Don't drift, ever. Decide then act. If you fail well at least you tried. Don't know what you want so can't advise you how to get it. ? Lynne Reid Banks, The L-Shaped Room

I want things plain. Or direct. When I read a book I'm suspicious of description. Too much embellishment or an excess of adjectives bothers me, as if the speaker or writer were attempting to overcome me, to finesse me like a bridge player. Or to seduce me.

There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and people who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.