Quotes About Introspection

Fewer candles flickered. Fewer words were spoken. Fewer breaths were taken.

It seems melancholy weather." "I prefer to think of it more as weather designed for reflection." "You are the eternal optimist.

Ainsley cleared his throat. "Allow me to apologize for my brother. He's not been himself since he returned home." "With all due respect, Your Grace, I suspect he's being exactly himself. He's just simply no longer the person you knew before he left.

maybe only those who faced death daily were able to recognize that courages could be as quiet as a man's thoughts

Fascinating. He'd never known a woman who didn't take up residence in front of a looking glass. "Why have you an aversion to gazing in the mirror?" "Because within a mirror I can't avoid looking into my own eyes. The life I've lived is reflected in my eyes and there are parts of it that I wish to forget." "Yet, it has made you the fascinating woman you are.

She wasn't sure that her fascination with him was entirely healthy. As a matter of fact, she was fairly certain it wasn't.

we are not a reflection of others' behavior, only our own.

sometimes, silence can be very loud

Under every full moon, a woolgathering world idles.

I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded with other people and their speech, friends I believed I was devoted to, people whose lives I can simply guess at now, that it gives me the impression I am simply a collection of them, that they all existed for themselves, but had inadvertently formed me, then vanished. But, what: Should I have been expected to create my own self, out of nothing, out of thin, thin air and alone?

No matter what terror the earth could produce - winds, seas - a person could produce the same, lived with the same, lived with all that mixed-up nature swirling inside, every bit. There was nothing as complex in the world - no flower or stone - as a single hello from a human being.

I once wanted to save the world. Now I just want to leave the room with some dignity.

Büyük kuramlar geli?tiriyoruz, ruhen uyumlu olmak istiyoruz, her ?eyi k?l? k?rk yararcas?na s?namak istiyoruz, ama sonunda ba?ka hiçbir i?arete bakmadan an?n bah?ettikleriyle seçiyoruz birbirimizi.

Evet, hayat böyle bir ?ey i?te', diye k?z? o ho? ruh halinde tutmaya çabalayarak onaylad?. 'Büyük kuramlar geli?tiriyoruz, ruhen uyumlu olmak istiyoruz, her ?eyi k?l? k?rk yararcas?na s?namak istiyoruz, ama sonunda ba?ka hiçbir i?arete bakmadan an?n bah?ettikeliyle seçiyoruz birbirimizi.

Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?

In most of us there is a tiny voice we consult as part of our thought processes. Deaf people literally don't hear themselves thinking.

I have talked and listened and heard and there is no me!

My greatest fear had always been: The more you get to know me, the less there is to know.

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.

When you think the night has seen your mind, That inside you're twisted and unkind, Let me stand to show that you are blind. Please put down you hands 'cause I see you. I'll be you mirror, reflect what you are. I'll Be Your Mirror

I'm still not sure I didn't die

Let's do what you fear most That from which you recoil But which still makes your eyes moist

I'll be your mirror, Reflect what you are, In case you don't know. I'll Be Your Mirror

You know you're getting older when the first thing you do after you're done eating is look for a place to lie down.