Quotes About Reflection

Hell = "where we get rid of all the lies told to us. That's where we go and cry like rain. Mom, hell is where you go to see yourself.

We said nothing for several minutes. Our minds weighed like ripened fruit on the branch. When one is confronted by the mirror, the spirit trembles.

i too suffer from dreams.

No, it's too much. I should never have let you know that I was here. After all, there was no reason to tell you. It was just that we landed and I was sucked up by the tentacles of this, your city, and your name and that summer that were all inseparable and I called as soon as I put my bag down on the bed in this room.

De tan levísimo el oleaje, el mar parecía una laguna. Me quité los zapatos para probar la temperatura del agua, que refulgía blanca bajo el fogaje del sol.

Here I am now, this green drinking glass before me, my heart heavy. Can it be that life begins with scenes like this? Can it be that we live out complete lives as children, drinking down our lives in one go, only to repeat ourselves stupidly, blindly, meaninglessly?

Sabeis, muchachos? No creais que al morir recordareis hazañas, ni sucesos importantes que os hayan ocurrido. No creais que recordareis grandes aventuras, ni siquiera momentos felices que aún podais vivir. Solo cosas como ésta: una tarde así, unas copas de vino, esas rosas cubiertas de agua.

Entonces, mi padre y yo nos mirábamos en silencio. El silencio siempre fue la conversación más apasionada entre mi padre y yo.

Quizá la nostalgia sea un deseo; o el resplandor de un tiempo en el que creíamos ser felices.

Alicia en el mundo del espejo", pensé, más de una vez, contemplándome en él, desnuda y desolada con un gran deseo de atravesar su superficie, que parecía gelatinosa. Tristísima imagen aquella -la mía-, de ojos asustados, que era, tal vez, la imagen misma de la soledad.

I was a very solitary, introverted child who got punished by being sent to a dark room quite frequently. But you cannot imagine how much I enjoyed myself in that room, and how I would look forward to being punished, because it was there that I discovered the light of darkness.

Se piensa a veces en la muerte. Tal vez se piensa siempre en la muerte y no se cree que pueda ser tan breve, tan simple, tan rotunda.

Sarà vero che da bambini viviamo la vita tutt'intera, d'un sorso, per poi ripeterci stupidamente, ciecamente, senza alcun senso?

Uma parte de mim também não se sente nada à vontade diante dessas escolhas tradicionais. Mas não posso mudar o que já passou. E não creio que a forma de mudar o que ainda vem por aí seja ignorando o que se construiu antes.

Como ler - essa é uma grande questão que vamos encontrando a toda hora nesse mergulho pelos livros essenciais. Ler criticamente é uma das respostas. Significa que não se lê para concordar servilmente em atitude reverente, mas também não se lê para discordar e refutar num eterno desafio.

É muito difícil percebermos a nossa vida no momento que ela acontece. É só em retrospectiva que vimos a compreender aquilo que a nossa mente soubera desde sempre, não através de uma compreensão do universo, mas pela lenta acumulação de factos que o ser que vai despertando não tem coragem de aceitar

At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling period wisdom sets in; finally, the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.

Good thing I'm aging, otherwise I'd be dead.

We have all grown wiser.

if you are foolish, foolish is going to stay out.

I still feel like a kid sometimes myself so hard to believe that I'm a mom. Now I'm an adult! It only took 38 years!

As she lived and suffered - was that redundant? - she discovered God in the most unusual places, sensed calm in the most tumultuous times. She had learned her way to and from, but especially through the dark passages of pain and regret. She had discovered how to sit still through the urgency of life.

When you possess light within, you see it externally.