Quotes About Perspective

One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed.

Samuel laughed out loud. "You still haven't figured it out, have you, Mercy? He never was mad about the car. He was the first one at the scene of the accident. He thought you'd killed yourself. We all did. That was a pretty spectacular wreck.

How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?

Nothing you will object to," James replied in a soothing tone. I cannot think how he came to imagine that he would know what I might or might not object to.

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

Sometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters telling me what to do.

Men can be such provoking creatures. One would think the entire world and everything in it were made only for their enjoyment and approval.

Lord Daner isn't my boyfriend," Eleret said, annoyed. She'd let it go by once, but after two mentions, she had to correct him. Karvonen would drive her crazy if he kept referring to Daner that way. "Huh." Karvonen pursed his lips skeptically. "I'll bet it's not because he didn't try." "You'd lose." "Then Daner's an idiot," Karvonen said with feeling.

I think some people are lucky to be so fond of a place they are going back to. But it's not lucky if they let that blind them to the place they find themselves

Shiara glanced up at me, then sighed. "Oh, all right. I'm sorry, Suz." The lizard twisted his head around. "You are?" He ran around the branch again and peered at her upside down from underneath the limb. "No, you're not at all. How disappointing. I accept." He ran back up on top of the branch.

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

He pushed his glasses up on his nose and gave me a sidelong look, the one that meant he was so sure you were wrong that he could just wait and let you find out for yourself the hard way.

I'm sorry. I'm used to people objecting to things because they think I can't do them or shouldn't do them. It didn't occur to me that you might have a real reason.

Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.

The mind of the man and the mind of the woman is the same, but this business of living makes women use their minds in ways that men don't even have to think about.

An oppressed group's experiences may put its members in a position to see things differently, but their lack of control over the ideological apparatuses of society makes expressing a self-defined standpoint more difficult.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

To put human-made objects in their proper place as tools, we must learn the art of contentment.

Excluding your partner's perspective and insisting on your own, no matter how you put it, implies that being right is more important to you than how your partner feels and more important than the well-being of your relationship.

Developing the ability to experience the world through your partner's eyes, while holding on to your own perspective, may be the single most important skill in intimate relationships.

While we may believe the circumstances of our lives have led us to think in a certain way, it is more accurate to say that the way we think is affecting the circumstances of our lives.

Old women in the house. That's all we need," grumped Grandfather. "That from an old man, of course," said Papa.

Do you like children?" asked Cassie, staring at Grandfather. Grandfather took a spoonful of soup. "Do you? Like children?" asked Cassie again. Sarah reached out her hand and put it on Cassie's arm to stop her talk. "Don't know many," said Grandfather. "Do you like the ones you know?" "No," said Grandfather. Cassie was surprised at Grandfather's answer. Her mouth fell open.

Some words may make you happy, some may make you said. Maybe some will make you angry. What I hope. . . what I hope is that something will whisper in your ear.