Quotes About Clarity

Tell all the truth but tell it slant.

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.

In a serener Bright, In a more golden light I see Each little doubt and fear, Each little discord here Removed.

In a Life that stopped guessing, you and I should not feel at home

One note from one bird is better than a million words...

Not "Revelation" – tis – that waits But our unfurnished eyes –

And through a Riddle, at the last-- Sagacity, must go--

Saying nothing sometimes says the most.

There interposed a fly, With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, Between the light and me; And then the windows failed, and then I could not see to see.

Tell all the truth but tell it slant- success in circuit lies Too bright for our infirm delight the truth's suberp surprise As lightning to the children eased with explanation kind the truth must dazzle gradually or every man be bilnd-

I felt a clearing in my mind As if my brain had split ; I tried to match it, seam by seam, But could not make them fit. The thought behind I strove to join Unto the thought before, But sequence ravelled out of reach Like balls upon a floor.

Better an ignis fatuus Than no illume at all -

maybe one of the reasons i don't express myself as well as i want to is because inside, shoved way down into an unseen pit, i'm not sure of what i want.

Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?

Because sometimes you just can't see the things that are the closest to you.

I think I hoped for something more. Maybe I even hoped that I could find in Richard what I had with Ben. But it is suddenly very clear: Richard is not fallin in love with me and I'm not falling in love with Richard. We are not creating anything permanent or special. We are only having fun together. It is a fling- a fling just like he said last night- a fling with an ending yet to be determined. I feel relieved to have it defined

I had never understood what people meant when they said they'd rather be alone if they couldn't be in the right relationship. Now I got it.

You know in your heart when you're doing the right thing and when you're not. And you just have to do everything you can to stay the course.

A drunk mind speaks a sober heart

Because sometimes you just can't see the things that are closest to you.

It's always a good feeling when you can produce just the right one-liner to prove your point so tidily.

I see the light at the end of the candle.

If you're sorry, folks can tell. No use piling on the verbiage.

I'm beginning to know enough to know that I know nothing.