Quotes About Reflection

What are you thinking?" She asks. -That you are beautiful. That not everyone could see it. I almost became the kind of person who could not.

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.

I will be sad. I've gotten very attached to Harry and all that goes on in his world, I guess I'll just be kind of tasting every bit of it because it will be the last one.

Oh, there are times, Miss Norah, when I talk to myself--which is bad--or yarn to old Turpentine, my snake, just to hear the sound of words again.

Before you echo 'Amen' in your home or place of worship, think and remember...a child is listening.

Let her know that life is one long march through closing doors, that she should be sure to choose hers wisely.

I can't say I'm happy to be talking about John Ritter and his passing. In my 21 years of Entertainment Tonight, this really was one of the most shocking and sad things to have happened.

Like children, we have dreamt, that what gratifies our desires, or contributes to our convenience to-day, will prove equally useful and satisfactory to-morrow, without reflecting on the growth of the body, the change of humours, the new objects, and the new situations, which every succeeding hour brings in its train.

Pasaré por casa de Kate. Cuando muere un ser querido los amigos vienen a verte los dos primeros días, pero es después del entierro cuando la persona que permanece en esta vida se da cuenta de que nunca volverá a ver esa cara ni oír esa voz. Es entonces cuando los amigos son realmente necesarios.

I am reading now "Where Are You Now

The past has its own plans. And more often than not, the past finds a way into the here and now.

I never imagined I would lose him, she thought. Never.

There are some choices you can only make once. You can't go back to where you made a choice and then take the other one.

I often think how unadventurous my life must seem from the outside, though I do like my job.

Hé Colin... Ik geloof dat je weer eens slordig met je zaad bent omgesprongen.

So many dead, Grace thought in melancholy wonder, and realised, for perhaps the first time, that there were more dead people in the world than live ones.

As a child grows, the Lifebook is used for a multitude of purposes, including helping a child deal with unresolved feelings as they surface. A child's Lifebook should be added to as he journeys through life. It also should be accessible to children any time they feel a need to thumb through it. The Lifebook, after all, belongs to the child.

Make the rocking chair a haven, a place to concentrate totally on each other and on the developing bond.

At the end of my time on earth, I will reflect on my life: my trials and my accomplishments. The most precious memories of my life will play out before my eyes. I will think of my family, and my memory of love will be of them.

He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.

but you do not think much about the stars. They are always there. Look at them when you have a moment.

This is the bread: body, soul, exquisite tenderness. We are all we have. — Mary Jo Bang, from "Café Edgar," Apology for Want (University Press of New England, 1997)

I don't usually look back. When I make foolish decisions, I file the consequences under lessons learned and tell myself not to be stupid in the same way again.

Softly he continued, "You need to ask God for forgiveness. That's His job, isn't it? To forgive imperfect humankind. You are quick to forgive others and offer them kindness. Do the same for yourself.