Quotes About Reflection

I cringed a little at the position of power I'd been granted, and all because I had won at the genetic lottery that had determined my sex.

They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognise your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.

Nothing like life, it questions with either no answers or messy ones.

En cuanto a mí, es hora de marcharme. Me queda poco tiempo y deseo pasarlo solo. No me busques, por favor. Es lo último que te pido.

Aku tidak ingat lagi dari mana kenangan itu berasal, baik bulan maupun tahunnya. Yang kutahu, kenangan itu tersimpan dalam jiwaku, indahnya serpihan masa lalu yang terbungkus rapi, sapuan warna cerah di atas kanvas kelabu kosong yang menyelimuti kehidupan kami.

I tried to conjure Ali's frozen face, to REALLY see his tranquil eyes, but time can be a greedy thing - sometimes it steals all the details for itself.

prided myself on knowing that my clever story had given her a bit of reprieve from the discontent of her marriage. She was an extraordinary woman, and I went to bed that night feeling like I was perhaps more than ordinary myself. This was the effect she had on me.

Talvez compreender apenas quando as coisas já não têm remédio seja o castigo justo para os que não tiveram coração.

Nothing came out. Suddenly I was hovering, looking down on myself from above.

But it is important to know this, to know your roots. To know where you started as a person. If not, your own life seems unreal to you. Like a puzzle…Like you have missed the beginning of a story and now you are in the middle of it, trying to understand.

I wish you remembered Homs as I do, Marwan.

I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn't.

My eyes returned to our suitcases. They made me sad for Baba. After everything he'd built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life: one disappointing son and two suitcases. Someone

it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.

Dio mene misli da je bolje da nastavimo kao i dosad, da se ponašamo kao da ne znamo koliko smo zanemarivali jedno drugo. Tako je manje bolno. Možda je bolje nego ova zakasnjela ponuda. Ovaj krhki, uzdrhtao nagovještaj kako su stvari mogle izgledati izme?u nas. Iz toga ?e se samo izroditi žaljenje, kažem sebi, a kakva korist od žaljenja? Ono ništa ne može vratiti. Ono što smo izgubili je nepovratno.

There were times when, like a word on the tip of her tongue, Mariam's face eluded her. But now, in this place, it's easy to summon Mariam behind the lids of her eyes.

Luôn có má»™t con ???ng t?t nh?t ?? tr? l?i

trebala sam biti pažljivija. Nitko zbog toga ne zažali. Nikad si u starosti ne?eš re?i: Eh, da barem nisam bila tako pažljiva prema toj osobi. Nikad to ne pomisliš.

B? không th? tin r?ng mình Ä'ang r?i b? Kabul. B? h?c ? Ä'ây, ki?m ???c công vi?c ??u tiên ? Ä'ây, tr? thành má»™t ng??i b? ? thành ph? này. Th?t l? lùng khi nghÄ© ??n chuy?n ch?ng bao lâu b? s? ng? dÆ°á»›i má»™t b?u tr?i thành ph? khác.

Kažu prona?i svrhu u životu i ostvari je. Ali katkad, tek nakon što ga proživiš, uvidiš da je život imao svrhu, lako mogu?e onu o kojoj nisi nikad ni razmišljao.

All it will beget is regret, I tell myself, and what good is regret? It brings back nothing. What we have lost is irretrievable.

Quá»· d? cÅ©ng chi?u nh?ng m?nh gÆ°Æ¡ng, chi?u ?? làm r?i trí các tín ?? h?i giáo trong lúc c?u nguy?n. Ông luôn qu?c m?t nhìn con trai mình, nói thêm và quá»· d? cÅ©ng c??i hô h? trong khi làm nhÆ° v?y.

G?seÈ™te-È›i un scop în via?? È™i atinge-l. Dar uneori, îÈ›i dai seama c? viaÈ›a a avut un scop doar dup? ce ai tr?it, È™i probabil un scop pe care nu l-ai avut niciodat? în minte. Iar acum, c? îl împlinisem pe al meu, simÈ›eam c? tr?iesc f?r? rost È™i la voia întâmpl?rii.

They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind. And