Quotes About Transition

Unwinds didn't go out with a bang--they didn't even go out with a whimper. They went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.

As Ariadne led him to the massage tent, Rowan thought, In eight months I am going to die. So perhaps he could allow himself a little indulgence on the way.

Hidupnya seperti lapangan bola, bukan? Selalu penuh garis, struktur, dan peraturan, tak pernah berubah. Tapi sekarang dia sudah dilambungkan melewati dinding memasuki wilayah tak dikenal. [P. 118]

The curb is the launching point for many a deed. To step off could be the start of a life-changing journey.

Lorsqu'un événement grave se produit, il y a comme un temps de réaction. Ce n'est ni du déni ni de la surprise, plutôt une sorte de chute libre mentale. On s'imprègne de la nouvelle... et lorsqu'on se décide enfin à bouger, la fenêtre d'action s'est déjà refermée. — Alyssa

She closed her eyes again, and tried to reboot. Human brains, she knew, could be like computers, especially in the time that hung between sleep and wakefulness. Sometimes you said strange things, did even stranger things, and once in a while you couldn't figure out exactly how you got where you got.

We believe that flames are not meant to burn forever.

I will not tolerate childish pastimes or vapid communications with friends. Commitment to this life means leaving behind your old life as fully as possible. When, a year from now, I choose between you, the unchosen one can return to his or her former life easily enough. But for now, consider that life a part of your past.

You have been dead for more than three years.

The kids who knew them would talk about how terrible it was, and gripe about it for a day or two, and then it became old news. Unwinds didn't go out with a bang —they didn't even go out with a whimper. They went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.

He had to ask, because he knew he wasn't Rowan Damisch anymore—not just because his fake ID said "Ronald Daniels," but because the boy he had once been had died a sad and painful death during his apprenticeship. The child in him had been successfully purged. Did anyone mourn that child? he wondered.

THE OLD GUARD AND THE NEW ORDER

For you nothing has changed." "Everything has changed, sir." "Perhaps everything will change again.

flames were not meant to burn forever.

Besides, eventually even the most defiant of unsavories will settle. I have noticed a trend that by the time most of them turn a few corners, they relax into a kinder, gentler sort of defiance. Bit by bit, they come to appreciate inner peace. Which is as it should be. In time, all storms settle to a pleasant breeze.

Humankind must be pushed out of the nest if it is ever to grow beyond its current state.

You can't deny this is a turning point in your life, and every turning point must be marked by an event-- one that burns itself into you as indelibly as a brand.

She is unaware of Hell and Purgatory And when the time comes for her to enter The black Night, she will look into the face of Death As a new-born child,—without hatred or remorse.

fugaz, que se metamorfosea con tal frecuencia.

so it's always a process of letting go, one way or another

It began as a mistake.

eleven months. now she's gone gone as they go.

this time has finished me.

as the spirit wanes the form appears