Quotes About Reflection

Kad šis dusnus žmoni? tvaikulys aštuoniolika met? sl?g? j? lyg prieš audr? pritvink?s oras, Grenujui paaišk?jo tik dabar, kai prad?jo pamažu iš jo trauktis. Iki šiol jis man?, kad visas pasaulis toks ir kad reikia apskritai jo šalintis. Dabar jam atrod?, kad su pasauliu, pasauliu be žmoni?, visai ?manoma sugyventi.

Aunque no contaba todavía treinta años, madame Gaillard ya tenía la vida a sus espaldas.

La desgracia del hombre se debe a que no quiere permanecer tranquilo en su habitación, que es su hogar

And yet they were alike, so Jonathan thought, the sphinx and the guard, for the power of both was not instrumental, it was symbolic.

De toutes ces péripéties, Jonathan Noël tira la conclusion qu'on ne pouvait se fier aux humains et qu'on ne saurait vivre en paix qu'en les tenant à l'écart.»

He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his own existence and found it splendid.

And suddenly solitude fell across his heart like a dusty reflection. He closed his eyes. The dark doors within him opened and he entered. The next performance in the theater of Grenouille's soul was beginning.

Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.

He had to hold his body very still, very still, like some vessel about to slosh over from too much motion. Gradually he managed to get control of his breathing. His excited heart beat more steadily; the pounding of the waves inside him subsided slowly. And suddenly solitude fell across his heart like a dusky reflection. He closed his eyes. The dark doors within him opened, and he entered. The next performance in the theatre of his soul was beginning.

I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

Barry remembered his dad saying that the casualties of war couldn't be counted only among the dead and the wounded.

Sometimes the hardest thing someone has to do is admit that he's wrong. Of course I only know this from what I hear from other people, as it's never happened to me personally." -Dionysus, god of wine, women, and song, bartender

Be careful. Sometimes you don't carry a grudge. It carries you.

Isn't that the kettle calling the pot collect?" English

Maybe I was waxing nostalgic, but that was certainly better than waxing my legs. I don't know how women do that—the legs, not the nostalgic part.

Yesterday was the last day of the rest of my life' pin

I was the black sheep. I never knew love until I lost it. The last few centuries I've had a lot of time to think, and my conclusion is that others' opinions may be part of why I turned out how I did.

A bartender named Murphy once told me to be careful when I hit the road because sometimes the road hits back. He was right.

It is said that the only thing deeper than the sleep of the just is the sleep of the just after, but

Things had to be bad when I was not only conversing with myself, but giving me attitude.

There's many benefits from a good read, just as some must sing a lungful of psalm, or take the bottle down from the shelf.

silence, simplicity and humility . . . the only proper state for the artist as for the human being

The past is desirable, more often than not, because it can make no demands.

If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.