Seeing Quotes - Page 32

• The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves

  John Green

  Jobs, Reading, People

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• It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.

  Seth Godin

  Real, Winning, People

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.18, Penguin

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• I didn't relate well to people my age. Maybe the truth was that I didn't relate well to people, period. Even my mother, who I was closer to than anyone else on the planet, was never in harmony with me, never on exactly the same page. Sometimes I wondered if I was seeing the same things through my eyes that the rest of the world was seeing through theirs. Maybe there was a glitch in my brain.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Mother, Eye, People

  "Twilight". Book by Stephenie Meyer, 2011.

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• Last time I was sick, the guy I was seeing brought me a bottle of ginger ale… and expected me to pay him back for it. ~Jaime Vegas

  Kelley Armstrong

  Vegas, Sick, Guy

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• I doubt she likes the idea of seeing him put back in a cage.” “Maybe not,” he said. “But she knows that the Authority are the only people who might be able to help him.” “Or kill him,” I said. “That too. What is life without risk?” “Long?” Terric laughed, a sort of high whooping that made me—and Zayvion, much to my surprise—smile. Contagious. For all he had a serious exterior, Terric was the guy you’d want to sit next to at a funny movie, just to hear him laugh.

  Devon Monk

  Ideas, Long, People

  "Magic on the Storm". Book by Devon Monk, 2010.

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• The Doctor: [aiming gun at the ceiling] Didn't anyone ever tell you? There's one thing you never put in a trap if you're smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there's one thing you never, ever put in a trap. Angel Bob: And what would that be, sir? The Doctor: Me. [fires]

  Steven Moffat

  Smart, Angel, Gun

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• I think people understand things different when they get older. It’s not a question of getting soft, or seeing things in the gray areas instead of black and white. I really believe I’m just understanding things different. Better.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Believe, Black And White, Thinking

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.37, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• I stop paying attention because as much as I love beauty, I hate stupidity, and seeing the two combined pisses me off.

  Tucker Max

  Hate, Two, Stupidity

  Tucker Max (2011). “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell”, p.132, Citadel

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• Suddenly the drunken sweetheart appeared out of my door. She drank a cup of ruby wine and sat by my side. Seeing and holding the lockets of her hair My face became all eyes, and my eyes all hands.

  Rumi

  Wine, Eye, Hair

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• Funny the only two times we use the phrase "seeing someone" are when we are referring to being in a a relationship or getting psychological help.

  Deb Caletti

  Two, Phrases, Use

  Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

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• In the end, I take my shoes off and stick my feet in, letting the lukewarm water lick at my ankles. It feels good, and not just because I’m stoned. I make a mental note to add this to Dulcie’s list of things worth living for. For some reason, I keep seeing her rolling her eyes at me, that big, goofy grin stretching her face like Silly Putty. On my private list, I add her smile. She doesn’t have to know.

  Libba Bray

  Silly, Eye, Shoes

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.249, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable.

  David Sedaris

  Understanding, World, Safe

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• I never meant it," he was saying. "Never meant it to happen. Can't stand it, seeing her suffer. Must do something, do something... What do I do? What can I do...?

  Rachel Caine

  Suffering, Saying Never, Happens

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Ghost Town”, p.78, Allison & Busby

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• I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Ideas, Cows, Scared

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “Anne of the Island”, p.96, Youcanprint

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• Always run after opportunities to create peace between people, to find ways to bridge differences, please. Because as long as one person continues to feel separation… …we'll all still feel it. Close the space between you and someone today. Seeing their essential goodness helps a lot.

  Yehuda Berg

  Running, Opportunity, Bridges

  FaceBook post by Yehuda Berg from May 24, 2011

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• Dying makes everyone weaker, subject to painful insight, and not always insight into any kind of special truth - it's just the approaching end that makes people want to believe they are seeing something in the line of a great revelation.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Believe, People, Special

  Jeff Lindsay (2009). “Dexter by Design”, p.109, Hachette UK

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• I want you." Feeling the grip of his hand in mine, the brush of skin on mine, seeing the way he moved in front of me, equal parts human and wolf, and remembering his smell - I ached with wanting to kiss him.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Kissing, Hands, Smell

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• There is no pain on this earth like seeing the same woman look at another man the way she once looked at you.

  Walker Percy

  Pain, Men, Looks

  Walker Percy (2011). “Lancelot”, p.53, Open Road Media

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• She had had no idea what it would do to her seeing him in a suit.

  Anna Godbersen

  Ideas, Suits, No Idea

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• I wonder if they realize how much I notice about them They probably haven't a clue because I never look at them or show the slightest interest. But I'm very aware of everything. I remember seeing an old film once where a father says to his son: "Son when your mouth's open you're not learning anything." If that's true then I'm well on the way to becoming the world's wisest woman.

  John Marsden

  Father, Son, Looks

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• When dreaded outcomes are actually imminent we don't worry about themwe take action. Seeing lava from the local volcano make its way down the street toward our house does not cause worry it causes running. Also we don't usually choose imminent events as subjects for our worrying and thus emerges an ironic truth: Often the very fact that you are worrying about something means that it isn't likely to happen.

  Gavin de Becker

  Running, Mean, Volcanoes

  Gavin De Becker (1999). “Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)”, Doubleday

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• I tended to give a book a chance and another chance and another, sometimes seeing it all the way to the end, still hoping for for it turn out different. Maybe I was confused about what you owed a book. What you owed people, for that matter, real or fictional.

  Deb Caletti

  Confused, Real, Book

  Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• Well, for that matter, I was also a good friend of Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein, and John, Paul, George, and Ringo." He pauses, seeing the blank look on my face and groaning when he says, "Christ, Ever, the Beatles!" He shakes his head and laughs. "God, you make me feel old.

  Alyson Noel

  Good Friend, Laughing, Looks

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.132, Pan Macmillan

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• Ginny, listen... I can’t be involved with you anymore. We’ve got to stop seeing each other. We can’t be together.” “It’s for some stupid, noble reason, isn’t it?

  J. K. Rowling

  Stupid, Together, Noble

  "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 16, 2005.

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• It's good to see you, little one." He (Uncle Eddie) scanned her short skirt. "I only wish I were not seeing quite so much of you.

  Ally Carter

  Uncles, Wish, Littles

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