Quotes About Transition

intense universe which once existed within these four walls has come to an end: children flown, the noise and chaos of a family unit truncated down to two middle-aged people in a flat somewhere, existing quietly in the spaces between visits and phone calls.

And now, here, on this Chicago street, Marco discovers that his life is about to change yet again and it feels once more like a thing that teeters helplessly on a tightrope over a crevasse.

I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.

It's all right," the boy murmured as he felt her trembling. "My grandmother always told me 'Never try to turn back on a new road—you don't know what adventures await you.

No marriage stays in the same pattern forever. It is both the best feature of marriage and the worst, that it inevitably changes.

You can't love someone new without getting over the last one.

Both of us were quiet with the recognition that something was ending, and something was beginning.

This takes a bit of getting used to," he said. "All this smiling and good spirits. You've never been one of those lighthearted fellows." "I'm not lighthearted, I'm . . . wholehearted.

A butterfly symbolized acceptance of each new phase in life. To keep faith as everything around you changed.

The tricky part of illness is that, as you go through it, your values are constantly changing... You may decide you want to spend your time working as a neurosurgeon, but two months later, you may want to learn to play the saxophone or devote yourself to the church. Death may be a one-time event, but living with terminal illness is a process.

I have a lot of traditional values I follow personally, which was hard to deal with when I first moved to L.A.

I'd been at Valve since I got out of college. I felt like I kind of grew up there, and I wanted to see what else was out in the world. One of the owners of Airtight Games is a friend of mine, and he asked if I would run a team there. It just sounded like a great opportunity.

No one wants to stoke coal if he can regulate an oil valve instead.

Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.

It's been a pretty amazing experience, getting to go from 'Bosch' to 'The Vampire Diaries' back-to-back, with a little 'Castle' in between.

I used to get up at six and drive for an hour in my blue van from Bournemouth to Basingstoke - they were the tough days.

As a player I had a few idols but that's not really interesting any more. I was a striker and focusing on guys like Marco van Basten but as a coach I want to make my own footsteps.

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.

As you get up in your thirties, the van touring is not a possibility anymore. We can't all be Mike Watt.

It is difficult to adapt to Van Gaal. I had a couple of rows with him.

I was sad when Van Gaal left the national team, but I was also sad when Hiddink left.

I want to move to one of Europe's best clubs if I leave Rotterdam, just like Robin van Persie and Kuyt did before.

For a 20 year old the gap from Holland to England is massive. That's a fact. Not all players are able to settle in directly from day one. I remember even Van Persie needed two, three years but he became Van Persie.

When I left drama school I was prepped to be in shows and tour around England by van.