Quotes About Awareness

But there was something in the air, a watchfulness laced with a charge of malice. The eyes observing us were invisible, but were observing us, nonetheless.

Experience had taught me it's better to be wary and feel ridiculous than to get conked on the head, or abducted, or whatever the enemy plan of the day might be.

What pretty nail polish,' Eric said, smiling. [...] Trust Eric to pick out the one thing that was new and different about me.

It was one of those nights that made me wonder how the humans around me could be so oblivious to the other world operating right beside ours. Only willful ignorance could ignore the charge of magic in the air. Only a group lack of imagination could account for people not wondering what went on in the dark around them.

if you live next door to an apex predator, you shouldn't go around poking him with a stick. Fiji

They say there's no harm in daydreaming, but there is.

I maybe uneducated and unworldly, but I'm not stupid or unread.

It had never made any difference to me what people called me, as long as I knew who I was.

I had lived too close to the edge of despair and mental illness not to recognize it in others

If I'd learned anything over the past few years, it was not to make stupid assumptions. The idea that family would not harm you was a stupid assumption of the first order.

Since he'd had no clue about Chris Stybr (sometimes he had a genuine impression about the seeker, but this Chris could be a man or a woman or a hermaphrodite for all Manfred knew)

Don't worry about not feeling guilty. Something will happen soon for which you will feel guilty. Keep the feeling for then.

He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window.

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"—Charles Baudelaire "The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is the good guy"—Ken Ammi

The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

Less than 1 percent of American have served in 12 years of war, and serious public conversation about military policy is sorely lacking.

When I feel jealous, I try to understand where it is coming from and how to better myself where I feel I am lacking.

I've never been one to look up the ladder. I've always looked down the ladder. As long as there's one guy down there, I'm fine.

I come from the bottom of the ladder. I'm from Norwich. Not many people seem to know about it.

I feel like every year there's a thing about 'not enough roles for ladies!' and, then, also an article, like 'The Year of The Woman.' I think that we all just know in our hearts they're underrepresented. But that doesn't mean that there aren't amazing moments.

When Mrs. Bush was First Lady, she went all over the Mideast talking about breast cancer awareness and the need for early screening. She did this in places where the cultures prohibit such discussion or even detection efforts.

The First Lady has a lot of power. I hope Hillary Clinton realizes that.

I'm grateful for doing those drugs, because they kept me from getting laid and I would have gotten AIDS.