“I blame the newspapers because every day they call our attention to insignificant things, while three or four times in our lives,we read books that contain essential things. Once we feverishly tear the band of paper enclosing our newspapers, things should change and we should find--I do not know--the Pensées by Pascal!” KnowsShouldBookThreeAttentionKnowledgeFourOur LivesTearsBandEssentialsPaperNewsBlameNewspapersPensInsignificantPascalInsignificant Things Author:Marcel Proust
“How baffling it was that even the most cunning and clever people would frequently see only what they wanted to see, and would rarely look beyond the thinnest of facades. Or they would ignore reality, dismissing it as the facade. And then, when their whole world fell to pieces...they would tear their topknots or rend their clothes and bewail their karma, blaming gods or kami or luck or their lords or husbands or vassals-anything or anyone-but never themselves.” PeopleWorldLooksWholeRealityWantedLordPiecesTearsHusbandClothesBlameLuckKarmaCleverWhole WorldCunningFacade Book:SHOGUN Source: SHOGUN
“Say of him what you please, but I know my child's failings. I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my little child. How should you know how dear he can be when you try to weigh his merits against his faults? When I must punish him he becomes all the more a part of my being. When I cause his tears to come my heart weeps with him. I alone have a right to blame and punish, for he only may chastise who loves.” KnowsShouldTryingHeartMayChildrenLittlesCausesKnow HowFailingTearsMy HeartPleaseBlameFaultsDearMy ChildrenMerit Book:Delphi Collected Works of Rabindranath Tagore (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of Rabindranath Tagore (Illustrated)
“I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.” PeopleIfsWantMomentsProblemUsedTearsOne DayMirrorsBlameClarityLooking In The MirrorMoments Of Clarity Author:Tom Sizemore
“Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she should have never left me here, where her friends might look to me for help. Finally she looked at me. Her eyes were hard, but she'd let no tears fall. "This is where we blame those who are responsible, Cooper, she told me, her voice very soft. "The colemongers, and the bought Dogs at Tradesmen's kennel. We'll leave an offering for him with the Black God when all this is done, and we'll occupy ourselves with tearing these colemongers apart. all right? We put grief aside for now.” ShouldLooksStillsHardDoneHelpingHandsMightEyeFallLeftWaitingBlackVoiceGriefDogTearsShould HaveResponsibleBlameOfferingDreadHer EyesFists Author:Tamora Pierce
“He was near tears, 'Who do I blame?' he kept asking me. 'There is no God.I can only blame myself.'" The Reb's face tightened, as if in pain. "That," he said, softly, "is a terrible self-indictment." Worse than an unanswered prayer? "Oh yes. It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody's out there.” IfsThinkingSaidI CanSelfPainFacesPrayerTearsTerribleAskingBlameComfortingThere Is No GodUnansweredIndictmentUnanswered Prayers Book:Have a Little Faith: A True Story Source: Have a Little Faith: A True Story
“A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.” HumansSimpleHuman NatureTearsSorrowCreaturesKissingPraiseBlameCookingSimplicityTransientLove Kiss Author:William Wordsworth
“Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.” WellsMayTearsQuietWeaknessFairsBlameNobleBreastsContemptNobility Author:John Milton