Quotes About Reflection

Oh, Dios mío!, ¿qué harán esos infelices cuando yo ya no esté aquí?» Pero alzó los ojos al cielo, y se acusó de haber carecido de confianza, de haberse creído necesario para algo.

Hizo como una mujer antaño joven, que pensara rejuvenecer alterando su partida de bautismo.

Come diceva spesso agli altri e a sé stessa, tutto il suo studio era di secondare i voleri del cielo; ma faceva spesso uno sbaglio grosso, ch'era di prender per cielo il suo cervello.

And sad memories eventually spoil thoughts of the places that recall them. And if they happen to be our birthplaces, those memories are liable to be even harsher and more poignant. (644)

Most of this long and twisted course could have been avoided, however, in both lesser and greater affairs, if the tried and true methods of observing, listening, comparing, and thinking before speaking had been adopted. But speech, by itself, is so much easier than all the rest put together that we, too—by which I mean we humans in general—deserve a measure of indulgence. Skip

Ah!- diceva poi tra sè don Abbondio, tornato a casa: - se la peste facesse sempre e per tutto le cose in questa maniera, sarebbe proprio peccato il dirne male; quasi quasi ce ne vorrebbe una, ogni generazione; e si potrebbe stare a patti d'averla; ma guarire, ve'. -

Persuaso che la vita non è già destinata ad essere un peso per molti,e una festa per alcuni, ma per tutti un impegno, del quale ognuno renderà conto, cominciò da fanciullo a pensare come potesse render la sua utile e santa.

Se voi sapete ch'io abbia, per pusillanimità, per qualunque rispetto, trascurato qualche mio obbligo ditemelo, francamente, fattemi ravvedere; affinchè dov'è mancato l'esempio, supplisca almeno la confessione.

Such is the misfortune of men in high stations in certain periods and conditions - for while they seldom find anyone to tell them of their failings, they have no lack of people courageous enough to reprove them for their good deeds.

The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is soon depressed by the thought of the contrast that awaits it.

The interview is not a question-and-answer session, but the offer of a narrative possibility

Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.

Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.

I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot.

Any other brushes with insanity you haven't thought to mention?

There are many things wrong with you. A hangover just isn't one of them.

Even the harmful and awkward and stupid things?" asked Sunday. "There are reasons for those?" "Especially those." said Joy.

It was a melancholy day indeed when the sister of solitude was Sunday's silver lining.

We only keep the scars we choose to keep

O ythgimla, pleh esoht ni deen.

Master Steve. "Hmm…

of life and death," said Master Kung.

In the final chapter of Profiles in Courage, Kennedy concludes: "The stories of past courage can define that ingredient—they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

I feel like a periwinkle Left too high on the beach By the tide ... What flood was it That brought me here? Eleanor Morris, "Easter Sunday