Quotes About Realization

I realized that her life her feelings for things had been ruined along the way and that I was no more than a temporary companion

Maybe I'll write a novel, I thought. And then I did.

Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have.

the most immense thing about beauty is finding it gone.

I was gifted, am gifted. Sometimes I looked at my hands and realized that I could have been a great pianist or something. But what have my hands done? Scratched my balls, written checks, tied shoes, pushed toilet levers, etc. I have wasted my hands. And my mind.

I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen but as the years wasted on nothing ever did, unless I caused it.

I finally got dressed. I went to the bathroom and threw some water on my face, combed my hair. If I could only comb that face, I thought, but I can't.

it was one of those times where nothing was lost because nothing had ever been found

Permiteme que te diga que en cuanto empiezas a admitir que un horror es un horror, al fin se hace MENOS horror.

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We stop looking for monsters under our beds when we realize they are inside us.

but he understands she's twenty now (how did that happen?)

AFTER WE DO THE WASHING-UP, I GET TO SPEND THE REST OF the evening reading FAQs on cat maintenance on the web. It takes about half an hour to come to the unwelcome realization that they're almost as complex as home-brew gaming PCs, and have even more failure modes. (When your gaming PC malfunctions it doesn't stealthily dump core in your shoes.)

mother's eyes widen

I'm beginning to realize that beauty is a fundamental value. The essential ingredient of a deeply satisfying life.

And immediately Okonkwo's eyes were opened and he saw the whole matter clearly. Living fire begets cold, impotent ash. He sighed again, deeply.

There was an unexpected freedom in finding out that one wasn't as important as one had always assumed!

I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy. I would use my strength instead to nurture my belief that my life would unfurl uniquely.

it was then that an idea began to form in her mind. It was vague, the details beyond definition. But she was starting to see its contours, like the shore when a ship first spies land on the horizon.

You had to see what you had instead of what you didn't have. Start from where you are, not from where you want to be.

There must be times when people look in the mirror and they realize they're 60.

I like jumping around perspective. It keeps things alive and makes you realize that your personal perspective on anything is very misleading and it's real hard to get a real sense of anything.

And I discovered after a couple years that I really didn't miss making movies.

If I missed my moment, I missed my moment. I mean, I wasn't pining to be president of the United States.