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Quotes About Realization

It's finished. There isn't a stamp, or an error that I haven't collected. Not one. What shall I do now?" "I think I'm beginning to understand," said Moomintroll slowly. "You aren't a collector anymore, you're only an owner, and that isn't nearly so much fun.
~ Tove Jansson
Malander had an idea and was trying to work it out, but it would take him time. Sometimes people never saw things clearly until it was too late and they no longer had the strength to start again. Or else they forgot their idea along the way and didn't even didn't even realize they had forgotten.
~ Tove Jansson
Hiutale toisensa jälkeen laskeutui hänen lämpimälle kuonolleen ja suli. Hän pyydysti niitä käpäläänsä ihaillakseen niitä hetken, hän katseli ylöspäin ja näki niiden leijuvan kasvojaan kohti. Niitä tuli yhä enemmän ja enemmän, pehmeinä ja kevyinä kuin untuvat. Näinkö se käykin? mietti Muumipeikko. Ja minä kun luulin, että lumi kasvaa alhaalta päin!
~ Tove Jansson
You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.
~ Tove Jansson
I is for me. I cannot believe how much I have fucked up in love. At least, physically. I don't believe I have mentally. For some weird reason, all of my tiny horrors have been liveable. I have not died. In fact, life has become better. Through age and experience there has come realisation: life is worth living.
~ Tracey Emin
Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me.
~ Tracy Chevalier
Also, because babies are totally uncoordinated at this age, they can wriggle a hand out of the swaddle, pull their ears and their hair, poke themselves in the eyes—and wonder who's doing it to them. They also start to realize that they can make little noises that both entertain and disturb them.
~ Tracy Hogg
No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He knew what he wanted to do.
~ Trenton Lee Stewart
I grew up with the religion of 'Star Wars ' frankly. That's when I realized there is something bigger out there... and it's called The Force.
~ Trey Parker
It was only literally hours after the wedding when he felt he didn't have to keep up the facade.
~ Trisha Goddard
True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.
~ Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free
~ Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Yes!" Kinkajou said. "I didn't know we did, but now I totally do!
~ Tui T. Sutherland
THIRTY?" Tsunami shouted. "I have THIRTY BROTHERS?" "Well, thirty-two," he said. His gaze caught Moon watching, and he wrinkled his snout in an amused way.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
The problem was, he felt it now.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
I guess Scarlet found that out the hard way.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
I am so happy that you saw your epop.
~ Patrick O'Brian
It made her sad to realise that in spite of their so often having the same reactions, the same feelings, they never would reach the same conclusions, because their respective aims in life were almost diametrically opposed.
~ Paul Bowles
It appears - because it has been the case for twenty years - that every problem is solvable...that no matter how badly the world economy slumps there is a pain-free way out of it. Once the realization dawns that there is not, and that the pain will be severe, the question is posed that has not really been posed for twenty years: who should feel it?
~ Unknown
The guides explained that they want to help us realize we are not alone, and that there is a better way of living and evolving that is sustainable. But, before they give us the tools and technology to continue our evolution, they need to be assured that whatever they do for us will be for the benefit of ALL humanity, not just those in power who will use it to further their own agendas.
~ Unknown
an avoidance of confrontation and a sustaining refuge in the comforts of family life. The realization that everyone is in the same boat, under siege by bad government
~ Paul Theroux
Instead of accepting that, I am writing this. I realize that what motivates most other writers in the world is the desire to have control over their obituary.
~ Paul Theroux
and the mocking realization that money was just colorful crumpled paper, hardly different from a candy wrapper, the market itself little more than a casino.
~ Paul Theroux
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you're capable of far more than you imagined.
~ Unknown