T Quotes
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“That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.”
“That day, I began to be incredulous. Or, rather, I regretted having been credulous. I regretted having allowed myself to be borne away by a passion of the mind. Such is credulity.”
Source: Foucault's Pendulum
“That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be held for ever. Like water, the world ripples across you and for a while you take on its colours. Then it recedes, and leaves you face to face with the void you carry inside yourself, confronting that central inadequacy of soul which you must learn to rub shoulders with and to combat, and which, paradoxically, may be our surest impetus.”
“That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it had something to do with the great British sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would be only a guess.”
“That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit.”
“That daydreaming seemed important at the time, but when I asked my teacher Katagiri Roshi about it, he said, "Oh, it's just laziness. Get to work." But as for discipline, I don't even use that word. I think more about passion or love. What I've really learned is the way the mind moves, and how the mind works. Rather than discipline, I know how to seduce my mind.”
“That Days of Our Lives thing for a week nearly killed me.”
“That, dear friend, is because nobody is more worthy than yourself."
He took a quill, wrote the name of d'Artagnan in the commission, and returned it to him.
"I shall then have no more friends," said the young man. "Alas! nothing but bitter recollections."
And he let his head sink upon his hands, while two large tears rolled down his cheeks.
"You are young," replied Athos; "and your bitter recollections have time to change themselves into sweet remembrances.”
Source: The Three Musketeers
“That death is best which comes appropriately at a ripe age.”
“That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrative, if I wrote a paper on that, I know I'd find inconsistencies.”
“That decision to use basically all white models, reveals a trait that is unbecoming to modern society. It can no longer be accepted...”
“That deed is not well done of which a man must repent, and the reward of which he receives crying and with a tearful face.”
Source: The Dhammapada
“That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man.”
“That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.”
Source: The Universe and Dr. Einstein
“That deep longing that you keep dismissing as impractical, may be the very thing your soul is calling you to do.”
“That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds.”
Source: Advanced contemplation: The peace within you
“That deep, soulish kind of rest is found in knowing that I am simply being obedient to the God who is bearing the burden. And because that’s the case, the burden is never bearing down on me.”
“That deep, can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth sleep.”
Source: Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition
“That deepest thing, that recognition, that knowledge, that sense of kinship began the first time I saw you,and it is the same now - only a thousand times deeper and tenderer. I shall love you to eternity. I loved you long before we met in this flesh. I knew that when I first saw you. It was destiny. We are together like this and nothing can shake us apart.”
“That defining moment at my friend's house, when his uncle looks in my eye and reads me the word of God, I have an awakening.”
“That definitely I feel is part of my generation: social networking, communication over the Internet, whether it's Skype or IRC or some form of text-based chat, text messaging.”
“That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.”
“That democratic socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something so utterly different that few of those who wish it would be prepared to accept the consequences, many will not believe until the connection has been laid bare in all its aspects.”
“That demon woman you were lounging with on the divan,” said Will. “Would you call her a friend, or more of a business associate?” Benedict’s dark eyes hardened. “Insolent puppy—” “Oh, I’d say she was a friend,” said Tessa. “One doesn’t usually let one’s business associates lick one’s face. Although I could be wrong. What do I know about these things? I’m only a silly woman.”
“That depends on how trouble is approached. We came to you nice and slow, and voilà: you can trick nearly anyone into thinking you’re domesticated.”
“Don’t talk about me like a dog,” he warns. “Besides which, you forget that I’m first and foremost a scholar.”
“Ah, I see. You’re utilizing a rare branch of philosophy: the one founded on lying to yourself because it’s convenient.”
Source: Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse
“That depends on the man. I like breasts myself. A nice rack goes a long way in getting me to do just about anything. Even stupid things. (Phobos) You are so offensive! (Delphine) Oh, please, I’m ten thousand years old. You’re lucky I’m not more chauvinistic than I am. Babe, I’ve come a long way. (Phobos)”
“That depends. You’ve got to define ‘party girl.’ If you mean I’m a walking good time, then hells yeah. But I’m not wasted and stumbling out of clubs and getting DUIs. I’m not that kind of party girl. I may be blonde and fun as balls, but I’m not a moron.”
“That depressed people sometimes commit suicide is viewed as the evolutionary cost that is required to keep the threat credible.”
Source: Evolutionary Psychopathology: A Unified Approach
“That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.”
Source: Samuel Beckett, Björnstjerne Björnson, Pearl Buck [and] Ivan Bunin
“That desire to reach further is also where I ended my memoir, in 1994 in California, perhaps ironically, looking out to the Pacific and back to Asia, toward the not-yet-written.”
“That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.”
“That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages amoung some and to their eternal Infamy the Clergy can furnish their Quota of Imps for such business.”
Source: 1769-1793. v.2. 1794-1815. v.3. 1816-1828. v.4. 1829-1836
“That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion.”
“That did eat up considerable time and effort. But I carved out a little time between bloodbaths.
I’ve just put it together for you this morning, while you were getting a little more beauty sleep.”
“Is that a dig?”
“Darling, how is telling you you’re beautiful a dig?”
Her answer was a snort as she strapped on her weapon.”
Source: Big Jack
“That did explain his sucky home life growing up but didn’t excuse the way he treated others. Was there childcare for abused werewolves?”
Source: Colorado State of Mind
“That did it. I'd gone through a lot in the past few days. Everyone I met seemed to want a piece of me: djinn, magicians, humans...it made no difference.I'd been summoned, manhandled, shot at, captured, constricted, bossed about and generally taken for granted. And now, to cap it all, this bloke is joining in too, when all I'd been doing was quietly trying to kill him.”
“That didn’t sound like them slinging beads at us. Think if I whip my shirt off, they’ll go blind and leave?” Nick”
Source: Invision
“That didn’t stop the Handlers, though, or the community, who came out to support the theater. Horizon was even chosen as the location for a couple of movie premieres, attracting Black Hollywood to see what Long Island was all about. Some even stayed, increasing the Black population in places they’d previously been shut out of.”
Source: If We Were a Movie
“That didn't really matter, how you judge how successful you are is basically when you turn up to do a gig and people come and have a good time.”
“That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.”
“That difference between the rich and poor is growing every month.”
“That difference do you think you can make, one man in all this madness?”
“That difficult place to put your finger on about the world - it needs to be illustrated.”
“That difficult start drove me on to inspire children and let them know that it is never to late to repair a bad experience at school, and once you get your head down and start to read books, you can really achieve.”
“That dip in the road- that sends your belly to your throat... that's how it feels when you kiss me.”
“That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner's permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don't have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.”
“That direct stare spoke volumes of knowledge about secrets she suddenly needed to know. He hadn't said a word, but all she could think was sex. Sin.”
Source: Leopard's Wrath
“That disapproving look was back in her eyes. Her teacher face. The one that could make you squirm from ten paces, even if you were innocent. And I hadn't been innocent for years.”
Source: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5
“That discipline which corrects the eagerness of worldly passions, which fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, which enlightens the mind with useful knowledge, and furnishes to it matter of enjoyment from within itself, is of more consequence to real felicity than all the provisions which we can make of the goods of fortune.”
“That distant day had a significance I could not give it then. So we wheeled and came back south towards the city. The Temple of Heaven slipped by underneath, that perfect pattern in its ample park. Then the wide plain ruled to the far horizon. Soon the aerodrome.”