Quotes About Perception

This was what death would be, too, she imagined: a moment that would happen once and then recur each time it was encountered in memory,

She believes her parents do not love her less, only that before, she had a child's notion of love that did not include the small treacheries of delusion and fear and shame.

Walker studied the small, twitching motions of his

Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment.

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.

I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.

It often struck Nina that women who seemed capable of only limited mental tasks in most situations could retain information regarding other peoples weight for years, sometimes decades. Unlike genuine idiots savants, they couldn't tell you that December 13, 1972 had fallen on a Wednesday. But they could often tell you, within a pound or two, how much you'd weighed that week.

Fiksie verg nou eenmaal 'n gedeeltelike verdoeseling of vervalsing van feite, anders is dit nie meer fiksie nie.

In my experience, the unmarried women are the smartest.

New ideas are so important. The art of pleasing is to know what people want even before they want it.

Thor was watching them. 'Gretchen says what we both think,' Thor said quietly.

You don't know nothing about me. Or the life I've had. You're so quick to judge, like all the other women. Women are the worst, you know. Worse than men. I think it's because, secretly, they all know in their hearts they could be me.

The art of pleasing is to know what people want even before they want it.

What is it about the human face that it should be the most memorable thing in existence and yet its atoms are the quickest to disperse?

To be the mistress of a married man is to have the better role. Do you realize? His dirty shirt, his disgusting underwear, his daily ironing, his bad breath, his hemorrhoid attacks, his fuss, not to mention his bad moods, and his tantrums. Well all that is for his wife. When a married man comes to his mistress... he's always bleached and ironed, his teeth sparkle, his breath is like perfume, he's in a good mood, he's full of conversation, he is there to have a good time with you.

They were all people whom I either knew too well or whom I didn't wish to know at all...

Oh, my goodness-how lovely to have you here," she gushed. "Now please tell me-where is it that you're from?" "I'm from Iowa," I said, flustered by the attention. "Oh, my dear!" She shook her head, her feather bobbing. "Here on the East Coast- we pronounce it O-hi-o!

The wild animals seemed less predatory to him than people he had known.

No one told me anything, Tuya. I was always happy for you to be the smart one. But that didn't mean I was stupid.

I do not fear, for I am protected; I do not feel superior, for I know the cut of being judged. We are all human, in all the ways that matter—but one would not know that for all the ways we become blind to each other, for the smallest trivialities.

Power is transient. Power can flow from one person to another. The most powerful person in a room isn't the wealthiest or the one with the most connections. It's the person who believes the strongest, the one who has the most confidence. And, sometimes, it's the person who can make everyone else feel like less of themselves.

I raised an eyebrow. "I've told you not to talk to hairy strangers, right?" "Define hairy," Byron said, but there was a rare faint smile on his face, and I almost smiled back.

The whole world goes on and on about love. Poets spend their lives writing about it. Everyone thinks it's the most wonderful thing. But, when you mention two guys in love, they forget all that and freak out.