Quotes About Insight

The matter does not appear to appear to me now as it appears to have appeared to me then.

he tried to visualise her apartment, but he couldn't do it, he didn't know enough about her.

You always knew if a film was out of synch, however fractionally; you always knew if someone fancied you, however improbably; and you always knew when someone was on your tail.

Of the few things I've learned is that humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way.

All things are known, Tallis, but most things are forgotten.

You read too much and understand too little.

I do not like odd things until I can understand them.

At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.

Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.

i can't understand her well son, you might as well try to understand the sun

But only a fool thought he knew what was in a woman's head just because she had a smile on her face.

Uncomplicated men assumed others to have uncomplicated motivations

Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing.

The Elders always said I spoke an hour before I thought.

My mother," she said firmly, "always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.

He was as much a fool as any man or woman. He just had enough experience to recognize it. It took a few seasons before a man could put that together.

This was not the first time she had squeezed meanings from his words that he never knew were in them.

Women could compress a great deal into one look.

Ragan gave him a guarded look that said he agreed with every word but strongly doubted Uno's wisdom in voicing them. Ragan, it seemed, had the makings of a wise man in him.

When a woman plays the fool, look for the man.

The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.

You did not rise in the ships just through your ability to Weave the Winds or predict the weather or fix a position. You needed to read the intent that lay between the words of your orders, to interpret small gestures and facial expressions; you had to notice who deferred to whom, even subtly, for courage and ability alone took you only so high.

A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife;

He strains to hear a whisper who refuses to hear a shout.