Sight Quotes - Page 22

• If we forget who we lost, then we forget who we once were, and if we forget who we once were, we lose sight of who we are now.

  Melina Marchetta

  Who We Are, Forget, Lost

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• But even more so, it reminded me that this was all really happening. Stanford. The end of the summer. The beginning of my real life. It was no longer just creeping up, peeking over the horizon, but instead lingering in plain sight.

  Sarah Dessen

  Summer, Real, Peeking

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.204, Penguin

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• Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, and this life, would go on without me. And again I felt that emptiness rise up, but pushed it away. Still, I lingered there, in the doorway, memorizing the noise. The moment. Tucking it away out of sight, to be remembered when I needed it most.

  Sarah Dessen

  Real, Leaving, Goes On

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• I drove off, with my friends watching me go, all of them grouped on Lissa's hood. As I pulled onto the road, I glanced into the rearview and saw them: they were waving, hands moving through the air, their voices loud, calling out after me. The square of that mirror was like a frame, holding this picture of them saying good-bye, pushing me forward, before shifting gently out of sight, inch by fluid inch, as I turned away.

  Sarah Dessen

  Moving, Squares, Mirrors

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.223, Penguin

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• Do you believe in love after last sight?

  Kami Garcia

  Believe, Lasts, Beautiful Chaos

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• On the subject of love at first sight, I’m with the Beatles: I believe that it happens all the time.

  Stephen King

  Believe, Firsts, Subjects

  Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.432, Simon and Schuster

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• That which tears open our souls, those holes that splatter our sight, may actually become the thin, open places to see through the mess of this place to the heart-aching beauty beyond. To Him. To the God whom we endlessly crave.

  Ann Voskamp

  Heart, Soul, Tears

  Ann Voskamp (2011). “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are”, p.22, Zondervan

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• With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it’s essential to slow down and read every word. Because one important thing that can be learned by reading slowly is the seemingly obvious but oddly underappreciated fact that language is the medium we use in much the same way a composer uses notes, the way a painter uses paint. I realize it may seem obvious, but it’s surprising how easily we lose sight of the fact that words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.

  Francine Prose

  Reading, Temptation, Important

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• Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end.

  Haruki Murakami

  Butterfly, Punctuation Marks, Consciousness

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Jun 18, 2015

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• Sometimes thinking back on things is a mistake arising out of pride, but I guess you live inside a moment for years, move with it and feel it grow, and it sends out roots until it touches everything in sight.

  Colum McCann

  Mistake, Moving, Pride

  Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.246, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I didn't like the way I looked, the way I dressed and moved, what I achieved and what I felt I was worth. But there was so much energy in me, such belief that one day I'd be handsome and clever and superior and admired, such anticipation when I met new people and new situations. Is that what makes me sad? The eagerness and belief that filled me then and exacted a pledge from life that life could never fulfill? Sometimes I see the same eagerness and belief in the faces of children and teenagers and the sight brings back the same sadness I feel in remembering myself.

  Bernhard Schlink

  Children, Clever, Teenager

  Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.38, Vintage

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• Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted.

  Haruki Murakami

  Sunday, Way, Flow

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• The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and a construction worker; we probably looked like the Village People.

  Craig Johnson

  Construction Workers, Two, People

  Craig Johnson (2013). “The Walt Longmire Mystery Series Boxed Set”, p.446, Penguin

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• Mistakes are like the memories you hide in an attic: old love letters from relationships that tanked, photos of dead relatives, toys from a childhood you miss. Out of sight is out of mind, but somewhere deep inside you know they still exist. And you also know that you're avoiding them.

  Jodi Picoult

  Memories, Mistake, Childhood

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “Lone Wolf: A Novel”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Nothing is stranger or more ticklish than a relationship between people who know each other only by sight, who meet and observe each other daily - no hourly - and are nevertheless compelled to keep up the pose of an indifferent stranger, neither greeting nor addressing each other, whether out of etiquette or their own whim.

  Thomas Mann

  People, Ticklish, Stranger

  Thomas Mann, Stanley Appelbaum (1995). “Death in Venice”, p.41, Courier Corporation

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• First Sight means you can see what really is there, and Second Thoughts mean thinking about what you are thinking. And in Tiffany's case, there were sometimes Third Thoughts and Fourth Thoughts although these...sometimes led her to walk into doors.

  Terry Pratchett

  Mean, Thinking, Doors

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• Han spotted a child‟s homespun dolly in the ditch, pressed into the mud. He reined in, meaning to climb down and fetch it so he could clean it up for his little sister. Then he remembered that Mari was dead and had no need of dollies anymore. Grief was like that. It gradually faded into a dull ache, until some simple sight or sound or scent hit him like a hammer blow.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Children, Grief, Blow

  Cinda Williams Chima (2011). “The Exiled Queen (The Seven Realms Series, Book 2)”, p.12, HarperCollins UK

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• Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the Americas.. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us away from our ghosts and ancestors, who cried salty rivers into the sand. That's where Momma was now, wailing at the water's edge, while her girls were pulled out of sight under white sails that cracked in the wind.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Girl, Moving, Wind

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• A castaway in the sea was going down for the third time when he caught sight of a passing ship. Gathering his last strength, he waved frantically and called for help. Someone on board peered at him scornfully and shouted back, "Get a boat!

  Daniel Quinn

  Sea, Gathering, Boards

  Daniel Quinn (2009). “Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure”, p.126, Broadway Books

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• Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Doors, Wonderful, Dread

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• Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Holocaust, Body, Hiding Place

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• And here in America rival newspapermen attack each other on sight?

  Scott Westerfeld

  America, Rivals

  Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson (2012). “Goliath”, p.292, Simon and Schuster

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• Take off your shirt." Jace raised his eyebrows. "I'm not going to attack you," she said impatiently. "I can take the sight of your naked chest without swooning." "Are you sure?" he asked, obediently sliding the shirt off his shoulders. "Because viewing my naked chest has caused many women to seriously injure themselves stampeding to get to me.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eyebrows, Swooning, Naked

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Lost Souls”, p.402, Simon and Schuster

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• A mortal had woven it, a man who, having caught sight of the Seelie queen, had spent the remainder of his short life weaving depictions of her. He had died of starvation, raw, red fingers staining the final tapestry.

  Holly Black

  Queens, Short Life, Men

  Holly Black (2002). “Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale”, Simon Pulse

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• The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Mind, Wonder, Reason

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