Sight Quotes - Page 24

• A quarter past three," she exclaimed, catching sight of the bedside clock. "What a time to be drinking tea!" "Anytime," Harold told her, "is time to be drinking tea.

  Señorita Read

  Drinking, Past, Tea

  Miss Read (2002). “Gossip from Thrush Green”, p.168, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• She was--I keep using the past tense; I ought to say she is--one of those people who, at first sight, look plain, are quiet, unassertive, unmemorable even. But who, when they start to talk and you get to know them, become more and more attractive and impressive, and you see that in fact they are beautiful. Not conventionally beautiful, not celebrity beautiful, but beautiful all through.

  Aidan Chambers

  Beautiful, Past, People

  Aidan Chambers (2012). “Dying to Know You”, p.192, Abrams

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• I smil'd to my self at the sight of this money, O drug! said I aloud, what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no not the taking off of the ground, one of those knives is worth all this heap, I have no manner of use for thee, e'en remain where thou art, and go to the bottom as a creature whose life is not worth saving. However, upon second thoughts, I took it away.

  Daniel Defoe

  Art, Self, Knives

  'Robinson Crusoe' (1719)

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• Las madres eran demasiado bruscas. Eran como perros. Buster siempre percibía cuando algo se salía de lo normal, y lo mismo hacían las madres. Tanto las madres como los perros tenían una especie de segunda vista que les hacía ver en la mente de las personas y saber cuándo ocurría algo inusual.

  Enid Blyton

  Mother, Dog, People

  Enid Blyton (2013). "El misterio de la casa oculta", p.68, Egmont UK.

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• then she was laughing. They both were, and the savage teeth were the most joyous sight Phaedra had seen for a long time. It was as if they were dancing. There it was. Suddenly the strangeness of Quintana of Charyn's face made sense. Because it was a face meant for laughing, but it had never been given a chance.

  Melina Marchetta

  Long, Dancing, Laughing

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• Allegra Pazzi: Dr. Fell, do you believe a man could become so obsessed with a woman, from a single encounter?
  
  Hannibal Lecter: Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her and find nourishment in the very sight of her? I think so. But would she see through the bars of his plight and ache for him?

  Thomas Harris

  Creer, Hombres, Pensar

  "Fictional characters: Allegra Pazzi, Hannibal Lecter". "Hannibal", www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• You went out with a girl at first because the sheer sight of her made you weak in the knees. You fell in love and were desperate not to let her get away. And yet the more you thought about her, the less you knew who she was. The hope was that love transcended all differences. That was the hope.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Girl, Differences, Knees

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.275, Macmillan

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• Parecería que no hay nada más obvio, más tangible y palpable que el momento presente. Y, sin embargo, se nos escapa por completo. Toda la tristeza de la vida reside en ese hecho. En el transcurso de un solo segundo, nuestros sentidos de la vista, del oído, del olfato, registran (a sabiendas o no) un enjambre de acontecimientos y un desfile de sensaciones e ideas pasa por nuestra cabeza. Cada instante representa un pequeño universo, irrevocablemente olvidado en el instante siguiente.

  Milan Kundera

  Lying, Sadness, Elude Us

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• My God, he couldn't help thinking, how terrible it is to be that age, to have emotions so near the surface that the slightest turbulence causes them to boil over. That, very simply, was what adulthood must be all about -- acquiring the skill to bury things more deeply. Out of sight and, whenever possible, out of mind.

  Richard Russo

  Thinking, Skills, Mind

  FaceBook post by Richard Russo from Aug 17, 2014

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• El amor... es como la naturaleza, pero al revés; primero fructifica, luego florece, después parece marchitarse, luego se adentra, muy profundamente, en su madriguera, donde nadie lo ve, donde se pierde de vista, y al final la gente muere con ese secreto enterrado dentro del alma.

  Edna O'Brien

  Beautiful, Flower, Love Is

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• Annabeth se dio cuenta de que si seis de ellos iban a esas dos misiones, eso dejaría a Percy solo en el barco con el entrenador Hedge, lo que tal vez no era una situación en la que una novia cariñosa debería ponerlo. Tampoco estaba dispuesta a perder de vista a Percy otra vez, no después de haber estado separados durante tantos meses.

  Rick Riordan

  Girlfriend, Caring, Two

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• Festus just detected a large group of eagles behind us—long-range radar, still not in sight.” Piper leaned over the console. “Are you sure they’re Roman?” Leo rolled his eyes. “No, Pipes. It could be a random group of giant eagles flying in perfect formation. Of course they’re Roman!

  Rick Riordan

  Eye, Eagles, Long

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• The sight of such aching beauty would infuse his soul with pain.

  Tabitha Suzuma

  Pain, Soul

  Tabitha Suzuma (2011). “A Note Of Madness”, p.65, Random House

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• There are all these people here I don't know by sight or by name. And we pass alongside each other and don't have any connection. And they don't know me and I don't know them. And now I'm leaving town and there are all these people I will never know.

  Carson McCullers

  Names, People, Leaving

  Carson McCullers (1998). “Collected Stories of Carson McCullers”, p.372, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Me encontré de vuelta en la ciudad sepulcral, resintiendo la visión de la gente que se apresuraba por las calles para robarse un poco de dinero unos a otros, para devorar su infame cocina, para engullir su insana cerveza, para soñar sus insignificantes y tontos sueños. Se inmiscuían en mis pensamientos.

  Joseph Conrad

  Sueño, Tonto, Cerveza

  Joseph Conrad (2006). "El corazón de las tinieblas y otros relatos", p.122, Collector's Library

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• No hay inmortalidad que no se construya sobre la amistad y el trabajo hecho con esmero. Todos los secretos del mundo que merece la pena conocer se esconden a plena vista.

  Robin Sloan

  Knowing, Secret, Done

  Robin Sloan (2012). "La librería 24 horas del señor Penumbra: A Novel", p.288, Macmillan

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• Time for Wine Tasting 101. “So here’s how this works. When tasting a wine, as opposed to casual drinking, there are four basic steps you need to remember: sight, smell, taste, then spit or swallow.” Nick paused at that last part and cocked his head. “And your personal preference on the latter would be…?” “Only lightweights spit.” His right eye twitched.

  Julie James

  Drinking, Wine, Eye

  Julie James (2011). “A Lot Like Love”, p.67, Penguin

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• That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone changed my life.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafón

  Libro, Lectura, Dar

  Carlos Ruiz Zafón (2005). "La sombra del viento", p.36, Penguin

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• Eric Seven does not believe in love at first sight. He corrects himself. Even in that moment, the moment that it happens, he fees his journalist’s brain make a correction, rubbing out a long-held belief, writing a new one in its place. He did not believe in love at first sight. He thinks he might do so now.

  Marcus Sedgwick

  Creer, Escribir, Pensar

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• No hay inmortalidad que no se construya sobre la amistad y el trabajo hecho con esmero. Todos los secretos del mundo que merece la pena conocer se esconden a plena vista. Se tardan cuarenta y un segundos en subir una escalera de tres pisos. No es fácil imaginar el año 3012, pero eso no significa que no haya que intentarlo. Ahora tenemos nuevas capacidades, poderes extraños a los que todavía nos estamos acostumbrando. Las montañas son un mensaje de Aldrag el Padre-Wyrm. Tu vida debe ser una ciudad abierta, con todo tipo de caminos por los que deambular.

  Robin Sloan

  Padre, Significa, Saber

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• The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”, Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”, the sight of 10,000 butterflies in flight, or the scent of a million orchids in bloom. Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it.

  Brennan Manning

  Jesus, Heart, Butterfly

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• Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Sleep, Night, Missing

  Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice (2011). “Gitanjali: Song Offerings”, p.180, Penguin Books India

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• Karou saw them with her human eyes, this army she had rendered more monstrous than ever nature had, and she knew what the world would see in them if they flew to fight the Dominion: demons, nightmares, evil. The sight of the seraphim would be heralded as a miracle. But chimaera? The apocalypse.

  Laini Taylor

  Eye, Fighting, Army

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• He came over in long pur­pose­ful strides, sat at the edge of her bed, and in a ten­der, pos­ses­sive ges­ture wiped the lip­stick off her lips. “What is that?” he asked. “All the other girls wear it,” Ta­tiana said, quickly wip­ing her mouth, breath­less at the sight of him. “In­clud­ing Dasha.” “Well, I don’t want you to have any­thing on your lovely face,” he said, stroking her cheeks. “God knows, you don’t need it.

  Paullina Simons

  Girl, Long, Lovely

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• You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into… the Twilight Zone.

  Rod Serling

  Moving, Twilight, Keys

  The Twilight Zone (television series), opening narration (1961)

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