Quotes About Perception

That this woman talking to him had large, melting brown eyes and long brown hair the color of a doe's, on a face meant for an artist's canvas, all attached to a nifty little compact body that could tempt the gods meant nothing. She was insane.

He nodded, still holding her gaze in that way he had that convinced her that not only could he read her mind, but he could see right through her. Inside her.

Uh oh. Women and their ideas scare me.

I always feared there was something about me. Maybe some inability to be loved that men could sense left over from being raised without family ties. Maybe loneliness is like a flaw men can spot and so shy away from.

what we believe affects how we behave—and how we behave dictates our reality.

Americans have totally skewed ideas about portion size. I have never been to a country that has portions as enormous as we do.

Simply put: once you accept you're old—you become old. Your

Their philosophy was that you should not always trust your senses and sense experience in order to understand the world, but should rely ultimately on logic and mathematics.

When it comes to the meaning of space and time the difficulty we have is not surprising, for we are ourselves imprisoned within them, and it is hard to free our minds from their confines and 'see' reality from the outside.

we have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. Albert Einstein

But it would be naïve to think that this extraordinary success has drawn us ever closer to comprehending a reality of things-in-themselves

You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.

Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.

Harry, Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, what you know about women, I could juggle.

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike. Most chicks do, I said. Roar of the engine and so on. Murphy's blue eyes glittered with annoyance and anticipation. Pig. You really enjoy dropping all women together in the same demographic, don't you? It's not my fault all women like motorcycles, Murph. They're basically huge vibrators. With wheels.

When you do something stupid and die, it's pathetic," I said. "When you do something stupid and survive it, then you get to call it impressive or heroic.

Rule number one of the wizarding business. Never let them see you sweat. People expect us to know things. It can be a big advantage. Don't screw it up by looking like you're as confused as everyone else. Bad for the image.

the Female Once-Over--a process by which one woman creates a detailed profile of another woman based upon about a million subtle details of clothing, jewelry, makeup, and body type, and then decides how much of a social threat she might be. Men have a parallel process, but it's binary: Does he have beer? If yes, will he share with me?

I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.

Maybe the Merlin was right. Maybe its better to look stupid but strong, than it is to look smart but weak, I don't know. I'm not sure I want to believe that the world stage bears that strong a resemblance to high school.

Susan hardly had begun to slow down when Tera appeared from between a couple of buildings and loped over to the car. I leaned forward, opened the door, and she got into the backseat. I threw her the extra clothes I had picked up, and she began to dress without comment. It worked, I said. We did it. Of course it worked, Tera said. Men are foolish. They will stare at anything female and naked.

Stop, Kincaid said in a calm voice. Unclench. Unclench what? Murphy demanded. Unclench your ass. Excuse me? You're going to trip the beam. You need another quarter inch. Relax. I am relaxed, Murphy growled. Oh, Kincaid said. Damn, great ass then.