What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,
That he should weep for her?
I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless dreaming and then some sleepy, early-morning talk has led me into considerations of death and annihilation.
Raymond CarverStichwörter: life lost sleep death dreaming confusion place insomnia
I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused.
Jodi PicoultStichwörter: smiling conversation confusion
Tall, aren't you?" she said.
"I didn't mean to be."
Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.
Stichwörter: thinking confusion
What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy. I wasn't starving or maimed by a land mine or orphaned. Yet somehow, it wasn't enough. I had a hole in me, and everything I took for granted slipped through it like sand.
I felt like I had swallowed yeast, like whatever evil was festering inside me had doubled in size.
Stichwörter: loneliness confusion
We often confuse what we wish for with what is.
Neil GaimanStichwörter: wishes sad confusion
But my brain winds and wends. Back and forth. Up and down. It feels like the county fair has inhabited my mind-- complete with sketchy rides, carnies, and sugar-amped kids crying over lost balloons. So loud and disorienting. I want it to pack up and move on to the next town. I want my mind to be an open grassy field again with crickets and dandelions.
Laura MunsonStichwörter: metaphor conflict confusion
I was just stock in the middle, vague and undefined.
Sarah DessenStichwörter: confusion teens middle
In these days of faith-cures, and hypnotism, and telepathy, and subliminalities – why, the simple old world grows very confusing. But rarely, very rarely novel.
Walter de la MareStichwörter: progress confusion novelty
Is that me?,' Leo said. 'Like me--having this dream--looking at me having a dream?
Rick RiordanStichwörter: dreams confusion leo hephaestus
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