Quotes About Reflection

I had forgotten how awful it was to be a woman alone--the leering glances, the catcalls, the offers of help which you dared not accept for fear of incurring a sexual debt. The awful sense of vulnerability. No wonder I had gone from man to man and always wound up married. How could I have left Bennett? How could I have forgotten?

Fame turns out to be a powerful instrument of grace because it humbles its chosen victims in a hurry. You sail into it, your canvas swelled with grandiosity, and when your fifteen minutes are over and you are becalmed, you realize that grandiosity cannot take you where you need to go. Only then do you learn to row like hell, asking God for the strength to stay afloat.

Is life much too long for an immortal?

Why should a bad marriage have been so much more compelling than no marriage? Why had I clung to my misery so? Why did I believe it was all I had?

Sometimes it seems both our kids and our parents were smarter than we were. We fell somewhere between our parents' thirties idealism and our kids' eighties cynicism. Somewhere deep down we still believe that all we need is love, love, love. Somewhere deep down we question how we got grey hair. How on earth did we get to be the grown-ups? The wonder is that our kids are growing up -- despite all that we did to destroy them.

You know, when you get old, you see that everything is a joke. All the things you were passionate about don't mean a thing. You only did them to keep busy.

readers who think I have answers when all I have are a few pointed questions...

My black hair, which used to glisten like wet violets on an ebony altar, is now a steely gray

Both dogs and people are nicer after hitting bottom.

Si je m'intéresse à ce que pensent les gens cons, je n'aurai plus de temps à ce que pensent les gens intelligents.

Si ce que tu dis n'est pas plus beau que le silence, alors tais-toi

W wieku dwudziestu lat jesteÅ›my tym, co uczyniÅ'o z nas wyksztaÅ'cenie, ale ju? okoÅ'o czterdziestu- tym, co powstaÅ'o w wyniku wÅ'asnych wyborów, je?eli takich dokonaliÅ›my. MÅ'ody czÅ'owiek staje siÄ™ takim dorosÅ'ym, jakiego chciaÅ'o jego dzieciÅ"stwo. ZaÅ› czÅ'owiek dojrzaÅ'y jest dzieckiem mÅ'odego czÅ'owieka.

Tanti Roz, mi se pare c? au inventat un alt spital decât cel real. Se prefac c? oamenii vin la spital decât ca s? se vindece. DeÈ™i unii vin ca s? moar?. -Ai dreptate,Oscar. ?i cred c? facem aceeaÈ™i greÈ™eal? È™i în privinÈ›a vieÈ›ii. Uit?m c? viaÈ›a e fragil?, f?râmicioas?, efemer?. Ne credem toÈ›i nemuritori.

Il faut du bruit pour entendre le silence .

La lenteur, c'est ça le secret du bonheur.

Dieu n'est présent en moi que sous la forme de sa question.

Lisait-il vraiment? Son oeil plissait, egare, sur les mots couches; il ne les reveillait pas, il les laissait dormir dans le troupeau du paragraphe. Il etait plus un gardien de livres qu'un lecteur.

Les muettes étoiles ont toujours rendu les hommes bavards.

Cu cât corpul devine mai greu, cu atât mintea este mai uÈ™oar?.

Ho cercato di spiegare ai miei genitori che la vita è uno strano regalo. All'inizio lo si sopravvaluta, questo regalo: si crede di aver ricevuto la vita eterna. Dopo lo si sottovaluta, lo si trova scadente, troppo corto, si sarebbe quasi pronti a gettarlo. Infine ci si rende conto che non era un regalo, ma solo un prestito. Allora si cerca di meritarlo.

Ne pense plus avec ta conscience personnelle, pense avec une autre conscience, celle du monde, pense tel l'arbre qui bourgeonne, telle la pluie qui tombe.

Tu agonises parce que tu as tout recouvert, tes émotions, tes problèmes, ton histoire. Tu ne sais pas qui tu es, donc tu ne te construit pas à partir de toi

Yer deÄŸiÅŸtirmelerim izimi kaybetmemi saÄŸl?yordu. Her bir görev, özümlemem gereken yeni yeni öÄŸeler ortaya ç?kartarak, geçmiÅŸimi unutmam? saÄŸl?yordu; yeni durumlar sayesinde, içimdeki deÄŸil, yaln?zca benim d???mdaki sorunlarla mücadele ediyordum.

Nasza przesz?o?? ma taki ci??ar, jaki jej nadamy; refleksja i praca pozwalaj? uczyni? j? lekk?.