Quotes About Perception

She always had that look about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.

My sense of smell seemed preternaturally enhanced, so that I could almost taste every dish- the fish grilled in the ashes of the brazier, the roasted goat's cheese, the dark pancakes and the light, the hot chocolate cake, the confit de canard and the spiced merguez...

Gli abitanti di Lansquenet hanno imparato l'arte di osservare senza incrociare i suoi occhi. Sento il loro sguardo come un respiro sulla nuca, stranamente privo di ostilità, e tuttavia freddo. Per loro siamo una curiosità, parte del carnevale, una ventata che viene da terre lontane.

I've always recognized that look – that look of sanctified contempt adopted by the righteous.

Love is the thing that only God sees.

Like all other acts of creation, magic is just a state of mind

I was surprised. It's not often that a woman receives an apology from a man, especially not in such circumstances. I am far more used to being told: You need to learn to take a joke, or; Why must you be so sensitive? Little girls are taught the lesson almost from the cradle. Boys will be boys. It's a man's world. It's because he likes you.

To be a woman, I have learnt, is to be the constant recipient of unwanted pieces of male advice.

Bet mano pasaulis yra ?ia. Galb?t jis ir mažas, ta?iau net šimt? met? gyvendamas aš neišsemsiu visos jo begalin?s ?vairov?s.

Quem não sabe que ao pé de cada bandeira grande, pública, ostensiva, há muitas vezes várias outras bandeiras modestamente particulares, que se hasteiam e flutuam à sombra daquela, e não poucas vezes lhe sobrevivem? Mal

Nada tenho que ver com a ciência; mas, se tantos homens em quem supomos juízo são reclusos por dementes, quem nos afirma que o alienado não é o alienista?

Prazos largos são fáceis de subscrever; a imaginação os faz infinitos.

Nada há mais feio que dar pernas longuíssimas a ideias brevíssimas.

Talvez a imaginação lhe mostrou, ao longe, o famoso olho da opinião, a fitá-lo sarcasticamente, com um ar de pulha; talvez uma boca invisível lhe repetiu ao ouvido as chufas que ele escutara ou dissera outrora.

Sometimes I can't see myself when I'm with you. I can only just see you.

Everyone will think I'm ugly. Tik Tok smiled. That's true. But we are a small village. We have narrow tastes. There's no telling who else in the world would think you're beautiful.

He even listened to more than her sounds, because Tiger Lily was a girl of few words. He listened with his eyes, watched her facial expressions, judged body language, and therefore read Tiger Lily better than anyone else.

It's disappointing to know that someone can see right through you.

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

When we're awake, we see what we need to see. When we're asleep, we see what is really there.

Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his infant; the rapist who was sexually abused as a child; the kidnapper who truly believed he was saving a life. And just because you break the law doesn't mean you have intentionally crossed the line into evil. Sometimes the line creeps up on you, and before you know it, you're standing on the other side.

I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.

People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know.