Quotes About Introspection

We stay silent for a moment. Evening is coming on; I can hardly make out the pale spot of her face. Her black dress melts with the shadow which floods the room. I pick up my cup mechanically, there's a little tea left in it and I bring it to my lips. The tea is cold. I want to smoke but I don't dare. I have the terrible feeling that we have nothing more to say to one another.

If I were ever to go on a trip, I think I should make written notes of the slightest traits of my character before leaving, so that when I returned I would be able to compare what I was and what I had become.

Ä°nsan?n kendi yüzünü anlayabilmesi belki de elinde deÄŸil. Belki de tek ba??ma yaÅŸad???m için böyle oluyor. Topluluk içinde yaÅŸayanlar, kendilerini, arkadaÅŸlar?na nas?l görünüyorlarsa aynalarda t?pk? öyle görmeyi öÄŸrenmiÅŸlerdir. Benim arkada??m yok. Tenimin bunca ç?plak olmas? acaba bu yüzden mi? Buna insans?z... evet insans?z doÄŸa denilebilir.

You see a woman, you think that one day she'll be old, only you don't see her grow old. But there are moments when you think you see her grow old and feel yourself growing old with her: this is the feeling of adventure.

Lo sé. Sé que nunca más encontraré nada ni nadie que me inspire pasión. Tú sabes que ponerse a querer a alguien es una hazaña. Se necesita una energía, una generosidad, una ceguera... Hasta hay un momento, al principio mismo, en que es preciso saltar un precipicio; si uno reflexiona, no lo hace. Sé que nunca más saltaré.

What makes or breaks a man is not what people think of him, but what he thinks of himself.

Hands don't catch thoughts

L'enfer c'est les autres. aka, Hell is others. .

el infierno son los otros.

A maioria das vezes, por não se ligarem a palavras, meus pensamentos permanecem nebulosos. Desenham formas vagas e agradáveis, submergem: esqueço-os imediatamente.

If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company." – Jean-Paul Sartre

I am sure that fifteen minutes would be enough to reach supreme self-contempt. No thank you, I want none of that.

Perhaps it is impossible to understand one's own face. Or perhaps it is because I am a single man? People who live in society have learned how to see themselves in mirrors as they appear to their friends. I have no friends. Is that why my flesh is so naked? You might say--yes, you might say, nature without humanity.

U mojim rukama, na primer, ima ne?eg novog, izvestan na?in na koji uzimam lulu ili viljušku. Ili pak sad viljuška ima izvestan na?in na koji se da uzeti, ne znam.

To forget about the others? How utterly absurd! I feel you there, in every pore. Your silence clamors in my ears. You can nail up your mouth, cut your tongue out - but you can't prevent your being there.

Aujourd'hui encore, je ne puis voir sans plaisir un enfant trop sérieux parler gravement, tendrement à sa mère enfant; j'aime ces douces amitiés sauvages qui naissent loin des hommes et contre eux. Je regarde longuement ces couples puérils et puis je me rappelle que je suis un homme et je détourne la tête.

his judgment went through me like a sword and questioned my very right to exist. And it was true, I had always realized it; I hadn't the right to exist.

Cand aveam 20 de ani m? îmb?tam ÅŸi pe urm? explicam c? sunt un tip în genul lui Descartes. SimÅ£eam c? m? umflu de eroism, îmi d?deam frîu liber, îmi pl?cea. Dup? care, a doua zi, eram la fel de scîrbit ca ÅŸi cînd m-aÅŸ fi trezit într-un pat plin de v?rs?turi. Ieri n-aveam nici m?car scuza beÅ£iei. M-am exaltat ca un imbecil. Am nevoie s? m? cur?? cu gînduri abstracte, transparente ca apa.

I am alone now. Not quite alone. Hovering in front of me is still this idea. It has rolled itself into a ball, it stays there like a large cat; it explains nothing, it does not move, and contents itself with saying no.

Otodidakt konuÅŸmak istiyor gibi. Bak??? çok acayip; görmek için deÄŸil bu bak??, ruhça anlaÅŸmay? saÄŸlamak için. Otodidakt'?n ruhu, belli belirsiz göründüÄŸü o ulu kör gözlerine yükselmiÅŸ. Benimki de öyle yaps?n, gelip burnunu camlara yap??t?rs?n; ikisi de kibarca k?r?t?p dursunlar. Ruhça anlaÅŸma istemiyorum, daha bu kadar düÅŸmedim.Geri çekiliyorum.

I marvel at these young people: drinking their coffee, they tell clear, plausible stories. If they are asked what they did yesterday, they aren't embarrassed: they bring you up to date in a few words. If I were in their place, I'd fall over myself. It's true that no one has bothered about how I spend my time for a long while. When you live alone you no longer know what it is to tell something: the plausible disappears at the same time as the friends.

Cómo yo, que no he tenido fuerzas para retener mi propio pasado puedo esperar que salvaré el de otro?

Les grandes personnes, établies dans mon âme, montraient du doigt mon étoile; je ne la voyais pas mais je voyais le doigt, je croyais en elles qui prétendaient croire en moi.

Si vous êtes solitaire, quand vous êtes seul, vous êtes en mauvaise compagnie.