Quotes About Presence

We walked where the ancient pier juts into the sea. Stood on the rim of the pool, by the circle of black boulders. No one saw we were there and everyone who had ever been there stood silently in air. Where else do we ever have to go, and why?

Women's writing is full ... of heartbreak with the injustices done by beauty—its presence as well as its absence.

Women's writing is full ... with the injustices done by beauty—its presence as well as its absence.

And yet, mighty as Time is, priceless in comparison to all else in the world, Time is the freest thing in existence. Perhaps that is why so many fail to grasp it with earnestness and with enthusiasm? Perhaps that is why so few realize its presence and let it pass on?

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Now I am here - now read me - give me a name.

Seine Kleider, die den Zweck hatten, Kälte und Hitze von ihm abzuhalten, schienen zu flüstern: Er zog uns an, während er mit seinen Gedanken ganz wo anders war.

The force of your gaze has a weight. Even sunlight resting on the ground weighs something. Your attention presses against its object, your eye projects it like a headlight. There's a flip side to it. Learn to go down inside yourself, dim the force of your presence. People's eyes will skate right over you. They'll see you; they just won't notice you. This works even if they're looking for you.

Que cada uno de tus actos sea tu última batalla sobre la tierra

Bez obzira na to jesmo li ratnici, svi se mi s vremena na vrijeme suo?avamo s kubnim centimetrom mogu?nosti. Razlika izme?u prosje?nog ?ovjeka i ratnika jest u tome što je ratnik toga svjestan, ostaje svjestan i budno ?eka kako bi taj kubni centimetar uhvatio ?im se pojavi.

Baje a la orilla y me senté en la arena, donde años atrás había esparcido las cenizas de Marina. La misma luz de aquel día encendió el cielo y sentí su presencia, intensa. Comprendí que ya no podía ni quería huir más. Había vuelto a casa.

I looked at the group of human remains that languished in the corner and smiled at them. It occurred to me that their very presence was testimony to the moral emptiness of the universe and the mechanical brutality with which it destroys the parts it no longer needs.

A veces le sorprendía mirándome desde un rincón con una sonrisa mansa, como si la mera contemplación de mi presencia fuera su mayor tesoro.

He begged the Lord to send him a signal, a whisper, a crumb of His presence. God, in His infinite wisdom, and perhaps overwhelmed by the avalanche of requests from so many tormented souls, did not answer.

De todas las cosas que escribió Julián, la que siempre he sentido más cercana es que mientras se nos recuerda, seguimos vivos. Como tantas veces me ocurrió con Julián, años antes de encontrarme con él, siento que te conozco y que si puedo confiar en alguien, es en ti. Recuérdame, Daniel, aunque sea en un rincón y a escondidas. No me dejes ir.

Sometimes I'd catch him looking at me with a gentle smile, as if the very sight of my presence were his greatest treasure.

Tu madre no está sola, Daniel. Está con Dios. Y con nosotros, aunque no podamos verla.

occurred to me that their very presence was testimony to the moral emptiness of the universe and the mechanical brutality with which it destroys the parts it no longer needs.

De todas las cosas que escribió Julian, la que siempre he sentido más cercana es que mientras se nos recuerda, seguimos vivos.

el simple acto de respirar era la experiencia más maravillosa que había conocido en toda su existencia.

No podía oír su voz o sentir su tacto, pero su luz y su calor ardían en cada rincón de aquella casa.

All he asked God was to show him how the three of them could be happy, preferably also in his own way. He begged the Lord to send him a signal, a whisper, a crumb of His presence. God, in His infinite wisdom, and perhaps overwhelmed by the avalanche of requests from so many tormented souls, did not answer.

There was no need to forbid the presence of the fair sex in the rooms because there wasn't a single woman in all Barcelona who would have agreed to enter that miserable hole, even under pain of death.

Mientras se nos recuerda, seguimos vivos