Quotes About Transformation

Alemania estaba transformada. Hitler había erradicado el desempleo, algo que ningún otro dirigente europeo había conseguido hacer.

He had heard that people who had the toes chopped off one foot could not stand up, but fell over constantly until they learned to walk again. He felt like that, as if part of him had been amputated, and he could not get used to the idea that it was gone forever.

Nothing is permanent, except change.

She had wanted cities, music, people, ideas. Now the desire for those things had left her, and she could not understand how she had ever wanted them. Peace was all a human being ought to ask for, it seemed to her.

O deleite transformou-se em tolerância, depois em impaciência e muitas vezes, mais para o fim, em desprezo.

glásnost y perestroika, apertura

se quedó asombrado ante el desconocido en que se había convertido.

Daisy was in love. She knew, now, that she had never loved anyone before Lloyd. She had never truly loved Boy, though she had been excited by him. She had believed that love was something she could bestow upon whomever she liked, and that her main responsibility was to choose cleverly. Now she knew that was all wrong. Cleverness had nothing to do with it, and she had no choice. Love was an earthquake.

Um bebê era como uma revolução, pensou Grigori: você poderia até começar uma, mas era impossível controlar o que seria dela.

Philip stepped forward to whip the king. He was glad he had lived to see this. After today, he thought, the world will never be quite the same.

Perhaps. Still, somehow Russia must join the twentieth century. Either we, the nobility, must do it, or the people will destroy us and do it themselves.

O deleite transformou-se em tolerância, depois em impaciência e muitas vezes, mais para a frente, em desprezo.

Dirigió una última mirada atrás. Su puente dominaba el panorama. Había transformado radicalmente la aldea. La mayoría de la gente ya no se refería a ella por su antiguo nombre de Dreng's Ferry. Ahora la llamaban King's Bridge, el puente del rey.

Lo hemos conseguido —pensó—. Hemos organizado una revolución.» «Hemos derrocado al zar.»

thought, the world will never be quite the same.

Ya está —pensó Grigori—. Esto es una revolución.»

y eso le hacía sentirse un hombre nuevo, una criatura diferente, un ave del cielo.

Nada es perdurable, salvo el cambio.

Marvelous wonders don't have to happen of a sudden, the way they do in the Arabian Nights. They can also take a long time, like crystals growing, or minds changing, or leaves turning. The trick is to keep an eye peeled, so they don't slip by unappreciated.

You must go through a winter to understand.

They've still got their problems, just like all of us. They're still sick men in lots of ways. But at least there's that: they are sick men now. No more rabbits, Mack. Maybe they can be well men someday. I can't say.

Even a man who is pure of heart And says his prayers at night May turn to a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the autumn moon is bright.

The trouble with superheroes is what to do between phone booths.

You can turn your weaknesses into strengths.