Quotes About Insight

She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to took upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality

Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They are right.

All words at all times, true or false, whispered or shouted, are clues to the workings of the human heart.

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.

Do not hope; instead, observe" were words that Flora, as a cynic, had found useful in the extreme. She repeated them to herself a lot.

He must, he realized, know somewhere, deep inside him, more things than he had ever dreamed of.

You know, my eyes ain't too good at all. I can't see nothing but the general shape of things, so I got to rely on my heart. Why don't you go on and tell me everything about yourself, so as I can see you with my heart.

The story is smarter than I am.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another. Author,s note

And Rob knew then that he had picked the right person to tell.

I thought I was going nowhere, but now I see there was a pattern.

The most profound and difficult questions that could possibly be posed by the human mind or heart will be answered within for the price of one florit.

You seem to have an uncommon knowledge of young people. May I ask if you are, or have been, a teacher? Oh no! Mrs Carey remarked with a smile, I am just a mother- that's all!

The growth of the imagination demands windows-windows through which we can look out at the world and windows through which we can look into ourselves. The old stories were windows in just this way.

You're different from everyone else. All the rules and emotions and obligations that guide most of us through life—they're invisible to us. They're natural, like breathing. But they're visible to you.

suspect that we do not know any more than the people of the past did, but only think somewhat differently.

I am like glass to him, like water, Hannah thought to herself, alone now in the music room, heart racing. He sees through me, but how? Page: 97

Where's my clairvoyance when I need it? Hell, where are any of my senses?

He decided not to try to pin her down on that; he had a feeling it was one he wouldn't win. He hadn't known Isabel Adams an hour before reaching the conclusion that she was extremely unlikely to let slip by accident anything she didn't want him to know.

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

he slowly put down the hamburger he was eating, stared straight into my eyes, and, without missing a beat, said rather dryly, "That explains a lot.

It was one of those still, clear moments when you realize that you haven't understood anything at all, that you have had no real comprehension of the other person's world.

379Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

But sometimes the hardest things in the world to see are the ones that are right up on you.