Quotes About Perception

All stories are true,' Skarpi said, 'But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.' He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. 'More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

I do not understand this man," [Tempi] said. "Is he attempting to buy sex with me? Or does he wish to fight?

La experiencia me ha enseñado que la mejor forma de protegerte es hacer creer a tus enemigos que no pueden hacerte daño.

There was a secret deep within the hidden heart of things. Mandrag never told her that. She did not think he knew. Auri found that secret for herself. She knew the true shape of the world. All else was shadow and the sound of distant drums.

Why wasn't I already kissing this woman? Why wasn't I naked, eating violets, and playing music underneath the open sky? Looking around the room again, everything seemed terribly ridiculous. These people sitting on their benches wearing layers on layers of clothing, eating with knives and forks. It all struck me as so pointless and contrived. It was incredibly funny. It was like they were playing a game and didn't even realize it. It was like a joke I'd never understood before.

She listened, then opened up the door and looked again. Nothing. But simply seeing did not help. She knew that seeming wasn't hardly half of things.

Has deducido una verdad universal: la realidad suele ser injusta.

He drew a slow, deliberate breath before speaking. "Quiet is not stupid," he said, his voice flat. "You? Always talk. Chek chek chek chek chek." He made a motion with one hand, like a mouth opening and closing. "Always. Like dog all night barking at tree. Try to be big. No. Just noise. Just dog.

Once, I sang colors to a blind man. Seven hours I played, but at the end he said he saw them, green and red and gold.

El amor es ciego, y sordomudo.

Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician.

She tried to slide it back to proper true, but couldn't see the shape of it and couldn't tell the way of things and if it was a place where it was right.

no podía saber esa verdad que resultaba tan obvia a todos los que habían nacido y habían crecido en aquel pueblecito: las historias se contaban allí, pero sucedían en algún otro sitio.

everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

You would be amazed at how similar arrogance and confidence look at first glance.

Pero no basta con querer algo para que sea verdad.

Estoy harta de que solo me valoren por mi intelecto.-Se recostó en la silla y estiró los brazos por encima de la cabeza-. ¿Cuándo encontraré a un chico guapo que solo me quiera por mi cuerpo?

Es un asno muy culto, se le nota el porte! ¡Y por un penique de cobre te dejará que lo montes!

There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

Dice la verdad. Simmon lo miró. -¿Por qué lo dices? -Suena más sincero que cuando miente.

Creo que las cosas siempre van mal de un modo u otro -declaró-. Quizá sea que solo nosotros, los mayores, nos damos cuenta.

A veces, la realidad es solo dolor, y para huir de ese dolor, la mente tiene que abandonar la realidad.

Hay dos cosas que debéis recordar. La primera es que nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres. —Dejó de pasearse y nos miró—. La segunda es que hasta el nombre más sencillo es tan complejo que vuestra mente jamás podría tantear siquiera sus límites, y mucho menos entenderlo lo bastante bien para pronunciarlo.

Eres muy bueno. Creo que prefiero que me llames Denna. Cuando tú lo dices suena diferente. Dulce.