Quotes About Reflection

life is too short to despise people who simply can't help what they've done.

Ricky had taught me a few cuss words. I usually practiced them in the woods by the river, then prayed for forgiveness as soon as I was done.

if you don't think about death, you don't appreciate life.

When you have no future, you live in the past.

Good God, Keith. Yes, I've talked to Him too and I'm still waiting on his Guidance...

Look at me, he said, glancing down at his legs. A wretched old man in a red monkey suit. A convicted murderer about to be gassed like an animal. And look at you. A fine young man with a beautiful education and a bright future. Where in the world did I go wrong? What happened to me? I've spent my life hating people, and look what I have to show for it. You, you don't hate anybody. And look where you're headed. We have the same blood. Why am I here?

These are mistakes, not regrets. Regrets are over and done with and a waste of time to rehash. Mistakes, though, are bad moves in the past that might affect the future.

One good thing about jail is that it allows you to think a lot.

When you wake up tomorrow, another day is behind you. The days add up; the weeks run together; the months become years.

And you've never been married, right?" "Correct." "Well, I've tried it twice and I'm not sure I can recommend it.

Once again, I am thankful that alcohol is not my temptation.

Mine was the only white face in the crowded restaurant, but I was coming to terms with my whiteness. No one had tried to murder me yet. No one seemed to care.

went through a quick series of rather

Boone suggested Theo go home, take

Her husband, a devout servant and follower of Christ, was reading his Bible and preparing his sermon, at church, when he was murdered. Why couldn't God protect him, of all people? Upon deeper reflection, this often led to the more troubling question, one she never asked aloud: Is there really a God? The mere consideration of this as a passing thought frightened her, but she could not deny its existence.

We never forget that we were twenty-four hours late at 9/11. This is our world. This is the pressure we're under. Sorry for the speech.

Creía que no te arrepentías nunca de nada —comentó Mark. —Esto son errores, no arrepentimientos. Se acabaron los arrepentimientos, y es una pérdida de tiempo flagelarse por ellos. Pero los errores son movimientos en falso del pasado que pueden afectar al futuro. Con suerte, los errores pueden contenerse o incluso corregir.

Finally, as the first trace of dawn peeked through a window, he accepted the solemn reality that it was time for the killing.

He drove through the quiet village of Antioch without seeing another human

I've learned to bite my tongue. My tongue has scars.

Why couldn't he spend a few months fishing for trout in shallow mountain streams instead of sitting through dull classes, or driving to Whitfield for another depressing visit, or worrying about which legal hijinks Burch Dunlap might be cooking

thought, a tour was just what

Samantha closed her eyes for a few seconds and tried to put it all in perspective. Yesterday morning she had arrived at her desk in the world's largest law firm, one that paid her handsomely and had the promise of a long, profitable career. Now, about thirty hours later, she was unemployed, sitting in the café at Kramerbooks and trying to hustle her way into a temporary, unpaid gig about as deep in the boonies as one could possibly wander.

momento en que tomaron asiento en unas sillas