Quotes About Complexity

Within the sphere of English fiction Heathcliff stands alone. Therefore, if we do not understand him, then it is highly probable we were never intended to do so, so that we should try to realize and accept the fact that there may be just one or two things yet left in heaven and earth not dreamt of by our philosophy.

A real picture of any human being is interesting in itself, and it is especially interesting when we can follow the play of other personalities upon that human being and perhaps get a picture of a group of people and of the influence on them of the period in which they lived.

I realized she wanted many things at the same time, and that kept her in a permanent state of dissatisfaction.

We don't know anything about people, even those with whom we share everything.

I'm lying, yes, but why do you force me to give a linear explanation; linear explanations are almost always lies.

What a complex foamy mixture a couple is. Even if the relationship shatters and ends, it continues to act in secret pathways, it doesn't die, it doesn't want to die.

The hardest things to talk about are the ones we ourselves can't understand.

Che complicato schiumoso miscuglio è una coppia. Sebbene la relazione si sfrangi e poi cessi, essa continua ad agire per vie segrete, non muore, non vuole morire.

Quieres toda la vida a personas que nunca sabes realmente quiénes son

A veces no me gustas, Lenù, lo subestimas todo, subestimas a todos, incluso a la gente que con solo verla se hace querer.

Solo en las malas novelas la gente piensa siempre lo correcto, dice siempre lo correcto, todo efecto tiene su causa, hay simpáticos y antipáticos, buenos y malos, al final todo te consuela

Everything that could happen between us had happened, the rest was only complications.

O motivo havia sido um gesto sem sentido, sobre o qual, justamente por ser sem sentido, decidi não contar a ninguém. As coisas mais difíceis de falar são as que nós mesmos não conseguimos entender.

Amalia avait l'imprévisibilité d'une écharde.

Loving courses together with hating, and I can't, I can't manage to solidify myself around any goodwill.

Querer bien va de la mano del querer mal, y yo no consigo, no consigo concentrarme alrededor de ninguna buena voluntad

Vuoi bene tutta la vita a persone che non sai mai veramente chi sono.

soon it seemed to me that her principal

não há gestos, palavras, suspiros, que não contenham a soma de todos os crimes que os seres humanos cometeram e cometem.

Only in bad novels people always think the right thing, always say the right thing, every effect has its cause, there are the likable ones and the unlikable, the good and the bad, everything in the end consoles you.

Lila era de una belleza casi fea, de esas que encanta a los hombres, pero que también les da miedo.

qué tontería había sido quererlo, amarlo, y pese a todo evitarlo siempre.

Scriveva, nelle ultime pagine, di sentirsi intorno tutto il male del rione. Anzi, buttava li oscuramente: male e bene sono mescolati e si rinforzano a vicenda. Marcello, a rifletterci, era veramente una buona sistemazione, ma il buono sapeva di cattivo e il cattivo sapeva di buono, un'amalgama che le toglieva il fiato.

For your whole life you love people and you never really know who they are.