Quotes About Reflection

We have a pearl disposal problem down here, you see. After all, if you think about it, they're just oyster poop.

People do not necessarily think and consider in a prescribed way before choosing the path they'll walk. For the most part they simply wander, at some point, into a different meadow.

The Venerable'—isn't that what you call yourself? Trying to find comfort in dreams of a past that will never come again, rather than hope for the future.

Podría decirse que todavía no he comprendido lo que mantiene vivo al ser humano.

Je pensais : « Ce n'est que pour m'amuser, je ne le prends que comme partenaire de plaisirs. » D'ordinaire, je le méprisais ; quelquefois je me sentais honteux de me promener dans sa compagnie. Pourtant, c'est par cet homme que me vie fut brisée.

The clouds were beautiful, maybe because it was so windy. There were four roses blooming in a corner of the yard. One was yellow, two were white, and one was pink. I sat there agape, looking at the flowers, and thought to myself, There are really good things about human beings. I mean, it's humans who discovered the beauty of flowers, and humans who admire them.

Kitap okuma denilen ?ey benden kopar?l?p al?n?rsa, hiçbir hayat deneyimi olmayan ben a?lanacak hâlde olurdum galiba.

I entered this Health Dojo because the war ended and life suddenly became precious.

I wonder how it would be if I let go and yielded myself to depravity.

Now, I will make better use of my body and be useful by increasing food production just a little, then I will bid farewell to this world. It would be good to lighten the burden on this country. That is my path to best serve my country as a useless invalid. I want to die soon.

We all live a sheet of paper away from death, so we shouldn't be surprised by death.

My surroundings are becoming as bright as I am. Until now, usually, haven't the places we appeared automatically become bright and splendid?

Tôi ?ã s?ng m?t cu?c ??i ??y h? th?n.

Of late a gloomy rain has been falling almost incessantly. Whatever I do depresses me.

Me pregunto cuál fué el punto de inflexión. ¿Qué fue lo que me decidió a seguir viviendo, lo que me otorgó esa fuerza necesaria para hacer algo que los demás dan por hecho?

Those days, as I remember them now, were the last in which the dying embers of happiness still glowed.

Oh, life is too painful, the reality that confirms the universal belief that it is best not to be born. Thus everyday, from morning to night, I wait in despair for something. I wish I could be glad that I was born, that I am alive, that there are people and a world.

Chorei amargamente e num tom alto. Poderia ter continuado a chorar para o resto da minha vida

I missed my older sister, or people I used to be friends with, or people I hadn't seen in a long time. I cannot stand mornings because it seems I am always bleakly reminded of long-gone times, and people I used to know, and their presences feel eerily close, like the scent of pickled radish that you just can't get rid of.

I absentmindedly fantasize as I rest my chin in my hand. But in the end I can do nothing.

Göze batmadan, pek çok insan?n yürüdü?ü yoldan sessizce gitmek en ak?ll? yol.

I stay kind to my friends and in the corner of my heart I'm always quietly thinking that 'kindness to others always comes back to oneself,' so I'm really a pathetic man.

Hüzünlü birini hüzünlü ?ark?lar teselli eder.

They were happy, the two of them. I'd been a fool to come between them. I might destroy them both if I were not careful. A humble happiness. A good mother and a child. God, I thought, if you listen to the prayer of people like myself, grant me happiness once, only once in my whole lifetime will be enough! Hear my prayer!) I felt like getting down on my knees to pray then and there. I shut the door softly, went to the Ginza, and did not return to the apartment.