Quotes about Perception

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is as good as his wife says her first husband was

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public building

Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.

Maizy went to work. Knowing Rylan was watching her made her conscious of every move. She tried to stand in a more ladylike way, though heaven only knew exactly what that was. Her dress choked her a bit less when she stood straight, so she tried to think of being ladylike as a way not to strangle.

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

I don't reckon men are supposed to think," Sally said philosophically, as the pile of hemp rope grew at her feet. "That's why God gave 'em big muscles." Mandy tilted her head sideways for a second. "Makes as much sense as anything else." Sophie nodded. "Men do the lifting and women do the thinking. That sounds fair. I suppose God could have planned it that way.

A beautiful face cannot hide an ugly heart for long.

A muddied diamond is better than an unsullied pebble.

Love can blind you, but woe to one who becomes both blind and deaf.

Love is blind, but a broken heart sees everything.

Sense will buy you more than dollars.