Distortive Mirrors Quotes & Sayings

Just concentrate on being in the moment", he said. "Don't read into things. See what's really there ok? — Jennifer Brown

Desire is always followed by boredom. And only love can defeat boredom. Love with a capital L; we all dream of it. — Gregoire Delacourt

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. — Herman Melville

I should count myself most fortunate ... " Swann was beginning, a trifle pompously, when the Doctor broke in derisively. Having once heard it said, and never having forgotten that in general conversation emphasis and the use of formal expressions were out of date, whenever he heard a solemn word used seriously, as the word 'fortunate' had been used just now by Swann, he at once assumed that the speaker was being deliberately pedantic. And if, moreover, the same word happened to occur, also, in what he called an old 'tag' or 'saw,' however common it might still be in current usage, the Doctor jumped to the conclusion that the whole thing was a joke, and interrupted with the remaining words of the quotation, which he seemed to charge the speaker with having intended to introduce at that point, although in reality it had never entered his mind.
"Most fortunate for France!" he recited wickedly, shooting up both arms with great vigour. — Marcel Proust

You will, if you're wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it. — Freya Stark

Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters. — Patrick Rothfuss

Symphony starts when you walk together, feel the heart beats and understand the unspoken words. — Amit Ray

We drove in silence for a while.
"Can I have a gun?" I asked.
"No!"
"Just a little one? For my handbag? It'll give me some street cred with the client."
"No! No! No!"
His clenched fists pounded the steering wheel with each word.
- heller 1 — J.D. Nixon

You've got to get your mind connected to the workout. Pay attention to what your body's doing. It's about connecting mind and the body. Visualize the muscles moving. — Michael Cudlitz

Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence. But if I do have to draw such circles round myself, then it will be better for me to do it passively, in mere wonderment and gaping at the tremendous complex, taking home with me only the refreshment that this sight gives e contrario. — Franz Kafka

When finally you surrender to us, it must be of your own free will. We do not
destroy the heretic because he resists us: so long as he resists us we never destroy him. We convert him, we capture
his inner mind, we reshape him. — George Orwell

Today's seemingly insignificant decision may alter your future significantly. — S.A. LaPoint

Oh, I've no sense of self-preservation," Reynard replied easily. "That's what I depend on you for. — Martha Wells

I like having a tailor everywhere because I am everywhere. — Waris Ahluwalia