Quotes About Perception

Tocohl frowned, and saw Kejesli suddenly for what he was. He was a man trying not to be Sheveschkem, without conscious knowledge of what being Sheveschkem actually entailed. He spoke GalLing' but danced Sheveschkem; he wore worlds' motley, but lowered his ceiling.

Perhaps we are all too small-minded to glimpse creation, even out little corner of it.

Perhaps we are all too small-minded to glimpse creation, even our little corner of it.

Back in 1993, he said, "An orangutan could figure out that the stock is selling miles above the value of the company if it were liquidated. I keep telling people this, but they keep buying the stock."24

It is in the interest of those who control our energy to make it seem that the status quo is natural, right, and impossible to change. It is in our interest to figure out this is not always true." —Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

In the common perception, there is something unseemly about young people getting rich. Getting rich is supposed to be the reward for hard work, preferably arriving when you are too old to enjoy it. And the spectacle of young millionaires who made their bundle not from business or crime but from avant-garde art is particularly offensive. The avant-garde is supposed to be the conscience of the culture, not its id.

What Helen of Troy did in her spare time and what she was 'really like' are not questions that torture us.

Time is so...fluid where I live

Here's the thing about being shy: just because you're not bowling people over with your giant personality, they might think there's not a lot going on inside. But they'd be wrong. Quiet types have rich inner worlds - we just don't let everyone see them.

Just because I'm not a good reader doesn't mean I'm stupid.

Even without being believed, magic can change things. It moves invisibly through the air, dissolving the usual ways of seeing, allowing new ways to creep in, secretly, quietly, like a stray cat sliding thought the bushes.

If you don't believe it's elves, that's your problem. I know it's elves.

Guys can smell desperation. It triggers an instinct in them to run far and fast so they aren't around when a woman starts peeling apart her heart.

Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself? ...No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.

Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.

What was God thinking when he created a guy this handsome? He wasn't a gift to womankind, he was a torture device.

I didn't bother to explain about the glitter in my hair. I figured they could think it was a family trait. We all glittered, just like the Cullens in Twilight.

Fairy's side note: Even people who don't believe in magic really do.

Peacocks have the bright feathers. Fish have the long tails. Women have the mall.

Women" he said in disgust. I wasn't sure whether we was referring to me or nuns.

If I'd believed that stuff was true, I would have missed out on loving you.

By definition, fiction writers lie for a living.

Some stories are real. And a lot of stories that aren't real are still true.

Vision is also a fickle creature. You can see an object a hundred times, a thousand times, and it remains unchanged. Then in one swift second you realize it has been changing all along and your eyes hid it from you.