Quotes About Reflection

Mrs. Miniver put the last sheet back on top of the others and clipped them all together again. No, she could not possibly throw them away: they contained too much of her life. Besides, however clear one's memories seemed to be, it did one no harm to polish them up from time to time. One is what one remembers: no more, no less.

Schubert had been one of the first composers to groan, "Who can do anything after Beethoven?

De eeuwigheid is het ogenblik waarvan je zegt, dat zal ik nooit vergeten.

Voordat ze in mijn boekenkasten verdwijnen leef ik tussen stapels boeken als tussen bloeiende struiken.

Diepzinnigheid die niet gebakerd ligt in paradoxale oppervlakkigheid is natuurlijk een gruwel.

Steeds zie ik ons samen opdoemen in mijn geest en weer verdwijnen. Als jongens, als jongemannen en op latere leeftijd. We kijken allebei star voor ons uit. Het lijkt wel of we met elkaar vergroeid zijn, zo dicht lopen we tegen elkaar. Ik weet niet of we op weg zijn ergens naar toe of dat het zomaar een dwalen is. Er is geen angst want ik weet dat we elkaar niet kwijt kunnen raken.

Hij keek even naar de drol. Het uiteinde glansde van een slijmerige bloederige afscheiding. In het stuk krant hield hij hem als een sigaar tussen zijn vingers, bracht hem halverwege naar zijn mond en keek mismoedig met treurige hondeogen naar een denkbeeldige voorbijganger. 'Hebt u een vuurtje voor me,' vroeg hij somber.

Hebt u nog ouwe spulletjes? Alleen mezelf.

If we can't laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at?" I stared at her. "Other people?

Did you ever think you had all the answers when you were in the thick of something, but then when you take a step back, you realize you were so busy getting things done that you never stopped to ask yourself if it's what you really want to do?

think sometimes it takes a life-changing event to make us really see the way we're living based on the choices we've made.

Dear Lord, we thank you for this day, good food, better friends, and the fact that Ida Belle and I have outlived so many people we didn't like.

Another hour or two delaying

I mean, not when he was actually dead but from before, you know, when he wasn't dead?" "I get it.

It said a lot about the choices you made in life when jogging actually lowered your heart rate. By

It was a bunch of explanations but not an excuse. The bottom line is that no matter why I did the things I did, I always had a choice in doing them.

When you sat in the dark every day, it was hard to know how much time passed.

The ride to the funeral home went quicker than I expected, especially given the lack of conversation during the ride. I knew why I was silent. I had more to think about than any twenty people usually did in an entire lifetime.

Sometimes a person's got to pick a day to start their life over and never look back.

What's wrong?" Gertie asked as she put a bowl of stew in front of me. "Nothing," I said. "Everything." "There's a bit of a gap between those two words," Ida Belle said.

If you live to a certain age, you'll always have regrets. Most of them will be selfish.

enough alone. So, what's this text that got you all

Orleans." Silently, we all took a seat at the

Regret, which is guilt without the neurosis, enables us ... to move forward instead of back.