#details

If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#autism #details #intuition #nerd #nerdiness

Literature differs from life in that life is amorphously full of detail, and rarely directs us toward it, wheras literature teaches us to notice. Literature makes us better noticers of life; we get to practice on life itself; which in turn makes us better readers of detail in literature; which in turn makes us better readers of life. ↗

— James Wood

#fiction #james-wood #literature #life

Life is not a plot; it's in the details. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #plot #life

To our Creator, a small detail is a big deal. ↗

— Todd Stocker

#details #god #life #love #life

The details of life have a tendency to interfere with the actual living of life. ↗

— Richard Diaz

#life #living #life

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

#among #architectural #describe #details #enough

In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#controversy #details #enlightening #important #more

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#after #best #deal #deep #details

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details. ↗

— David Byrne

#drama #exciting #going #lives #most

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#better #details #get #goes #i