Quotes About Mind

turning scarlet in her mind

Every time he blinks, a memory ripples across the undersides of his eyelids:

Why, even at the moment of his escape, must some inexplicable warning murmur in a distant region of his mind?

As if, inside Werner's head, an infinitesimal orchestra has stirred to life.

Hertz's theories are interesting but what he loves most is building things, working with his hands, connecting his fingers to the engine of his mind.

Memory gallops, then checks up and veers unexpectedly; to memory, the order of occurrence is arbitary

Então, crianças, como o cérebro, que vive sem uma centelha de luz, constrói para nós um mundo cheio de luz?

Todo dia, ela tira um tempo para se perder nos reinos da memória...

Her uncle seems almost a child, monastic in the modesty of his needs and wholly independent of any sort of temporal obligations. And yet she can tell he is visited by fears so immense, so multiple, that she can almost feel the terror pulsing inside him. As though some beast breathes all the time at the windowpanes of his mind.

even in the midst of grief the mind grapples with a hundred impressions: a pain below the heart, an odor on the breeze.

If it is a hallucination, let it be.

Memory gallops, then checks up and veers unexpectedly; to memory, the order of occurrence is arbitrary.

there is no such thing as perpetuall Tranquillity of mind, while we live here; because Life it selfe is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare." God had something better in store for the righteous in heaven, but here below it was all buffeting and collision, both outside our heads and in them.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

a detective must occasionally be guided by his worst imaginings – which is to say that he must put himself in the mind of the criminal.

If I were of a philosophical frame of mind I might wonder to what extent any one of us is in control of our own destiny, or if indeed we can ever predict the far-reaching consequences of actions which, at the time, may seem entirely trivial.

aunque, como ya he contado, procuraba no llenar su mente con información que en su opinión careciera de valor material. Que el cielo protegiera al hombre que intentara entablar una conversación con él acerca de política o filosofía: un niño de diez años sabría más. Una cosa puedo decir acerca de aquella tarde:

And here, out in the darkness, identical twins were stalking each other, one of them with murder on his mind.

I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.

In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.

I just think that it's very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.

I really, truly believe that writing comes out of the body; of course, the mind is working as well, but it's a double thing and that doubleness is united. I mean, you can't separate persona from psyche; you just can't do it.

I have the craziest dreams when I'm digesting a massive amount. It feels so real, it's psychedelic.