Quotes About Presence

How many time have I talked with people who have ridden the trails where I have ridden, yet had seen nothing? They passed over the land just to get over it, not to live with it and see it, feel it. There was beauty out there...

The point is," Frank said, "that we're here. No use talking about what should have been.

I'm here, hold on to me, Jo, dear! - Laurie

leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom he loved best.

he stood behind her, tall and pale, like the ghost of his former self…

There are many Beth's in the world, who and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully, that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

They were not all there. But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue; for Beth still seemed among them, a peaceful presence, invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble.

Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

There are many Beth's in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in the corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

Há muitas Beths neste mundo, tímidas e sossegadas, sentadas nos seus cantos à espera que alguém precise delas e as chame, a viver tão alegremente em prol dos outros que ninguém se apercebe dos sacrifícios que fazem até que um dia o pequeno grilo deixa de cantar e a sua presença doce e radiante desaparece, deixando apenas sombra e silêncio.

Her heart sunk within her, for the shadow of his presence seemed to fall darkly over all her future.

Clear and strong as an actual presence, that remembrance flashed upon her in an instant, that example upheld her, and the true love defeated the false.

I watched him long, and he seemed to be following you as if to guard and yet not be seen himself...

There are ways of being abandoned even when your parents are right there.

Her mind was present because she was always gone. Her hands were filled because they grasped the meaning of empty. Life was simple. Her husband returned and she served him with indifferent patience this time. When he asked what had happened to her heat for him, she gestured to the west. The sun was setting. The sky was a body of fire.

Here I am Where I ought to be

How close the dead are. One song away from the living.

Volvieron a quedarse en silencio, pero era un silencio lleno de compañía.

Los libros son la presencia más constante de mi existencia. Mi mayor apoyo. En muchos sentidos el amor de mi vida.

John Lennon: la vida es eso que sucede mientras nosotros nos ocupamos de otra cosa.

Tengo miedo de una cosa que vive y que no se ve. Tengo miedo a la desgracia traidora que viene, y que nunca se sabe dónde viene. Adrianie, donde estas.

Cando penso que te fuches, Negra sombra que me asombras, Ó pé dos meus cabezales Tornas, facéndome mofa. Cando maxino que es ida, No mesmo sol te me amostras, I eres a estrela que brila, I eres o vento que zoa. Si cantan, es ti que cantas, Si choran, es ti que choras, I es o marmurio do río I es a noite i es a aurora. En todo estás e ti es todo, Pra min i en min mesma moras, Nin me abandonarás nunca, Sombra que sempre me asombras.

Todos los hijos del alba, la prole del alba, no serán de vosotros; sólo los grandes habladores se os abandonarán. Los del Daño, los de la Guerra, los de la Miseria, vosotros que hicisteis el mal, lloradlo. El libro del consejo I SAN JUAN, el Fiador, el que estuvo presente cuando aparecieron por primera vez los mundos; el que dio el sí de la afirmación para que echara a caminar el siglo; uno de los

I am not in search of friends and confidences. I'm concentrating on being. I live each hour, one by one. My mind is quiet and still. I am no longer waiting for time to pass