Quotes About Attention

Her eyes were open, then on me again like they never left.

After that, I became kind of fascinated by her and by what I guessed was her ability to hear music in the silence. Back then, I'd wanted to be able to do that, too. So I took to watching her play, and though I told myself the reason for my attention was because she was as dedicated a musician as I was and that she was cute, the truth was that I also wanted to understand what she heard in the silence.

If you're not careful, the viola can make the most awful screech,

I've always said it's better to be hated than it is to be ignored. Maybe on the same lines, it's better to feel this than to feel nothing.

And I realize that before there's a next, there's a now that needs attending to.

I mean, does anybody read anymore?

It's better to be hated than it is to be ignored

We are so close, but he's looking at her, so he doesn't see me at all.

I like to be admired from afar, and then complimented up close.

Hold everything. I missed a four-way chick fight. Then I find out someone's been nibbling." William's attention shifted to Olivia, who was still lying on the floor. "Please tell me our sweet little angel is the biter. It'll make me want her ever so much more.

Enjoy him while it lasts," I called. "Apparently he has Girlfriend ADD." She looked away, but not before I caught the blush staining her cheeks.

One of these days you're going to wake up," William finally said, "and I will have shaved you, Everywhere." (Paris) "Won't make a difference. Women will still want me.

A man devoted time to what mattered to him—to what he deemed worthy of his attention.

Grass isn't greener on the other side. Grass is greener when you water it.

Low maintenance is what's forgettable. You might want to write that down, underline it, circle it and put a star by it.

There are times I wish I were invisible. Which is silly, since I do everything I can to stand out.

We have even managed to turn into a Twitter trending topic. All

Something seems wrong in a world where half the e-mail messages sent are urgent.

If you ignore them, they won't laugh.

Which one of us, anywhere in the world, doesn't yearn to be believed when the audience is watching?

Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed. It wants attention. It wants kindness. If you treated your feelings with as much love as you treated your dog or your cat or your child, you'd feel as if you were living in heaven every day of your sweet life.

What you pay attention to grows. Pay attention to your loveliness, your magnificent self. Begin now.

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But the good thing about subtle hints was that one could ignore them as long as the actual work got done.