Realizing Quotes

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It was watching Madeline Alby eat cheese with every ounce of her being, like it was the first and best time, that made him realize… — Christopher Moore
Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the… — Amy Tan
Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has… — Henry Miller
Instinct tells me to go to Hannah's, but she doesn't live there anymore and that's when I realize the major difference between my mother and… — Melina Marchetta
Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all life. From… — Albert Schweitzer
She looks at the swings, and I can see she’s imagining what they’d look like if the kids weren’t there. The guilt of this holds… — Markus Zusak
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing… — Nelson Mandela
I have come to think that life is a far more limited thing than those in the midst of its maelstorm realize. That light shines… — Haruki Murakami
Time, of course, topples everyone in its path equally- the way that driver beats his old horse until it dies. But the thrashing we receive… — Haruki Murakami
To put it another way, every love relationship is based upon unwritten conventions rashly agreed upon by the lovers during the first weeks of their… — Milan Kundera
Depression is a lot like that: slowly, over the years, the data will accumulate in your heart and mind, a computer program for total negativity… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
When you reach my age, you realize you couldn't have done things very much better or much worse than you did them in the first… — Jorge Luis Borges
Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot… — Thornton Wilder
I catch a flash of red-gold beneath the surface of the water, and realize that there are koi in the pond, massive, serene, and I… — Sarah Monette
So you mustn't be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams. — Terence McKenna
On a really dark night, you can see between 1,000 and 1,500 stars, and there are millions more that haven't been discovered. It is so… — Jodi Picoult
God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in love, which is… — Pope Benedict XVI
Deep within the individual is a vast reservoir of untapped power awaiting to be used. no person can have the use of all this potential… — Norman Vincent Peale
And just when I thought the pain had dulled, my mind would betray me and bring Dad back to life in my dreams. Sometimes I… — Ilona Andrews
The transitoriness of our existence in now way makes it meaningless. But it does constitute our responsibleness; for everything hinges upon our realizing the essentially… — Viktor E. Frankl
The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing that happiness for… — Bertrand Russell
It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action. For while in… — William Sloane Coffin
When you're pregnant, you can think of nothing but having your own body to yourself again; yet after giving birth you realize that the biggest… — Jodi Picoult
In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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