Quotes About Imperfection

It was always buzzing and singing and glowing and sparking to no particular purpose. Magic was decidedly imperfect. But the really funny thing, she thought, was that if it were perfect, it wouldn't be so beautiful. On

When man finds in himself a certain defect, of which he can by no means rid himself, there remains but to accept the so-called failing as a natural quality. The more grave and important the defect, the more urgent is the need to ennoble it.

Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.

Self-blame is usually a way of avoiding something more hideous anyway, something you're willing to be punished for but unwilling to change, or even something terrible in the imperfect structure of the universe.

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

There are lots of times when I'm a very good boyfriend, but there are times when I'm useless. I mean, I'm a mess around the house. I talk nonstop. I become obsessed with things.

God does not use perfect men; He uses men. And so, when I say that we need to be conformed to the image of Christ, we also need to recognize that God has always used men lacking something somewhere.

Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.

If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!

I'll believe in utopia when I meet my first perfect person, and this community is made up of 70,000 imperfect persons.

I shall try. At best, I am human. No less subject than any to mortal limits and fallible resource.

We try to make art perfect because we never manage it in real life

If you even *need* a government, added Stig, you are a life-form flawed beyond redemption.

The real world is a book in bad need of an editor

Intentamos que el arte sea perfecto porque en la vida real jamás lo logramos

If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction—and ultimately, without a major resolution." "Perhaps," I said thoughtfully, "that's exactly what we like about it.

Aber als ich mich beruhigt hatte, ist mir klar geworden, dass diese Welt, so verdorben und unvollkommen sie ist, schöner wäre, wenn du in ihr bliebest.<

fiction always surpasses reality but reality is always richer than fiction.

Miralles) "No pude no fijarme en el hombre: una cicatriz le arrancaba en la sien, seguía por el pómulo, la mejilla y la mandíbula, bajaba por el cuello y se perdía por la pelambre que afloraba en su camisa gris, de franela.

One final note from the world of fiction: You'll be more believable if you're not perfect. A useful flaw in your character makes you more interesting and gives you a hook so that you penetrate deeply into the minds of your marketplace. The marketplace then sees you as human and real. By

You know, he said, when you paint over something, everything that was there before isn't really gone. It's still there. All the layers of color, the scrapes and dents, even the bare wood hiding beneath, they shape what's painted top, inspire it even, but they don't define it. That's up to the painter.

Nothing works all the time

En ocasiones las mujeres que no son perfectas resultan más interesantes; han hecho más o han aprendido algo.

Saved, rescued, but not quite so good as new...