Reflections Quotes

160 quotes by 150 authors

She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be… — Anais Nin
The stories that unfold in the space of a writer's study, the objects chosen to watch over a desk, the books selected to sit on… — Alberto Manguel
They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves. — Neal Shusterman
People think that alien spaceships would be solid and made of metal and have lights all over them and move slowly through the sky because… — Mark Haddon
Apparently, before we are born, each of us experiences a vision of what our life can be, complete with reflections on our parents and our… — James Redfield
Most of us have learned to be dispassionate about evil, to look it in the face and find, as often as not, our own grinning… — Flannery O'Connor
He fell in love with Manhattan's skyline, like a first-time brothel guest falling for a seasoned professional. He mused over her reflections in the black… — Arthur Phillips
As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even a character who… — Shusaku Endo
Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions. — Jane Austen
I am ashamed every day, and more ashamed the next. But I will spend the rest of my life in this living space writing these… — Don DeLillo
Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercises, even over the appearance of external objects. Men who look on nature, and… — Charles Dickens
I mean, if you were to find a shattered mirror, find all the pieces, all the shards and all the tiny chips, and have whatever… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
If men will permit themselves to think, as rational beings ought to think, nothing can appear more ridiculous and absurd, exclusive of all moral reflections,… — Thomas Paine
These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all its hardships and… — Daniel Defoe
Rain in the graveyard, and the world puddled into blurred reflections. — Neil Gaiman
I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind, and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
All thought of something is at the same time self-consciousness [...] At the root of all our experiences and all our reflections, we find [...]… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually… — Jane Austen
He leaned over her, the sun behind his head making a halo of gold, his face lit by the reflections off the water. — Elizabeth Chandler

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