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Quotes About Layers

'True Detective' is a densely layered work with resonant details and symbology and rich characterization under the guise of one of the forms of this mystery genre. That's what we shoot for.
~ Nic Pizzolatto
As with all things, layer settles upon layer, and in time the deepest, darkest ones become forgotten – yet they have shaped all that lies above.
~ Steven Erikson
But the world had its layers. To the simple it offered simplicity. To the wise it offered profundity. And the only measure of courage worth acknowledging was found in accepting where one stood in that scheme – in hard
~ Steven Erikson
You're the one needing a bath,' the marine said. The Daru's expression displayed shock, then dismay. 'Outrageous notion. Sufficient layers of sweet scent applied over sufficient years, nay, decades, have resulted in a permanent and indeed impervious bouquet of gentlest fragrance.' He waved his plump, pale hands. 'A veritable aura about oneself to draw lovestruck butterflies—
~ Steven Erikson
Their power comes, as Monok Ochem said, from layers. Stone shaped into tools and weapons. Air shaped by throats. Minds that discovered, faint as flickering fires in the sky, the recognition of oblivion, of an end…to life, to love. Eyes that witnessed the struggle to survive, and saw with wonder its inevitable failure. To know and to understand that we must all die, Trull Sengar, is not to worship death. To know and to understand is itself magic, for it made us stand tall.
~ Steven Erikson
Seabear's love of soft folk sounds is unquestionable, but that doesn't stop the Icelandic band from infusing its music with layers of instrumentation.
~ Anthony Fantano
People often only see one side to someone's personality, but there are levels.
~ Ross Lynch
Alicia says that every crime is like an onion: you have to cut through lots of layers to find out what's hidden inside, and on the way you must shed a few tears.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Todo crimen es como una cebolla: hay que cortar a través de muchas capas para ver qué esconde y por el camino hay que derramar unas cuantas lágrimas.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The supernatural world was like an onion. You peel back the layers, only to find more layers, on and on, hopelessly trying to reach the mysterious core. Then you start crying.
~ Carrie Vaughne
This story is about people,secrets and time.About people who, not unlike parcels,hide secrets,who cover themselves with layers until they present themselves to the right ones who can unwrap them and see inside.
~ Cecelia Ahern
This story is about people, secrets, and time. About people who, not unlike wrapped parcels, cover themselves with layers and layers until they present themselves to the right ones who can unwrap them and see inside.
~ Cecelia Ahern
But man, even to himself, is a palimpsest, having an ostensible writing, and another beneath the lines.
~ Thomas Hardy
Todo el mundo tiene algún secreto. Como hace una ostra con un grano de arena, lo enterramos a gran profundidad en nuestro interior y lo cubrimos con capas opalescentes, como si eso pudiera curar nuestra herida mortal.
~ C.W. Gortner
Everyone has secret. Like the oyster with its grain of sand, we bury it deep within, coating it with opalescent layers, as if that could heal our mortal wound. Some of us devote our entire lives to keeping our secret hidden, safe from those who might pry it from us, hoarding it like the pearl, only to discover that it escapes us when we least expect it. revealed by a flash of fear in our eyes when caught unawares, by a sudden pain, a rage or hatred, or an all-consuming shame.
~ C.W. Gortner
We tend to be rather murky little ponds, containing many layers of suspended dirt and grime and our greatest depths are stirred by the strangest of currents.
~ Irvine Welsh
Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.
~ Voltaire
My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena.
~ Bennett Miller
He's a layered person, so you have to tackle all the aspects of Tupac individually.
~ Demetrius Shipp, Jr.
The beauty of doing a series is that, over the course of time, it's like peeling an onion. You're able to reveal these layers, more and more. You just don't want to reveal too much, too soon.
~ Harry Lennix
my life seemed more fully layered because of the choices I had made, both consciously and in ignorance. I
~ Susan Meissner
One of the reasons I love horror so much is - when it's done well - you can keep peeling away the layers and see something new every time.
~ Misha Green
When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered.
~ Park Chan-wook
I want to soundtrack people's layered feelings.
~ Kelela