Quotes About Insight

I can't defend this position, but I think I take photographs because there are things that nobody would see unless I photographed them.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

The view from outside is a better place to examine a society.

Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.

Mercy?" "Just a minute," I told Adam. "I'm in the middle of a revelation.

I can't protect you from knowledge.

Charles looked at her thoughtfully. "People talk to you," he said. "That could be useful.

It was complicated. I understood it, mostly, but I had to think a little sideways to do it.

just because one is submissive doesn't make them stupid. My experience has suggested the opposite. We have a saying, 'Listen when the soft ones speak.'" Smith

Coyote," said Hopi Woman dryly, "doesn't much worry about understanding anything, which is why he understands so much.

Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.

He sees people—all the way through them—and he likes them anyway.

already knew the ending, I didn't feel

In the experience is the emotion. In the emotion is the gift.

Oliver has stated many times his dislike of hearing advice from his younger sister, so it is his own fault if he has not got sense enough to see which way the wind is blowing.

I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse. — Nigerian Proverb

I don't write about what I know: I write in order to find out what I know.

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

If we open ourselves up to our feelings, our intuition, and our spiritual centers, we become much closer to the mystery of the Universe.

Cassie. I know some things," said Mama. "What things?" "I know you watch me all the time," said Mama. I started to shake my head, but Mama stopped me. "I saw you in the night, watching. I saw you watching me with the goslings. I know you're afraid." "Grandfather told you," I whispered. "He didn't have to tell me," Mama said. "I'm smart, you know.

You will have a story in there. . . or a character, a place, a poem, a moment in time. When you find it, you will write it. Word after word after word after word.

Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.

There is a joy...in creating surprising insight into a character. The characters in my books become, for me, good friends, extended family members, or the brothers and sisters I never had. Books affect lives, especially children's lives, because children have a genuine belief in the truth of stories, the ultimate gift for the writer. It's a shared gift—from writer to reader and back again.