Quotes About Recognition

Locksley? It was. The fall of pale hair, the set of wide shoulders, the posture of his body. Unmistakable. She knew him instantly. And knew, without knowing why, that she would always know him.

Any man who looked at her forty-year-old butt like that deserved a reward.

We are legion, an army of millions. Though most of us will go to any length to hide our compulsions, we recognize one another. The guy using a paper towel to turn the restroom doorknob, the child counting his eyelashes, the old man wearing Kleenex boxes for shoes - these are my brothers. We are a secret tribe. We're like Freemasons, except that our secret handshake is followed by a vigorous washing session.

If you weren't an extrovert, if you weren't shoving yourself out into the open all the time, posting selfies everywhere, demanding attention, talking constantly, people just gazed right past you. You got overlooked.

you really have never heard of me, have you?" "I totally almost have," protested Carmen.

The first time I saw him again, it was another year, at my college graduation. And I just knew.

They seem to have noticed her for the first time

We smile at each other and I feel that wonderful sensation of being known by someone.

You can chalk up things to coincide so many times before you have to face the truth.

To feel so known, so understood. It's such a wonderful feeling...

If not for you, I would not have written this book. Truly, this one is for you.

I see her car first.

They had looked at me like I was a real girl, not just somebody's little sister.

I think you're very special. I think you are probably one of the most special people at our school, and I wish more people knew that about you. Or maybe I don't, because sometimes it's nice to be the only one who knows something.

This year I'm going as Cho Chang from Harry Potter. I've got my Ravenclaw scarf and an old black choir robe I found on eBay, plus one of my dad's ties and a wand. I'm not going to win any contests, but at least people will know what I am. I wish I never have to answer a what are you? question ever again.

I can just tell that you're the kind of girl who does.

If someone is giving you a compliment, I don't think they should have to tell you they're giving you one; it should probably be obvious to the person receiving it.

Sometimes I don't think about her at all, and then...and then sometimes I'll have a thought like, I wonder what she would think of me now? She only knew me as a little girl, and now I'm a teenager, and I wonder, if she saw me on the street, would she recognize me?

I'm not going to win any contests, but at least people will know what I am. I wish I never have to answer a What are you? question ever again.

She always says people's names like I should already know who they are.

Like different how?" I know I'm digging for a compliment, but I don't care.

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND IT DOES ME NO GOOD AT ALL

You can call me Alexia. I like it when you say it.

And she deserved it.