Quotes About Perception

And isn't the whole point of things-beautiful things-that they connect you to some larger beauty

The days were so much alike I barely noticed the months pass.

They understood not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good.

the line of beauty is the line of beauty. It doesn't matter if it's been through the Xerox machine a hundred times.

It was one thing to see a painting in a museum but to see it in all those lights and moods amd seasons was to see it a thousamd different ways

She was beautiful, too. That's almost secondary; but still, she was.

I was not frightened, for I was one of those happy children who are studiously kept in ignorance of ghost stories, of fairy tales, and of all such lore as makes us cover up our heads when the door creeks suddenly, or the flicker of an expiring candle makes the shadow of a bed-post dance upon the wall, nearer to our faces.

This always shocked me like a momentary glare of insanity.

As side-by-side we walked along this road, hemmed in by two loose stone-like walls, something running towards us in a zig-zag line passed us at a wild pace, with a sound like a frightened laugh or shudder.

A man is so much judged by his acquaintance; and, in fact, it is essential.

It has been said that some people go to church to eye the clothes and others go to close their eyes.

Never judge a book by its movie.

When we take people merely as they are, we make them worse; when we treat them as if they were what they should be, we improve them as fat as they can be improved.

Look for strengths in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.

Some people are naturally brave. Others, like me, learn to fake it. I still had no idea if faked bravery and real bravery were the same thing.

Personally, I wouldn't mind Alzheimer's. You buy one magazine, and you're entertained for the rest of your life.

Like people would ever want to read books on an electronic screen.

Nothing is black and white. There are no universal standards that determine what's good and what's evil. It's subjective.

The cab smelled like curry, cigarettes, and body odor, and the safety glass between me and the driver had cracks in it.

Blake Crouch, Chicago's deputy chief, and says, "I don't know." Crouch resembles a mole, with a long, sharp nose and tiny black eyes.

We need to reclaim that word. And pussy, too. Why is calling someone a pussy equal to calling them weak? Pussies can take any penis you throw at them, pump out babies, and last a lifetime without needing erectile dysfunction pills. They're tough and resilient and provide pleasure for those who own them and those who want to use them. We need to take pussy back. It should be a compliment. Someone is brave or strong, they should be called a pussy.

I'm guessing GoLYTELY isn't a taste sensation." "They claim it's chocolate-flavored. More like chalk-flavored. I'd rather drink a gallon of paint.

screw the diamonds, they're just dirt with an attitude.

The older names of flowers involved a similar degree of awareness; we might guess at the qualities of plants called hound's piss and goodnight-at-noon, but it took real intimacy to name a flower courtship-and-matrimony: its sweet scent fades after picking.