Quotes About Perception

One story even mentioned rainbows. Who would write that? Why make a child terrified of rainbows?

No puedo creerlo. Me mentiste. ¡A mí! Kote suspiró y subió pesadamente la escalera. —¿Estás enfadado porque te he mentido, o porque no me has pillado mintiéndote? —preguntó.

Si es algo que sabe todo el mundo, no puedo permitirme el lujo de preguntarlo

I am not accusing you of engaging in boyish fancy. I am advising you to avoid the appearance of boyish fancy. Master Loren to Kvothe

Solo un necio se preocupa por lo que no puede controlar. Solo un necio desconfía de lo que ve con sus propios ojos

todo hombre sabio teme tres cosas: la tormenta en el mar, una noche sin luna y la ira de un hombre amable.

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

That is an excellent question! The answer is that each of us has two minds: a waking mind and a sleeping mind. Our waking mind is what thinks and talks and reasons. But the sleeping mind is more powerful. It sees deeply to the heart of things. It is the part of us that dreams. It remembers everything. It gives us intuition. Your waking mind does not understand the nature of names. Your sleeping mind does. It already knows many things that your waking mind does not.

he was often heard to say, 'I won the only duel I ever lost.

when the lights are out all women are the same height!

He's gentle, which people see as weak. And he's happy, which people see as stupid.

De qué sirve la atención? Es más, ¿de qué sirve observar? La gente siempre está observando cosas. Lo que debería hacer es ver. Yo veo las cosas que miro. Soy el que ve.

Demasiado tarde! —exclamó, y por un instante adoptó una actitud infantil—. Has mirado demasiado y no has visto suficiente. Mirar demasiado puede impedirte ver, ¿lo ves?

you might want to admit the possibility that you are impossibly thick when it comes to women.

Many of the stories centered around me hunting bandits and rescuing young girls. But none of them came terribly close to the truth. No story can move a thousand miles by word of mouth and keep its shape.

No hay nada que haga sentirse más viejo a un hombre que una mujer joven.

Poves? ?loveka pozná každý, okrem neho samého.

Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere." "My

His voice was deeper than mine, a warm bass with enough of a Modegan accent to lend it a slight musical cant... When he spoke, women at the surrounding tables turned to look in his direction with hungry, half-lidded eyes. His voice had the opposite effect on me. To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable. The sound of it made me feel like a cat grabbed by the tail and rubbed backward with a wet hand.

Hay dos cosas que deben 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 su mente jamás podría tantear siquiera sus límites, y mucho menos entenderlo lo bastante bien para pronunciarlo.

They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what makes us better fighters." I

Tutte le storie sono vere» disse Skarpi. «Ma questa è accaduta davvero, se è questo ciò che intendi.» Bevve lentamente un altro sorso, poi sorrise di nuovo, i suoi occhi vivaci che danzavano. «Più o meno. Devi essere un po' bugiardo per raccontare una storia nel modo giusto. Troppa verità confonde i fatti. Troppa onestà ti fa sembrare falso.

You could learn to listen just a bit more closely. Useful thing, listening.

Si es algo que sabe todo el mundo, no puedo permitirme el lujo de preguntarlo —dijo el posadero frunciendo el entrecejo.