Quotes About Perception

There's so much gray to every story—nothing is so black and white.

She asked how I liked my tea and I told her with cream and sugar (but really, I like my tea to be coffee)

Men are so easily drawn to fake things.

I was recently cautioned about some 'difficult' characters in a work-in-progress, and I was surprised at first to hear them labeled as such. On second glance, there was nothing more difficult about them than anyone I know. But in a book you are privy to an interior world which exposes the uglier parts that in life we get to hide. Arguably, all characters should be somewhat unlikable.

Sometimes it's not the truth itself but the surprise that feels like a blow.

Shame is cunning," Ms. Witt said. "Even if the feeling doesn't come from a rational place, it sticks. But that doesn't mean it's real.

I could always feel a cactus resting softly on my neck when he looked my way.

Luna and Owen took a walk along the river, ate cider doughnuts, and visited a tourism info booth, hunting for any form of amusement. They were surrounded by people decades older who were thrilled by the sight of a dead leaf. "Is that what happens when you get older? You get more and more excited by smaller and smaller things?" Owen asked. "I hope so," Luna said.

My mother used to say, If you stared at him long enough, he was handsome. And my father would continue, But your mother was the only one who had the patience.

Casey was telling Luna to live in the moment, to enjoy the easy gifts that life offered. But Luna couldn't help but feel a faint threat in the subtext.

boundary blindness

is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. That's all, folks. Be safe out there.

Owen looked at Greg, who shrugged. Owen had no idea what the shrug was intended to convey. Greg rarely said anything. But unlike most people who use words sparingly, he hadn't developed superior forms of nonverbal communication.

Luna nodded at Greg, who returned the look with an embarrassed smile. Greg always seemed confused by his wife's behavior, as if she were an alien with entirely different customs from his.

An old man who listens is better than a young woman who doesn't.

Owen, however, saw past Luna's ordinary armor. He recognized a feral quality in her. He saw a girl roiling with secrets. And he would have paid good money to know a few of them.

When did things go wrong?" "Your question is based on a faulty premise. Who says there was something wrong with the marriage?

If you look at the pictures in her social media accounts, there's always dirty laundry in the background. She's a slob. Does that sound like an astronaut to you?

He tried to remember, to repeat, to imprint in his brain, Luna's parting words of advice: People don't know what you think they know.

I circled the next puddle and said, "I'm going to let you in on a secret: People don't grow up like you think they do." Rae sighed and said, "What are you talking about?" "The whole grown-up thing is a myth. Whatever is wrong with you now will probably be wrong with you in twenty years.

There are two kinds of womanizers. Those who love women too much and those who hate them.

With a lot of hair and make-up then I'm possibly, remotely attractive. But it's rare, I don't think I'm ugly but I'm nothing particularly special. I'm not a yoga and health girl. I don't exercise that much and I eat crap and smoke and bite my nails.

If you had a guy who could carry you, why weren't women carried around all the time?

She had a vague notion that dogs preferred football and politics. This