A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.
At a certain point talk about 'essence' and 'oneness' and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive.
Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.
Perhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe. The others have a certain stickiness, they stick to the mass.
Definition of a relationship - an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills certain needs of the individuals involved and the society in which they live.
Does your frustration equate a certain form of revenge? Bright light shines upon me despite of hills of frustration.
Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.
And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.
When harried, we go as far as we dare, and with those we're sure of we dare go very far, knowing where forgiveness is certain.
It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it.
If I could explain a head in a barrel to the King, he thought, I can explain a man in a tanpit to a Bishop. But I'd sooner be more certain of the facts.
Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again.
I'm the idea of the human imagination, which, when you think about it, is the only thing we can really be certain ISN'T imaginary.
Having had a transcendental experience as a teenager with the assistance of a hallucinogen, Madeline remains certain that the universe is too vast and beautiful to bother with gods.
At night on land migrating monarchs slumber on certain trees, hung in festoons with wings folded together, thick on the trees and shaggy as bearskin. [p. 244]
What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?
Especially as I was an old friend, or at least I was a person she had known for a long time, which after a certain point is almost the same thing...
What is grace? I'm not certain; all I know is that my heart felt like a spike, and then, in that room, it opened and felt like an umbrella.
I only swing for one girl. But if she's into a certain kind of kink, who am I to deny her such pleasantries?"~ Luke Wagner
Why did this keep happening? Why her? Perhaps there was some pheromone certain people omitted, perceivable only on a wavelength unique to those individuals who preyed on them.
I like being right more than I like keeping friends. Certainly this leaves me lonely, but at least I’m always certain.
