Daria > Daria's Quotes

“I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass

“...my premonitions, darker than the inside of a monster’s throat, spewed out ominous vapor.”
― Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

“Do you know, I always thought unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!"

Well, now that we have seen each other," said the unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: and Through The Looking Glass

“...what cheered me most was to watch the girl quietly playing with her yoyo in the shadow of the emergency stairs, unseen by anyone but me. She was burdened with a great misfortune that she could not perceive as misfortune. She did not know how much luckier she was than the rest of mankind aware of unhappiness.”
― Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

“And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.
Ten hours the first day,' said the Mock Turtle: 'nine the next, and so on.'
What a curious plan!' exclaimed Alice.
That's the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon remarked: 'because they lessen from day to day.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

“Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

“Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“If you did not want to, you should say a simple “no”; but by hesitating you implied that your consent was already half given.”
― Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

“Being a clown would be all right, but I did not want to be a clown unaware that he was one.”
― Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

“Even chance meetings are the result of karma… Things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there’s no such thing as coincidence.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“I had never thought that your class would be so useful. Going to such a useless thing, faithfully, year in year out, was, I thought, good proof of woman’s unpredictability.”
― Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”
― Bob Marley

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
― Bob Marley

“But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“I did not become a runner to lose weight, I did it to escape my computer”
― The Oatmeal, The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Volume 5)

“If you find yourself debating whether or not you should go exercise, it means you have the time and the means, your're simply talking yourself out of doing something difficults”
― The Oatmeal, The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Volume 5)

“И вся эта страшная перемена свершилась с ним только оттого, что он перестал верить себе, а стал верить другим. Перестал же он верить себе, а стал верить другим потому, что жить, веря себе, было слишком трудно: веря себе, всякий вопрос надо решать всегда не в пользу своего животного я, ищущего легких радостей, а почти всегда против него; веря же другим, решать нечего было, все уже было решено, и решено было всегда против духовного и в пользу животного я. Мало того, веря себе, он всегда подвергался осуждению людей, — веря другим, он получал одобрение людей, окружающих его.”
― Лев Николаевич Толстой, Resurrection

“Чего он хотел от нее, он сам не знал. Но ему казалось, что, когда она вошла к нему в комнату, ему нужно было сделать что-то, что все при этом делают, а он не сделал этого...
...И, сделав усилие над собой и помня то, как в этих случаях поступают вообще все люди в его положении, он обнял Катюшу за талию...
...Нехлюдов пустил ее, и ему стало на мгновенье не только неловко и стыдно, но гадко на себя. Ему бы надо было поверить себе, но он не понял, что эта неловкость и стыд были самые добрые чувства его души, просившиеся наружу, а, напротив, ему показалось, что это говорит в нем его глупость, что надо делать, как все делают.”
― Лев Николаевич Толстой, Resurrection

“На минуту он остановился. Тут еще была возможность борьбы. Хоть слабо, но ещё слышен был голос истинной любви к ней, который говорил ему об НЕЙ, о ЕЕ чувствах, об ЕЕ жизни. Другой же голос говорил: смотри, пропустишь СВОЕ наслажденье, СВОЕ счастье. И этот второй голос заглушил первый.”
― Лев Николаевич Толстой, Resurrection

“Щедрость его (Шенбока) хотя и очень понравилась тетушкам, но привела их даже в некоторое недоумение своей преувеличенностью. Пришедшим слепым нищим он дал рубль, на чай людям он роздал пятнадцать рублей, и когда Сюзетка, болонка Софьи Ивановны, при нем ободрала себе в кровь ногу, то он, вызвавшись сделать ей перевязку, ни минуты не задумавшись, разорвал свой батистовый с каемочками платок (Софья Ивановна знала, что такие платки стоят не меньше пятнадцати рублей дюжина) и сделал из него бинты для Сюзетки. Тетушки не видали еще таких и не знали, что у этого Шенбока было двести тысяч долгу, которые — он знал — никогда не заплатятся, и что поэтому двадцать пять рублей меньше или больше не составляли для него расчета.”
― Лев Николаевич Толстой, Resurrection

“В глубине, в самой глубине души он знал, что поступил так скверно, подло, жестоко, что ему, с сознанием этого поступка, нельзя не только самому осуждать кого-нибудь, но смотреть в глаза людям, не говоря уже о том, чтобы считать себя прекрасным, благородным, великодушным молодым человеком, каким он считал себя. А ему нужно было считать себя таким для того, чтобы продолжать бодро и весело жить. А для этого было одно средство: не думать об этом. Так он и сделал.”
― Лев Николаевич Толстой, Resurrection

“There is no perfection only life”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Suddenly, I ripped the book in two. And with it my heart. From the tear my insides came running out like a rotten egg. I became an empty, cast-off skin.”
― Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

“I can hardly believe that the face is so important to a man’s existence. A man’s worth should be gauged by the content of his work; possibly the convolutions of the surface of the brain have something to do with it, but his face certainly does not. If the loss of a face can cause conspicuous change in the scale of evaluation, it may well be owing to a fundamental emptiness of content.”
― Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another

“I stuck a cigarette through the slit in the bandage and asked myself with a nervous fidget what I had lost along with my face.”
― Kōbō Abe, The Face of Another