Quotes About Reflection

The artist on art. How do you get your ideas for stories Mr. Valentine? Well, I simply exploit everything I come into contact with. One ended, of course, by losing all spontaneity. You saw people as characters, sunsets as an excuse for similes -.

Why did people get married seeking a way out of loneliness? There was nothing more lonelier than two married people in a room together. - p.126

When we think about an economic problem, the first answer that occurs to us is not always the correct one.

academics must maintain a delicate balance between necessary humility and the determination

Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily.

I don't believe that dreams tell what is to come, I think they are the things that are going on in our subconscious swimming to the surface while we are asleep.)

One had to be prepared for the thought that the world might actually be approaching Armageddon.

I keep thinking what a lot I missed out on through being so introverted. I am not referring to sex but all the other things. Being sociable, I suppose.)

She made no comment, however—possibly on the principle that once the horse had bolted there was not very much to be gained from closing the stable door—merely placed the fresh bundle on top of his bedside cupboard.

Mum used to say one shouldn't wish one's life away, but she could never have imagined anything like this.

Someone enjoying a good perve, no doubt. Well, and why not? There wasn't much else to enjoy, these days.

If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.

I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but by real understanding. We must ask: 'Where is the violence coming from? What is its meaning?

Don't you think it would be interesting if you could read the story of your life - written perfectly truthfully by an omniscient author?

think that every one, no matter how many troubles he may have when he grows up, ought to have a happy childhood to look back upon.

It is funny how certain places get connected with certain people, and you never go back without thinking of them.

We all have a collection of memories that we would happily lose, but somehow those are just the ones that insist upon sticking.

When you get accustomed to people or places or ways of living, and then have them snatched away, it does leave an awfully empty, gnawing sort of sensation.

Most people don't live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the heat of the going they get so breathless and panting that they lose all sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing through; and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out, and it doesn't make any difference whether they've reached the goal or not.

Her eyes wandered back to the campus again, and she suddenly grew sober as the thought swept over her that in a few weeks more it would be hers no longer. This happy, irresponsible community life, which had come to be the only natural way of living, was suddenly at an end.

What seems to you the right thing for me to do? Judy

so you must be as punctilious in sending them as though it were a bill that you were paying. I hope that they will always be respectful in tone and will reflect credit on your training.

I am learning so many new things every day that when each Saturday night comes I look back on the Sallie of last Saturday night, amazed at her ignorance.

It's setting a pretty high value on his own soul. I should never rate mine as being worth a lifetime of effort.' 'I suppose a person's soul is worth whatever price he chooses to set.