Substantial Quotes

“Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

“With increasing distance, our knowledge fades, and fades rapidly. Eventually, we reach the dim boundary—the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. Not until the empirical resources are exhausted, need we pass on to the dreamy realms of speculation.”
― Edwin Powell Hubble, The Realm of the Nebulae

“Until the police internal affairs system starts prosecuting and firing a substantial number of corrupt and incompetent police officers, I will not be lighting it up blue!”
― Steven Magee

“The bright side of the moon could not exist without the half wrapped in shadow. A half-life is not substantial, not sustainable. You cannot cut out half your heart and live.”
― Thomas Lloyd Qualls, Painted Oxen

“By thinking continuously your past or your future, you kill your today which is the only substantial part of your life!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Las cosas importantes —las cosas que dan raigambre y sentido a una existencia— no están a la venta, se conquistan paso tras paso, lentamente, con coherencia y constancia. La moneda que las paga es la fatiga.”
― Susanna Tamaro, Querida Mathilda

“We were still hungry, and decided to stop at a nondescript seaside restaurant, where we ate grilled sardines and planks of meaty, snow-white monkfish drizzled in olive oil and salt, with a few boiled potatoes and a carafe of rosé. The fish had been out of the sea for less than two hours, the waiter told us, and why would he lie? The sea was right there next to us. I'm not going to say that the fish and the potatoes and the wine were so much better than what we'd eaten at El Bulli, but it was all quite good, and a relief to sit in a chair, use a fork, see the charred skin, and pick out the bones.”
― Laurie Woolever, Care and Feeding: A Memoir – A Candid, Funny, and Devastating Story of the Food World and a Cultural Reckoning

“The difference between the deeds of this world and the Hereafter is only substantial. The essence is the mirror to reflect actions, whether good or bad.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih