In all 10 stories, characters are drawn to the thoughts of things — the opportunity to attend a selective school; the secret rite of an all-male club; sex, marriage, motherhood and friendship — but reality often eludes their ideas and yearnings, leaving them confused, regretful and wanting more.
The only thing we can know about morals is that we get pleasure from the thought of some things and pain from the thought of others.
The film plays on the thought of how things could have been.
Dalí, whose precisely realistic renderings of fantastic images like melting watches are very popular with art collectors both casual and serious, once said that he awoke "wonderstruck" at the thought of the prodigious things he would do that day.
I know now that this was my pre-empty-nest grief talking, but at the time, the thought of all the things she did not know was terrifying.
James said he didn't want to entertain the thought of how badly things could've gone that night and, besides, right now his mind is elsewhere.
The thought of the whole thing is completely unpleasant, but the present moment isn't insurmountable.
I was kind of horrified by the thought of doing one thing for so long.
I love the thought of a homely thing such as a carpet becoming a vehicle for adventure.
