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Quotes About Perception

Tir hoila ishrahoi, coi ri pirith mutoi'on; Tir miyil oitossi, kun ri mursal arilil hi; Tirsa hir'gingall vo'is?
~ R. Scott Bakker
And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things—all things!—but only so long as it remains invisible.
~ R. Scott Bakker
Men, Kellhus had once told her, were like coins: they had two sides. Where one side of them saw, the other side of them was seen, and though all men were both at once, men could only truly know the side of themselves that saw and the side of others that was seen—they could only truly know the inner half of themselves and the outer half of others.
~ R. Scott Bakker
Like many arrogant men, Proyas thought his insults an extension of his honesty.
~ R. Scott Bakker
he now knew with certainty that the world was hollowed of its wonder by knowledge and travel, that when one stripped away the mysteries, its dimensions collapsed rather than bloomed.
~ R. Scott Bakker
People don't always take us seriously," she continued. "People come to HorrorLand and think it's all a big joke. People laugh at the signs around the park. They laugh at the rides and attractions.
~ R.L. Stine
My name is Abe Marcus. Ned and I are identical twins. We look exactly alike. Even Ma and Pa can't tell us apart. But we don't act alike. I am the serious twin. Maybe it's because I am two minutes older.
~ R.L. Stine
Tap-tap-tap is better than thump-thumpthump, Ivy said.
~ R.L. Stine
Was it it possible that I thought a pile of clothes was a smiling girl?' - Amanda Benson
~ R.L. Stine
would be funny if Mr. Piccolo resembled a piccolo, but he doesn't. Actually, he's quite round. More like a bass fiddle. He has a big pouch of a belly that stretches the oversized turtleneck sweaters he always wears. He has a round face, too. He's mostly bald and his scalp shines like a bowling ball. He wears square eyeglasses, which are always sliding down
~ R.L. Stine
dude. I'm twelve, but I look like a high school guy. I'm pretty strong, too. That's a good thing. But I guess kids also call me Monster because of my temper.
~ R.L. Stine
HOUSE OF MIRRORS. REFLECT BEFORE YOU ENTER. NO ONE MAY EVER SEE YOU AGAIN!
~ R.L. Stine
There are all kinds of worlds in the real world, she said softly. Most people don't know that. ~ (From The Nightmare Room #8, Shadow Girl)
~ R.L. Stine
Other world! There is no other world! Here or nowhere is the whole fact.
~ Unknown
Because you've got guy parts, you're automatically a better mechanic than me? I don't think so, Eve said, and bailed out of the passenger side.
~ Rachel Caine
He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right? Like what? Like hitting on you. Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way. Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee. What? You think he does? Sometimes he looks at you a little... oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood. Again, Ew! What's with you this morning? Not enough coffee.
~ Rachel Caine
Hess laughed. You know, I thought you were a mousy little thing when I first saw you, Claire, but you're not, are you? Not underneath. Oh, I am mousy, she said.All this scares the hell out of me. But I don't know what else to do, sir, except try. Even a mouse bites.
~ Rachel Caine
Shut up! Eve yelled from somewhere upstairs. Jackass! You know, when people say that, I just hear the word awesome
~ Rachel Caine
Is it him?" Dad asked. "Did he get you into trouble?" "Not me," Shane said. "I've just got that kind of face.
~ Rachel Caine
Morely: You're trying to make me [i]Amelie[/i] Oliver: Goodness, no. You'd look terrible in a skirt
~ Rachel Caine
Tell me he's not talking to Brandon," Claire said. "Um… Ok. He's not talking to Brandon." "You're lying." "Yeah. He's talking to Brandon. Look, let Shane do his thing, okay? He's not as stupid as he looks, mostly.
~ Rachel Caine
Yeah, she was hot, all right, but I think she had the hots for you - kept saying how she saw you over at the Waterhouse last year and you were all, like, wow, amazing. It was like a menage a trois, only you weren't there, thank God.
~ Rachel Caine
She keeps asking me where we're going. Yeah, another voice said. It was Shane, pulling up a chair beside Claire. Girls do that. They've always got to be taking the relationship somewhere. That's not true! It is, he said. I get it; somebody's got to be looking ahead. But it makes guys think they're- Closed in, Michael said. Trapped, Shane added. Idiots, Claire finished.
~ Rachel Caine
Girl, it's an umbrella, not a Lamborghini
~ Rachel Caine