Quotes About Presence

I believe that over the centuries the experience of beauty has always been similar to the way we feel, as if seen from the back, when we are in the presence of something we are not a part of and do not wish to become a part of at any cost. In that distance lies the slender thread that separates the experience of beauty from other forms of passion.

As if intoxicated, I then enjoyed her presence in the things I saw, and, desiring her in them, with the sight of them I was sated.

Como embriagado, gozaba de la presencia de la muchacha en las cosas que veía, y, al desearla en ellas, viéndolas, mi deseo se colmaba. Y, sin embargo, en medio de tanta dicha, sentía una especie de dolor, en medio de todos aquellos fantasmas de una presencia, la penosa marca de una ausencia.

Time worked unhurriedly, conscientiously. First the man was expelled from life, to reside instead in people's memories. Then he lost his right to residence in people's memories, sinking down into their subconscious minds and jumping out at someone only occasionally, like a jack-in-the-box, frightening them with the unexpectedness of his sudden, momentary appearances.

Senior leaders need to be in the market 80% of the week, either figuratively or literally.

My mind still clung to the image of my wife. A thought crossed my mind: I didn't even know if she were still alive. I knew only one thing-which I have learned well by now: Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.

Tu n'es plus là où tu étais, mais tu es partout là où je suis.

The night was starless and very dark. Without doubt, in the gloom some mighty angel was standing, with outstretched wings, awaiting the soul.

and after all in this house what have we to fear? There is always someone with us who is stronger. The devil may visit us, but God lives here.

Eponine e Azelma não davam pela sua presença. Era para elas como um cachorro. As três meninas juntas não somavam 24 anos de idade e já representavam toda a sociedade humana; de um lado a inveja, do outro o desprezo.

était bien fait de sa personne, quoique d'assez petite

for men felt therein the presence of that great human thing which is called law, and that great divine thing which is called justice.

This is at the beginning of my book: When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. Victor Hugo

You have done well to come and look at a man who is on the point of death. It is well that there should be witnesses at that moment.

Si vous voulez que je m'en aille, Pourquoi passez-vous par ici ? Lorsque je vous vois, je tressaille : C'est ma joie et c'est mon souci. Si vous voulez que je m'en aille, Pourquoi passez-vous par ici ?

The devil may visit us, but God lives here.

She hadn't been where it mattered, making memories with her husband and children. Maybe she'd thought time was more elastic, or love more forgiving.

Grief had become her silent sidekick. She felt its shadow beside her all the time.

I love you. I'm proud of you. I've never seen anyone so brave. Why was I so mean for so long? You gave me wings, Mom. Did you know that? I feel you here. Will I always?

To those who are here, those who are gone, and those who are lost." She

It was strange how you could stop seeing people who were right beside you, how images stuck in your head.

Love wasn't a great, burning brushfire that swept across your soul and charred you beyond recognition. It was being there, simply that.

You gave me wings, Mom. Did you know that? I feel you here. Will I always?