Quotes About Presence

I don't believe in guardian angels," Regine says seriously. "Just people who are there for you and people who aren't.

I need you to breathe for me.

Ambrose, your presence is the horseshit frosting on the horseshit cake that is the admissions interview process.

It's easy to forget when you're around." She stopped walking for a moment and I had to stop too, as she'd linked her arm in mine. "That's not right. I mean to say that when you're around, it's easy to forget." "Forget what?" "Everything," she said, and for a moment her voice wasn't quite as playful. "All the bad parts in my life. Who I am. It's nice to be able to take a vacation from myself every once in a while. You help with that. You're my safe harbor in an endless, stormy sea.

I was just wondering why you're here.

Estuviera donde estuviese, siempre era el centro de todas las miradas.— Kvothe frunció el ceño—. No me interpretéis mal. No quiero decir que fuera llamativa, ni vanidosa. Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, pero lo que hace que un hombre se acerque al fuego no tiene nada que ver con su resplandor. Lo que te atrae del fuego es el calor que sientes cuando te acercas a él.

Soy Ruh hasta la médula, y cuando ha terminado la escena, sé salir del escenario.

Dijiste «Me preguntaba qué podrías estar haciendo aquí».- Hizo un gesto displicente-. Desde ese momento fui tuya.

I hope they spent those last few hours well. I hope they didn't waste them on mindless tasks: kindling the evening fire and cutting vegetables for dinner. I hope they sang together, as they so often did. I hope they retired to our wagon and spent time in each other's arms. I hope they lay near each other afterward and spoke softly of small things. I hope they were together, busy with loving each other, until the end came.

No matter where she stood, she was in the center of the room.

It's hard to long for something that is always there.

Me preguntaba qué podrías estar haciendo aquí

El silencio más obvio era una calma hueca y resonante, constituida por las cosas que faltaban

Es la postura [...]. Erguido, con el cuello recto, los hombros hacia atrás [...]. Cuando da un paso, pisa con toda la planta del pie. No solo con la parte anterior, como si corriera; ni con el talón, como si vacilara. Pisa sólidamente, exigiendo ese trozo de suelo.

I hope they spent those last few hours well. I hope they didn't waste them on mindless tasks: kindling the evening fire and cutting vegetables for dinner. I hope they sang together, as they so often did. I hope they retired to our wagon and spent time in each other's arms. I hope they lay near each other afterward and spoke softly of small things. I hope they were together, busy with loving each other, until the end came. It

The secret is to concentrate on what you're doing. Don't look at the ground. Don't look over your shoulder. Ignore the world and trust it to return the favor.

On raske igatseda millegi järele, mis on kogu aeg olemas. Puudumine toidab kiindumust.

El silencio más obvio era una calma inmensa y resonante, constituido por las cosas que faltaban

I'd grown so accustomed to finding her that now I caught glimpses of her when she wasn't there.

a guard was like a sphinx. He functioned not by some deed, but rather by his mere bodily presence.

The light filled all present with a special grace and warmth. I swear it smiled. Then the light was gone and the ceiling returned, having the nerve to act as if it had never left.

Perfectly stay in the natural flow, There is no other concentration. Perfectly realize the natural state, There is no other wisdom.

Materialism, to some extent, requires that the consumer is not fully present or happy. In the moments of a spending frenzy you feel more alive so you spend, spend, spend in the pursuit of happiness. For a short period the acquisition of clothes, shoes, a house, a car, a new kitchen, anchors your life into some place of meaning.

Children lose contact with their parents, and vice versa, when there is no present living moment in the family. You change careers, go traveling, play extreme sports, get plastic surgery, drive fast cars, take exotic holidays, or redecorate the house, constantly seeking presence. These strategies might work for an hour, a day, or a year, but they will not solve your inner deadness.