#impressions

There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#certain #deceive #dependable #experience #feign

That's when I caught my first glimpse of Blaine Crabtree. He was sandwiched in between two guys that were laughing at who knows what. At first I didn't notice anything but a big mop of bleached blonde hair, then he looked up from his pack of cloves and I was locked into the bluest eyes that I had ever seen. His expression didn't change, he didn't smile and didn't blink. It seemed like I was lost in his eyes, like he was using them to do the most calculated math problem, and that math problem was me. ↗

— Magan Vernon

#new-adult #romance #southerners #change

I did movie star impressions as a kid in high school. Somehow they just got out of hand. ↗

— Don Adams

#got #hand #high #high school #i

I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script. ↗

— Dennis Farina

#first impressions #i #i think #important #impressions

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#appreciate #come #first #first impressions #fragility

We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

#impressions #judgments #opinions #our #overconfident

Anger does not last, that way, for years. But there are other things. Impressions last, when they have been strong. ↗

— Henry James

#anger

Thank you. I realize my methods have dampened your spirits somewhat, but in the long run you will not regret it." She did not answer, simply preceded him to the door of her room. "You look very nice tonight, Claire. May I say that that color suits you admirably." The door closed in his face. ↗

— Shelley Adina

#anger

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? ↗

— Saint Jérôme

#first-impressions #past #change

What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#impressions #quotes #speaking #teach #teaching