L Quotes
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“Looking a dead insect in the sack of basmati that had come all the way from Dehra Dun, he almost wept with sorrow and marvel at its journey, which was tenderness for his own journey. In India almost nobody would be able to afford this rice, and you had to travel around the world to be able to eat such things where they were cheap enough that you could gobble them down without being rich; and when you got home to the place where they grew, you couldn't afford them anymore.”
“Looking about him at the trees, at a woods pathless to his eyes-where, indeed, was he?”
Source: The Goblin Mirror
“Looking about I see no cherry blossoms And no crimson leaves A straw-thatched hut by a bay In the autumn dusk.”
“Looking about me, listening and recalling what the day had been like, I suddenly felt a secret unease in my heart and raised my eyes to the sky, but even in the sky there seemed to be no tranquillity. Dotted with stars, it constantly quivered and danced and shivered.”
“Looking across the room one day, just after a scene like the above, he saw his father standing by the nursery door with sardonic eyes, watching him. Their eyes met. Something seemed to pass between them—comprehension—a sense of kinship.”
Source: Giant's Bread
“Looking across this field, we see the scale of heroism and sacrifice. All who are buried here understood their duty. All stood to protect America. And all carried with them memories of a family that they hope to keep safe by their sacrifice.”
“Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.”
Source: Gold
“Looking after children can be a subtle way of giving up... They become the whole ones, the well ones, the postponement of happiness, the ones who won't drink too much, give up, get divorced, become mentally ill. The part of oneself that's fighting against decay and depression is transferred to guarding them from decay and depression. In the meantime one decays and gets depressed.”
“Looking after children is a low-status occupation. It is isolating, frequently boring, relentlessly demanding and exhausting.”
Source: A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother
“Looking after children is one of the ways of looking after yourself.”
“Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration.”
“Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message.”
“Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president.”
“Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.”
“Looking and seeing are two different things.”
“Looking and seeing are two different things. What matters is the relationship with the subject.”
“Looking and seeing do not originate in your self. You are able to look in your self because looking and seeing are before your self.”
“Looking angry and alive, the attachment was red and distended, with a bulbous head and purple, ropy veins. It protruded from a nest of his dark hair, two sacs dangling beneath, and her visual assessment made it extend out toward her in entreaty.
She hazarded a glance at him, and he lay silent and still, studying her with an impersonal, glacial intensity.
Had he planned to shock her? To have her tearful and swooning? To send her stumbling from the room in offense and alarm?
He was motivated by deep, unfathomable issues that she couldn't hope to understand. The chances were great that he'd merely instigated this as a bizarre diversion in order to gain a response from her, but if the man thought she was some prim, squeamish miss, he obviously didn't know her very well. She was fascinated, enthralled, and ardent to explore.
"It's larger than I supposed."
"I'm aroused."
"It changes size?" Her eyes widened with astonishment, and he chuckled at her naïveté.
"Usually, it's flaccid and harmless." Tensing his stomach muscles, the extraordinary appendage inflated even more. "But not when I'm here with you like this. I'm so hard for you. I ache with my desire."
There was a husky tone in his voice, a desperation that plucked at her common sense, leaving her reckless and rash, and just then, she'd have performed any impulsive feat he requested.”
Source: Total Surrender
“Looking around, from near the top of Foley Mountain, it was easy to imagine why the early settlers decided to make their home in Westport.”
Source: Lanark County Chronicle
“Looking around the world at these wildlife, it's abundantly clear that humans have benefited from nature in so many ways but have also brought many species to the brink of extinction...The American people that I interact with through my IS Foundation work do not want to allow this to happen; they do not want to let these species go without a fight; and they see the way in which nature provides for people around the world.”
“Looking around
there is nothing but illusion
Everything is drowned
in the oceans of illusion”
“Looking around, I thought the human species was in fine shape and tried to think of something more beautiful than women and couldn't come up with a thing. The propagation of the species was a dance of total joy.”
Source: Beach Music
“Looking as sharp as Sweeney Todd’s razor, Roger struck a formidable figure as he donned his smart clothes and tie. At times, he would often talk of the night of his career when he fought John Conteh. He took the defeat of that match very personally and would often punch out a drunk who scoffed at his midlands accent and his past pride and glory.”
Source: Psycho Steve
“Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.”
“Looking at a cat, like looking at clouds or stars or the ocean, makes it difficult to believe there is nothing miraculous in this world.”
“Looking at a first assembly is kind of like looking at an overgrown garden. You can't just wade in with a weed whacker; you don't yet know where the stems of the flowers are.”
“Looking at a flower, tracing its petals, we are rooted in the moment. As sunlight falls on the blossom, we are caught in awe and wonder. The scent breaks us free from stress and racing thoughts; its colors capture our attention. Touching the fresh petals, we feel tender inside. Inhaling the scent deeply, we are anchored in the moment, allowing the essence to ground us. While beholding its beauty, we realize its fragility too; that a time will come when the flower will wither, and the petals will fall to the ground. We stare at its momentariness, accepting the truth of impermanence.”
“Looking at a king's mouth, ' said an old man, 'one would think he never sucked at his mother's breast.”
Source: Things Fall Apart
“Looking at a plain wall is akin to staring blankly into space. We have a fundamental need for visual nourishment and stimulation in our homes, for our eyes to dance lightly over surfaces and not find them wanting.”
Source: Happy Inside: How to harness the power of home for health and happiness
“Looking at a sunset, just for a second you forget your separateness: you are the sunset. That is the moment when you feel the beauty of it. But the moment you say that it is a beautiful sunset, you are no longer feeling it; you have come back to your separate, enclosed entity of the ego. Now the mind is speaking. And this is one of the mysteries, that the mind can speak, and knows nothing; and the heart knows everything, and cannot speak.”
“Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it’s just an extension of childhood play… Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don’t need any director telling them “You really have to believe in it.” They believe in it completely.”
“Looking at affordable health care, I think it is important that we look not only at prescription drugs, but also make sure that there is a major focus on health care.”
“Looking at all
his relatives
come together
in both armies,
the son of Kunti
broke down with deep compassion
and said,
'Krishna, now that
I have seen
my own people here,
coming near and
longing to fight,
my legs
collapse
my mouth
is parched,
my body
trembles,
and my hair
bristles;
the Gandiva bow
drops from my hand,
my skin
is burned,
and I find
no rest;
my mind
seems to wander;
I see perverse omens;
and before me
I see no good
in killing
my people
in battle,
Lovely-Haired Krishna!”
Source: The Bhagavad Gita
“Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today.That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.”
“Looking at and shaping your own work is a very intuitive process. You see something you've written in your notebook. It's there on the page and either feels right or it doesn't, and it's hard sometimes to go beyond that and discover why it feels that way.”
“Looking at art is one way of listening to God.”
“Looking at Athena now, he couldn't believe he'd been dumb enough to walk away from her. When he'd realized how innocent she was it had freaked him out, to put it mildly. Had made him feel guilty for the dirty things he'd said to her, wanted to do to her. With her ---”
Source: Sworn to Protect
“Looking at back-to-back years 20 years ago - 2004 and 2005 - housing permits obtained for privately owned homes topped 2 million each year. 2004 was the first year that permits obtained for privately owned homes exceeded 2 million. The trajectory of new home builds in the United States had been on an upward swing, twenty years ago.
Last year home builders started construction on just over 947,000 new homes.”
“Looking at beautiful things is what makes me the happiest.”
“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.”
Source: Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
“Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun. You don't stare at it, it's too risky. You get a sense of it and then you look away.”
“Looking at cryptocurrency as an asset, we can say a cryptocurrency is a form of digital or virtual asset securely encrypted based on decentralized networks distributed across several computers. It is only available in digital forms.”
Source: Mastering the Crypto World: Understanding and Trading Cryptocurrencies for Profits
“Looking at death can be life-affirming. It doesn’t need to mire us in thoughts of uselessness, nihilism, self-recrimination, and indifference to the future. Just a reminder that our days are numbered invites us to consider our blessings, strengthen our resolve to carry on, and escalate our compassion for all creatures, great and small.”
Source: Questions of the Spirit: The Quest for Understanding at a Time of Loss
“Looking at either of them caused a pang in his chest. Looking at both of them started a dull, steady ache.”
Source: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
“Looking at everything through your phone is only numbing your perception - it does not really enhance your experience of life in any way.”
“Looking at everything, I started to feel nauseous, as if the seventies had taken refuge here against extinction and were preparing to take over the world.”
Source: White Witch, Black Curse
“Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done.”
“Looking at fires when high, by the way, especially through one of those prism kaleidoscopes which image their surroundings, is an extraordinarily moving and beautiful experience.”
Source: Carl Sagan: a life
“Looking at Great-Great Grandpa Baldwin's photograph, I think to myself: You've finally done it. It took four generations, but you've finally goddamned done it. Gotten that war against reason and uppity secularists you always wanted. Gotten even for the Scopes trial, which they say was one of many burrs under your saddle until your last breath. Well, rejoice, old man, because your tribes have gathered around America's oldest magical hairball of ignorance and superstition, Christian fundamentalism, and their numbers have enabled them to suck so much oxygen out of the political atmosphere that they are now acknowledged as a mainstream force in politics. Episcopalians, Jews, and affluent suburban Methodists and Catholics, they are all now scratching their heads, sweating, and swearing loudly that this pack of lower-class zealots cannot possibly represent the mainstream--not the mainstream they learned about in their fancy sociology classes or were so comfortably reassured about by media commentators who were people like themselves. Goodnight, Grandpa Baldwin. I'll toast you from hell.”
Source: Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War
“Looking at health through a gender lens is the first step to a more helpful and personalized approach to healing.”