Quotes About Perception

There was once an invisible man who had grown tired of being unseen. It was not that he was actually invisible. It was that people had become used to not seeing him. And if no one sees you, are you really there at all?"

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

But what is a dream, Conor O'Malley? the monster said, bending down so it's face was close to Conor's. Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?

Four lines, and the world went quiet. I'm sorry for telling everyone about your mum , read the first line. I miss being your friend , read the second. Are you okay? read the third. I see you , read the fourth, with the I underlined about a hundred times.

There's always beauty, if you know where to look.

Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.

People see stories everywhere...We take random events and we put them together in a pattern so we can comfort ourselves with a story, no matter how much it obviously isn't true...We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy.

Conor was no longer invisible. They all saw him now. But he was further away than ever.

Who cares even if I didn't?!" Conor shouted back. "They're just stupid berries. Woo-hoo, so scary . Oh, please, please, save me from the berries !" The monster looked at him quizzically. How strange , it said. The words you say tell me you are scared of the berries, but your actions seems to suggest otherwise.

Viola?" he says. And I turn to look at him - And when I do, I can hear everything he's thinking. Everything. Clearer than before, clearer than seems possible - And I'm not even sure I'm supposed to, but I look him in the eyes and I see it - In the middle of everything he's feeling - Even after we fought - Even after I doubted him - Even after I hurt him - I see how much he loves me.

You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she? And his Noise says the same. Interesting.

He's a woman. He's a grown woman He's a old woman.

The lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.

Many things that are true feel like a cheat.

If you're too specific, people will purposely mishear you so they can be outraged about whatever thing that usually outrages them.

People see stories everywhere," Regine says. "That's what my father used to say. We take random events and we put them together in a pattern so we can comfort ourselves with a story, no matter how much it obviously isn't true." She glances back at Seth. "We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy.

Because humans are complicated beasts," the monster said.

It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat.

Sizewise, she's always been just smaller than me. But I think of her and I feel like she's as big as the world.

But, somehow, Wilf knows. Somehow, Wilf always knows.

But what is a dream...?...Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?

I love that you're worried,' she says, 'but you're worried about all the wrong things.

Girls are small and polite and smiley. They wear dresses and their hair is long and it's pulled into shapes behind their heads or on either side.

There's always beauty," Seth murmurs. "If you know where to look.