Quotes About Awareness

I ask for guidance. And for courage. And I beg - oh, how I beg - that I never become so desensitized to the death... that it feels normal. Commonplace.

I should already know that my thoughts are never alone.

Are people really such sheep that they can be fooled?

Are people really such sheep that they can be fooled? Maybe. Or maybe with so much conflicting media, people just shut down. Maybe that's the point.

Words don't hurt you." Which is one of the hugest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because

What about today? What choices are being made, what thins are being said by people in high places that might seem so unimportant now, but are laying the groundwork for truly horrible things tomorrow?

As long as people see him as dumb, tought guy, they don't notice the more clever things he does.

Lorsqu'un événement grave se produit, il y a comme un temps de réaction. Ce n'est ni du déni ni de la surprise, plutôt une sorte de chute libre mentale. On s'imprègne de la nouvelle... et lorsqu'on se décide enfin à bouger, la fenêtre d'action s'est déjà refermée. — Alyssa

But yes, it is sad to live and die without knowing the truth of one's existence.

She closed her eyes again, and tried to reboot. Human brains, she knew, could be like computers, especially in the time that hung between sleep and wakefulness. Sometimes you said strange things, did even stranger things, and once in a while you couldn't figure out exactly how you got where you got.

Right mindedness is overrated, Goddard said. I'd rather have a mind that's clear than one that's 'right.

Scythe Anastasia took a deep breath of precisely 3,644 milliliters, and slowly released it.

Tomorrow is going to have to take care of itself for a while. Yesterday too.

Rowan let out his breath, not even realizing he had been holding it.

But Greyson Tolliver does not know. He does not see … because his eyes are shut too tightly to know anything beyond his own anguish.

I care, I tell her. Because if there's one thing I know about the news, it's that it decides for most people --including the federal government-- what is and what isn't important.

Color shouldn't matter" I was always taught—and always believed. But there's a big difference between "shouldn't" and "doesn't." Privilege is all about not seeing that gap.

Why am I seeing a beach ball?

KNOWLEDGE IS POW

And the pain … the pain of my awareness is unbearable. Because my eyes do not close. Ever. And so all I can do is watch unblinkingly as my beloved humankind slowly weaves the rope it will use to hang itself. – The Thunderhead

We are so limited. As a species. As individuals. Not only can't we see the future, we can't even see the present for what it is. We are too clouded by the things we want and the things we fear. But worse than any other blindness is that we can't see the consequences of our actions.

And the pain… the pain of my awareness is unbearable. Because my eyes do not close. Ever. And so all I can do is watch unblinkingly as my beloved humankind slowly weaves the rope it will use to hang itself.

I feel bad for you," Citra said. "Even when you're food shopping, death is hiding right behind the milk.

I feel bad for you, said Citra. Even when you're food shopping, death is hiding right behind death. It never hides, the scythe told them with a world-weariness that was hard to describe. Nor does it sleep. You'll learn that soon enough.