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“Lucrul pe care nu-l iau în calcul majoritatea oamenilor este că moartea e adesea aleatorie și crudă. Nu ține cont dacă ai fost un om bun toată viaţa. Sau dacă ai mâncat sănătos, dacă ai făcut mișcare frecvent, dacă ai purtat mereu centura de siguranţă sau casca. Nu ţine cont dacă persoana iubită care rămâne în urmă și-ar putea petrece tot restul vieții retrăind în minte totul, chinuită de cuvintele "ce ar fi fost dacă". Oamenii își spun că au suficient timp, până când ajung la mila unei acțiuni necugetate: un șofer cu ochii în telefon, un vecin care a lăsat o lumânare aprinsă. Iar atunci e prea târziu.”
Source: The Collected Regrets of Clover
“Lucrurile care nu se mişcă multă vreme din loc par să se străduiască să ţină timpul în loc.
Moartea nu vine când vrea omul, deşi are tot dreptul şi toată libertatea să şi-o cheme.”
Source: Rezidenți în Casa Visurilor
“Lucrécio colocou-nos a seguinte questão: Houve uma eternidade antes de nascermos. Antes não existíamos. Isso é motivo de desespero ou ansiedade? Então por que motivo é que a eternidade que se sucederá depois da morte te provoca uma ansiedade tão grande?
Não me preocupar com a minha morte com o argumento de que houve uma eternidade antes de ter nascido e isso não ter sido motivo de angústia, é esquecer a dor de quem sente a perda, dos amigos, dos familiares que irão inevitavelmente sofrer. Isso cria angústia. E esta angústia não é somente fruto da iminência do nosso desaparecimento, mas das consequências que terá em quem amamos. Antes de teres nascido, Lucrécio, não tinhas filhos nem amigos para chorarem a tua morte. O argumento só se sustém na eventualidade de estarmos sozinhos.
Para amar pessoas precisamos de ter vivido. Antes disso, não conta, Lucrécio.”
Source: Jalan Jalan - Uma Leitura do Mundo
“Lucu bagaimana orang-orang memilih untuk percaya pada sihir, mukjizat, takdir, dan segala jenis kepercayaan takhayul, tetapi bukan pada diri mereka sendiri!”
“Lucullus placed a live fish in a glass jar in front of every diner at his table. The better the death, the better the meal would taste.
Catherine de Medici brought her cooks to France when she married, and those cooks brought sherbet and custard and cream puffs, artichokes and onion soup, and the idea of roasting birds with oranges. As well as cooks, she brought embroidery and handkerchiefs, perfumes and lingerie, silverware and glassware and the idea that gathering around a table was something to be done thoughtfully. In essence, she brought being French to France.
Everything started somewhere else. She thought of Tim's note: write to me. He didn't want to hear about Lucullus and Catherine de Medici; but she loved her old tomes and the things unearthed there, the ballast they lent, the safety of information. She spread her notebooks open across the table. There was a recipe for roasted locusts from ancient Egypt, and on the facing page, her own memory of the first thing she ever cooked, the curry sauce and Anne's chocolate.”
Source: The Arrangement
“Lucy began cutting her sausage into rounds. “I can’t believe Christmas is almost upon us,” she mentioned.
“It’ll be a hard Christmas for many,” James said. “A dark Christmas for all.”
“That’s why it’s good to remember that we have the Light,” Lucy said softly.
James smiled at her. “Right you are, Lucy. Right you are.”
Source: Through the Darkness
“Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a leg bone. Here was 40 percent of a single skeleton.”
“Lucy buried her head in his mane to hide from his face. But there must have been magic in his mane. She could feel lion-strength going into her. Quite suddenly she sat up.
"I'm sorry, Aslan," she said. "I'm ready now."
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed. But come. We have no time to lose.”
“Lucy buried her head in his mane to hide from his face. But there must have been some magic in his mane. She could feel lion-strength going into her. Quite suddenly she sat up. "I'm sorry, Aslan," she said. "I'm ready now."
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed.”
Source: Prince Caspian
“Lucy, college is a necessity for a secure future, my dad had said a few years ago. For women, a master's degree is the minimum.”
Source: Sisters in the Wind
“Lucy Fry and I became very good friends on the set…I called her ‘Royal Higness’ & she answered, ‘Yes, my Guardian.”
“Lucy Gray. It's not too late to work something out.”
Source: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“Lucy Gray
Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray,
And when I cross'd the Wild,
I chanc'd to see at break of day
The solitary Child.
No Mate, no comrade Lucy knew;
She dwelt on a wild Moor,
The sweetest Thing that ever grew
Beside a human door!
You yet may spy the Fawn at play,
The Hare upon the Green;
But the sweet face of Lucy Gray
Will never more be seen.
"To-night will be a stormy night,
You to the Town must go,
And take a lantern, Child, to light
Your Mother thro' the snow."
"That, Father! will I gladly do;
'Tis scarcely afternoon—
The Minster-clock has just struck two,
And yonder is the Moon."
At this the Father rais'd his hook
And snapp'd a faggot-band;
He plied his work, and Lucy took
The lantern in her hand.
Not blither is the mountain roe,
With many a wanton stroke
Her feet disperse, the powd'ry snow
That rises up like smoke.
The storm came on before its time,
She wander'd up and down,
And many a hill did Lucy climb
But never reach'd the Town.
The wretched Parents all that night
Went shouting far and wide;
But there was neither sound nor sight
To serve them for a guide.
At day-break on a hill they stood
That overlook'd the Moor;
And thence they saw the Bridge of Wood
A furlong from their door.
And now they homeward turn'd, and cry'd
"In Heaven we all shall meet!"
When in the snow the Mother spied
The print of Lucy's feet.
Then downward from the steep hill's edge
They track'd the footmarks small;
And through the broken hawthorn-hedge,
And by the long stone-wall;
And then an open field they cross'd,
The marks were still the same;
They track'd them on, nor ever lost,
And to the Bridge they came.
They follow'd from the snowy bank
The footmarks, one by one,
Into the middle of the plank,
And further there were none.
Yet some maintain that to this day
She is a living Child,
That you may see sweet Lucy Gray
Upon the lonesome Wild.
O'er rough and smooth she trips along,
And never looks behind;
And sings a solitary song
That whistles in the wind.”
Source: The Works of William Wordsworth
“Lucy had told me more than once that the past was a burden, that it was time to tear everything down.”
Source: Sweet Tooth
“Lucy happily settled down to work. First she sent for papyrus and handmade a book leaf by leaf, binding the leaves together between board covers. Then she filled each page from memory, drew English roses budding and Chinese roses in full bloom, peppercorn-pink Bourbon roses climbing walls and silvery musk roses drowsing in flowerbeds. She took every rose she'd ever seen, made them as lifelike as she could (where she shaded each petal the rough paper turned silken), and in these lasting forms she offered them to Safiye.”
Source: What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
“Lucy, I want so much more with you...but I can't give you anything besides friendship right now.”
Source: The Off Limits Rule
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds actually wasn't meant to say LSD It was a drawing that John's son brought home from school Lucy was a kid in his school.”
“Lucy Lawless presented a couple of the awards. And, when I walked off the stage with her after one of them, she said "Oh, I want to introduce you to my friend Madeleine," and that's how I met Madeleine. I realize that's a ridiculous story.”
“Lucy looked and saw that Aslan had just breathed on the feet of the stone giant. It's all right!" shouted Aslan joyously. "Once The feet are put right, all the rest of him will follow.”
Source: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“Lucy, Lucy, good and true,
Went to Castle Grotteskew.
Thougth she´d see what lurked inside,
But for her troubles, Lucy died.
Before she perished, she did say,
"Monsters! Creatures! Go away!”
Source: Stitch Head
“Lucy's eyes began to grow accustomed to the light, and she saw the trees that were nearest her more distinctly. A great longing for the old days when the trees could talk in Narnia came over her. She knew exactly how each of these trees would talk if only she could wake them, and what sort of human form it would put on. She looked at a silver birch; it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about her face, and fond of dancing. She looked at the oak: he would be a wizened, but hearty old man with a frizzled beard and warts on his face and hands, and hair growing out of the warts. She looked at the beech under which she was standing. Ah!- she would be the best of all. She would be a precious goddess, smooth and stately, the lady of the wood.”
Source: Prince Caspian
“Lucy's polls were sometimes kind of violent.”
Source: You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown
“Lucy said, 'We're so afraid of being sent away, Aslan. And you have sent us back into our own world so often.' 'No fear of that,' said Aslan. 'Have you not guessed?' Their hearts leapt, and a wild hope rose within them. 'There was a real railway accident,' said Aslan softly. 'Your father and mother and all of you are- as you used to call it in the Shadowlands- dead. The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.”
“Lucy saw the delighted expressions of the guests and knew they looked like something out an Austen movie. Well, at least Jem did. She giggled a little and cleared her throat.
“Something funny?” he murmured out of the corner of his mouth.
“Just thinking how you’re just like Captain Wentworth and I’m just like Tina Turner.”
Source: Persuasion, Captain Wentworth and Cracklin' Cornbread
“Lucy seemed to be imprisoned by a legion of people in her life who always wanted what was right for her. And as a result, in the eyes of everyone, she had everything... and yet she always, always felt she had nothing. No one.”
Source: Saint Paul Trois Chateaux: 1948
“Lucy settled into August's kitchen as if they were a family.”
Source: You Are the Love of My Life
“Lucy shook her head. ‘How can you say that love’s a crime?’
‘Love was Satan’s deadliest gift to mankind. When Pandora opened her box, the first and greatest evil to fly out was love.’
‘I don’t understand.’
‘Love is the glue that keeps souls attached to this world, stuck in this hell. It mires us in misery. Love glitters and seduces. No one would endure one moment of this hell if they felt nothing but the pain. It’s the love that allows people to bear it. Love traps us, keeps us in the snares of the material world, this false world of the false god. Yet you, better than anyone, know that the underside of love is pain, the worst pain of all.’
Lucy looked away. Morson, in his mad way, was right. Love is poison. A beautiful poison, but poison all the same. The first taste might be paradise, but what followed was hell.”
Source: The Armageddon Conspiracy
“Lucy stares down at her feet and brushes a stray hair behind her ear as she nods her head. Looking at her, I do not see the naive teen intent on claiming Elliot as her own, but the little girl that had her trust shattered by her father. The little girl that no longer has a family to call her own.”
Source: Perfectly Entwined
“Lucy swayed in shock. A gust of wind moaned through the conservatory and blew out all but one of her candles. Simon must have done this. He’d destroyed his fairyland conservatory. Why? She sank to her knees, huddled on the cold floor, her one remaining flame cradled in her numb palms. She’d seen how tenderly Simon had cared for his plants. Remembered the look of pride when she’d first discovered the dome and fountain. For him to have smashed all this . . . He must have lost hope. All hope.”
“Lucy took a single plain donut from the bag and held it for me to take a bite. Tender and light and still warm from the frying. Not too sugary.”
“Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended.”
“Lucy was easy to trust. She was all heart.”
Source: Safe in His Arms
“Lucy was pleased, and said: ‘I was hoping that he was nice; I do so always hope that people will be nice.”
Source: A Room with a View
“Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving for sympathy and love. Such a wrong is not easily forgotten. Never again did she expose herself without due consideration and precaution against rebuff. And such a wrong may react disastrously upon the soul.”
Source: A Room with a View
“Lucy was the most confident. Her confidence scared me. I just can't imagine her to want to do something and not do it.”
Source: Dumplin'
“Lucy was using my blanket to dry the dishes. We now have very secure dishes!”
“Lucy went first, biting her lip and trying not to say all the things she thought of saying to Susan. But she forgot them when she fixed her eyes on Aslan.”
“Lucy: Why do you want me to stay?
Asher: Because I like you.
Lucy: Why do you want me to go?
Asher: Because I like you.”
Source: Asher Black
“Lucy woke out of the deepest sleep you can imagine, with the feeling that the voice she liked best in the world had been calling her name.”
“Lucy, dear child, mind your arithmetic. You know in the first sum of yours I ever saw there was a mistake. You had carried two (as a cab is licensed to do), and you ought, dear Lucy, to have carried but one. Is this a trifle? What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors.”
Source: A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
“Lucy,' he murmured, 'you have some splainin' to do.”
Source: You Belong to Me
“Lucy: Do you think you have Pantophobia, Charlie Brown? Charlie: I don't know, what is pantophobia? Lucy: The fear of Everything. Charlie: THAT'S IT!!!”
“Lucy: I don't understand men. Nettie: What is there to understand? If you feed 'em regular-like and give 'em a bit of 'sugar' now and then, they're easy enough. And if they don't behave, you just toss 'em out on their arses. That's what I always say.”
Source: Don't Bargain with the Devil
“Lucy: Our teacher wants us to write an essay on praying. Charlie Brown: Praying is important when you wake up at two o'clock in the morning feeling sick from eating something dumb the day before. Lucy: I'll just say we were out of town and I didn't have time to write anything.”
“Lucy: You learn more when you lose Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world!!!”
“Luden die Menschen heutzutage einander etwa nicht mehr zum Essen ein, wenn sie sich besser kennenlernen wollten?”
Source: Himmelblau
“Ludens experienced, as an extra pain, an intimation of the happiness he might have felt in such a place.”
Source: The Message To The Planet
“Ludens felt again that special curious anguish caused by glimpses of a happiness he would have felt if only things were different — which could be different, perhaps could easily be different — but somehow maddeningly were not.”
Source: The Message To The Planet
“Ludens felt that everyone around him was living in the present, a place where he certainly could not live.”
Source: The Message To The Planet
“Ludens thought, why can't I do that, why can't I just ask a woman to hold my hand, why can't I ask Franca to!”
Source: The Message To The Planet