Replastering A Wall Quotes & Sayings

I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing. — Joaquin Phoenix

Men and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. — W.G. Sebald

When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace. — John McCarthy

For, like desire, regret seeks not to be analysed but to be satisfied. When one begins to love, one spends one's time, not in getting to know what one's love really is, but in making it possible to meet next day. When one abandons love one seeks not to know one's grief but to offer to her who is causing it that expression of it which seems to one the most moving. One says the things which one feels the need of saying, and which the other will not understand, one speaks for oneself alone. I wrote: 'I had thought that it would not be possible. Alas, I see now that it is not so difficult.' I said also: 'I shall probably not see you again;' I said it while I continued to avoid shewing a coldness which she might think affected, and the words, as I wrote them, made me weep because I felt that they expressed not what I should have liked to believe but what was probably going to happen. — Marcel Proust

Adam senses a large weariness in him, the weariness of an old actor in the middle of a long run in an old part. — John Banville

Kind words are such a blessing to the needful, if one but knew the pleasure that they bring. — John McLeod

Next to the monitor that showed the jobs queuing to run on the computer was a metal post that seemed to serve no purpose. It was a while before someone explained it to me: after repeatedly replastering the wall, the administration had decided to install the post for the convenience of frustrated students, who invariably needed something to kick when their code crashed. — Sonia Sotomayor

Lethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom. — Aretaeus Of Cappadocia

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown committed to John Major's spending envelopes in 1997. No-one said that Tony Blair and John Major were identical. This happens quite often that parties actually, despite all the sound and fury, agree on the overall need to make sure that we live within our means as a country. — Nick Clegg

Definitely working on 'Deal or No Deal' was a learning experience, and it helped me to understand what I would rather be doing. — Meghan Markle

But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance. — Sarah Dessen

When I talk about the realm of spirit, happiness, nirvana, enlightenment, I'm not talking about something ideal or imaginary. There are realms of light that exist, that have always existed and will always exist. They're much more solid than the transient perceived reality that you're currently experiencing — Frederick Lenz

By identifying with a particular name that belongs to a particular body and mind, the self begins the process of creating a separate identity. Add in a complex jumble of ideas, beliefs, and opinions, along with some selective and often painful memories with which to create a past to identify with, as well as the raw emotional energy to hold it all together, and before you know it, you've got a very convincing - though divided - self. — Adyashanti