Quotes About Awareness

was born on your birthday!" "Yup," said Eloise. "March 13.

This is true, at the least, that no veil of beauty hides the evils from our sight.

hurricane down in Florida somewhere. Who in Iowa thought about Florida? People in Iowa had problems of their own—maybe not dust storms like the ones out in Nebraska and Oklahoma

It was not that he felt that the world would damage or hurt Frankie in any way, it was much more that there were plenty of things out in the world that Frankie would learn about, and that he would then have no scruples at all.

Labeling them, in fact, prevented knowing them.

But now I saw with fresh conviction that is was us, all of us, who were failing, and the hallmark of our failure was the way we ate with our heads down, hungrily, quickly, because there was nothing else to do at the table

Frankie sticking his tongue out. Joe knew that Frankie knew that Joe knew he was sticking his tongue out, so it was no use to pretend

She looked out the window of her office, feeling that she had passed through a doorway that she had never realized was there.

Old Eileen leaned forward in her chair, thrusting her face closer to the child who had been gradually approaching her. Where is the centre of the world? she abruptly demanded. Esther stood silently in front of her, holding onto a book she had forgotten to put on a table. She did not know the answer to the riddle. The place where you stand, Old Eileen said. The place where you stand is the centre of the world.

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.

We are all monsters Hannah said. Because we are letting it happen. She said it not as if she believed it but as she were to repeat something she had heard before.

The thing about endings is, they can begin quietly enough. That's how they sneak up on you.

You think you know this story. You do not.

Not to know is bad, but not to wish to know is worse.

It is the last thing we learn, / listening to the creature world…

And the deep thrumming of the forest that too many people mistake for silence.

Aren't you something, Grandma said. I never saw a midget up close. Little person, Briggs said. And I never saw anyone as old as you up close, either.

I don't think his elevator went all the way to the top anymore, if you know what I mean

Remember, so swashing anyone into the trunk of your car!" "Sure," Lula said, "I know that

A wise man, recognizing that the world is an illusion, does not act as if it is real, and so he escapes suffering." The

changed expression. Wariness, maybe. I felt a body move so close it was skimming my own, and a warm hand protectively settled at the base of my neck. Without turning I knew it was Ranger.

What was the deal with me today? It was as if my mouth wasn't connected to my brain.

Only thing worse than a tapper is a jiggler or a hummer. You find a man that does any of those things and you run don't walk away, because if you get locked in a room with him, eventually you're gonna have to kill him.

Women grow up wary, and men grow up thinking they're immortal.