Quotes About Reflection

I imagined they had been listening for me, but still had not heard me drive up, which made me realize how old they really were: Grandfather, old beyond his time, and Father, old before his time.

I ran with him through the dark sweet-smelling cedars to the stripe of white road, and paused, panting, letting him soak up the light of the moon, letting him inflate with the excitement I felt at being alive.

In four more years, after Grandfather died, Father would move to Fredericksburg and start a garden: not yet tired of living, but tired, I knew, of wondering what he had missed.

Insight is the understanding that comes from self-awareness.

standing in front of the jewelry store.

Which man among us is not, most of the time, possessed of the desire to curl himself into a foetal ball?

Reading was a brave spiritual journey for Elena Hood, and little piles of books were for her like the stacks of rubble—the Tibetan prayer walls—that marked the progress of pilgrims.

He (Nixon) needed someone with him so he could be alone.

it's hard to talk sensibly with giants - their massive heads tend to get lost in the clouds

It takes time to see anyone's real damage.

How can anyone love me when I can't find a single reason to love myself? Do you ever feel like you've given yourself away? Let the world drain away every important thing about you? Why can't anything ever just feel...normal?

Sometimes, remembering a moment in your life can physically hurt as you relive everything that mattered to you then, and realize how far gone it is now.

You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.

Life is only precious because it ends, kid.

I found myself staring at her, which was stupid since I'd seen her a billion times. Still, she seemed so much more mature. It was kind of intimidating. I mean, sure, she'd always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful.

I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!

Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies

Yeah, well," Nico said, "not giving people a second thought…that can be dangerous.

Some pain shouldn't be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced.

Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.

Piper and Hazel were ready to go, but first Annabeth turned to Percy, who was leaning on the starboard rail, gazing over the bay. Annabeth took his hand. "What are you going to do while we're gone?" "Jump in the harbor," he said casually, like another kid might say, I'm going to get a snack .

I'd missed Annabeth probably more than I wanted to admit.

She decided she'd rather die in some less memorable way- maybe falling down the stairs, or going peacefully in her sleep at the age eighty, after a nice quiet life with Percy.Yes, that sounded good.

Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.