Selfreflection Quotes & Sayings

I never reach those far-off places. New trails tempt me at every turn. — Marty Rubin

1944 - Exploring London in wartime, a city with stiff upper lip, gritted teeth, clenched fists, makes you realize that Paris is a bit of whore.

Every day and every night for weeks now, London has been bleeding and hiding its wounds with impressive dignity. A 'don't show off' attitude prevails. From time to time a sputtering doodle-bug (a VI) shatters the torpor of the overcast sky. One second, sometimes two ... at most three ... of silence. Visualizing that fat cigar with shark fins as it stops dead, sways, idiotically tips over, then goes into a vertical dive. And explodes. Usually it's an entire building that's destroyed.

Apparently the Civil Defense rescue teams observe a very strict rule of discretion and restraint. You never see any panic. In this impassive city detachment is the expression of panic. — Jacques Yonnet

For as long as I can remember, I've had trouble with feelings. Other people get scared, nervous, or shy, excited, or happy, sad. I seem to have only two settings: blank or empty. — Michelle Hodkin

When you depart from standard usage, it should be deliberate and not an accidental lapse. Like a poet who breaks the rules of poetry for creative effect, this only works when you know and respect the rule you are breaking. If you have never heard of the rules you are breaking, you have no right to do so, and you are likely to come off like a buffoon or a barbarian. Breaking rules, using slang and archaic language can be effective, but it is just as likely to give you an audience busy with wincing. — N.D. Wilson

How do I know the past is not a fiction conceived to reconcile the difference between my state of mind and the present. — Douglas Adams

People wasted so much time seeking out the love of their lives in the shape of a partner, when the truth was that for most the real loves of their lives were their children - and everyone else was dispensable. — Anna McPartlin

I don't have the passion for acting that actors might have. — Jemima Kirke

I was always really drawn to that fantasy world, more than a sci-fi world, in terms of outer space stuff. I think it's so cool. — Anna Silk

Or was he saying, "Hi! Wanna play?" And I did. Of course I did. — Jeff Lindsay

She asked Billy Pilgrim what he was supposed to be, Billy said he didn't know. — Kurt Vonnegut

[Asiaticus responds] Ask your sons, Suillius. They will testify to my masculinity. — Tacitus

Hot punch is a pleasant thing, gentlemen
an extremely pleasant thing under any circumstances
but in that snug old parlour, before the roaring fire, with the wind blowing outside till every timber in the old house creaked again, Tom Smart found it perfectly delightful. — Charles Dickens

2004 has to be my year. No more excuses. — Adrian Beltre

I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full. — Francesca Annis

So how are we going to get into the temple, anyway? Are we going to fight our way through the Necromancers on our own?'
'No, we're going to find a way to let our friends in, and then we'll let them fight while we stand by and look smug.'
'I like that plan.'
'It has its moments. — Derek Landy