Quotes About Awareness

He realised there was another world going about its business around him, but he was never drawn into it, never a witness to its tragedies and celebrations.

She had no thoughts, no opinions, and had become a ringing nerve of pure sensation.

I enjoyed teaching you. I enjoyed your sense of wonder. Now I feel some of that is destroyed by truth, by awareness.

Tonight, even though he was not physically present, Tayven's spiritual presence was very much in evidence. Merlan could feel it, like a creature crowded in the dark, ready to leap out and hiss.

The outside world was eclipsed from my mindscape; rarely have I experienced such moments of total reality.

He has been away from the world for a long time, and a cage is no place to reacquaint yourself with reality.

We have both learned something about each other, but there is no time for thoughtful reflection.

Life moved so quickly. You didn't realize it until you paused to reflect.

People became conscious in dreams or waking reality, of the empire spreading out to every quarter of the world, and the most aware realized that for every subjugated realm there was a potential rebellion and the conquering wave that had surged outward might well reverse direction.

I was still chasing shadows, but I thought I understood what cast them.

She thinks she has my measure, he thought, but she's not wholly clear about it.

The clues were there all along, but we'd denied our past and shut ourselves away from the truth.

I realized it would be wise to leave immediately, before he tried to humiliate and confuse me further.

One thing Shan was wise enough to be aware of was that he had limited experience, simply because he was young.

You are learning about yourself," he said. "Such knowledge can defend you better than a sword or armor. Such knowledge gives you arrows of the mind.

There was something too realistic in this performance, a promise of horror. I didn't want to watch it any more; I was sure it was going to distress me. It was like some soulscape terror being brought into reality, with no escape of return to normal awareness

To express ingratitude was to risk taunting fate; we were all afraid of that, aware of the delicacy of our disregard.

He felt as if a sober part of himself still resided in his brain, observing the behavior of the part of him controlled by the Witch.

They had grown apart, perhaps, or it might be that Pharinet had always been different, only too young to realize it.

I have lived with the knowledge of the meaning of my name for a long time.

I should have stayed in my nest, which was, of course, my ignorance. Now I was out among the giants, and I would have to be more vigilant.

Jay felt she could sense the overlapping layers of reality all around, just beyond her perception. But how could she see them? She felt it might be similar to the way the eyes could focus on a computer generated image, and perceive a shape in the chaotic pattern. If she concentrated hard enough, she was sure an image would suddenly loom before her, clear and definite.

If hunting was his province, mind-seeking was mine.

As Shan floated in the chilly water, he shivered, suddenly aware of the rich, mysterious ambience of the glade, its deep-breathing watchfulness.