Quotes About Perspective

Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?

What she referenced with such careless ease seemed a world-shattering notion to me.

Take your happiness where you find it, children, and don't ask too many questions. Life is too short and uncertain to do otherwise.

Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?" "I don't know, my lady," I murmured. "I suppose it depends on who is telling the tale.

Le importava, le importava davvero di me, e a quell'idea non riuscivo a smettere di ridere, avendo trovato il mio inutile trionfo nella stordita follia del dolore. Anche se la foschia rossa di Kushiel mi velava la vista, anche se le fitte che provavo alla testa erano terribili, i miei pensieri erano chiari. L'equilibrio dei poteri era mutato, rendendoci, per una volta, pari.

The fact that he might have other things to do with his time than spend it shepherding his master's head-strong, thousand-ducat-a-night anguisette through one of the most unsavory quarters of the City never crossed my mind.

the gods answer our prayers sideways at best.

It is a funny thing, how one's perspective changes.

You've a way of putting matters into perspective." "You're young." Urist smiled slightly. "You'll learn the trick of it.

Quizá las personas que están solas no tienen tiempo. El tiempo solo se adquiere mirándolo pasar por los demás.

she couldn't offer sympathy to a girl who regarded the incident as a stroke of marvelous luck. "Well

Dad reads great fat books too, but they're not modern, they're all classics - Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy. If we have a look at Dad's book we wonder what the Dickens they're on about and they seem very Hardy, but Dad likes them.

What interests me is the experience of ordinary people. To tell you the truth, although I can repeat certain dates, statistics, and so on, what I am really curious about is what happens to ordinary men, women, and children in extraordinary times.

Now that's discrimination—when you look down your nose at the very men who fought to make sure you could still go to work in your tidy, warm office. That's the trouble with people—they cherish their comforts, but they don't want to know where they come from.

you should know that all maps are drawn in hindsight. And hindsight, if interpreted with care, is what brings us wisdom.

you have to move—go to another room, step out on a walk, or drive to a place fresh to you. Move yourself, and you move your mind. Look at the evidence from different angles.

We are all impacted by the events that will become history.

Trouble is, your best ain't always the best for those who want a say in the matter.

but remember that each day you are weaving a memory. Make sure you don't look back at these times through a veil of tears.

Look at the world beyond your immediate emotion, the immediate fury of inequality. Choose your battles, Billy.

When there are many worlds you can choose the one you walk into each day.

But crazy people never think they're crazy. You're sane just by the virtue of the question.

By the Lord, Reule better bed that Wench soon! Mara is going to start thinking her p***y is made of gold if I keep frequenting her bed like this! -Rye Drink of Me

When all around take fundamental ideas for granted, these must be the truth. For most minds there is no comfort like it.