Quotes About Transformation

In an age that seems to be increasingly dehumanized, when people can be transformed into non-persons, and where a great deal of our adult art seems to diminish our lives rather than add to them, children's literature insists on the values of humanity and humaneness.

And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.

Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.

And so shall honor Morgant, Gwydion said, for what he used to be, and Ellidyr Prince of Pen-Llarcau for what he became.

The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same. And they lived happily ever after

The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same.

All of it was new to him. After a life of Sameness and predictability, he was awed by the surprises that lay beyond each curve of the road.

To sadden. To bloom. To bleed. What a strange set of words.

I don't know what she is now. A stranger, mostly. It's as if she has become a part of a different world, one that doesn't include me anymore....

Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward to emerge in a cry.

Thomas, she suggested, you and I? We're the ones who will fill in the blank places. Maybe we can make it different.

Why do some of us turn menacing?' she whispered.

All of his strength and blood and breath were entering the earth now. His brain and spirit became part of the earth. He rose. He floated above, weightless, watching his human self labor and writhe. He gave himself to it willingly, traded himself for all that he loved and valued, and felt free.

each change, painful though some of them will be, will make us a little better than we were before.

All of it was new to him. After a life of Sameness and predictability, he was awed by the surprises that lay beyond each curve of the road. He slowed the bike again and again to look with wonder at wildflowers, go enjoy the throaty warble of a new bird nearby, or merely to watch the way wind shifted the leaves in the trees. During his twelve years in the community, he had never felt such simple moments of exquisite happiness.

We're the ones who fill in the blank spaces. Maybe we can make it different.

Change means leaving things behind, and that's always sad -Gossamer

He's changing, isn't he?" Matty replied, startling himself, because he had not spelled it out in his mind before, had not said it aloud yet, yet here it was, and he was saying it to Jean. He felt an odd sense of relief. Jean began to cry softly. "Yes," she said. "He has traded his deepest self.

She had seen the cindered fragments of her childhood life whirl into the sky as well.

given. "Thank

Things could change, Gabe, Jonas went on. Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colours. And grandparents he added

In the new light, Gabe could see that the weapons had changed. They were broken toys, bits of rusted tin, as if a careless child had left them out in the rain.

Change is possible.' 'Change is inevitable.

In mysticism, knowledge cannot be separated from a certain way of life which becomes its living manifestation. To acquire mystical knowledge means to undergo a transformation; one could even say that the knowledge is the transformation. Scientific knowledge, on the other hand, can often stay abstract and theoretical. Thus most of today's physicists do not seem to realize the philosophical, cultural and spiritual implications of their theories.