#sight

To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all. ↗

— Queen Elizabeth II

#benefit #consequence #deep #differently #done

Hollywood is great. I also think it's stupid and small-minded and shortsighted. ↗

— David Fincher

#great #hollywood #i #shortsighted #stupid

I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#decisions #direct #disconnected #felt #honest

Why'd you want to sing about sad things?" Candy had asked him. "Because any fool can be happy," he'd said to her. "It takes a man with real heart" —he'd made a fist and laid it against his chest— "to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep. ↗

— Clive Barker

#beauty

Just because it's a novel--can't it also be different? ↗

— John Deaton

#holocaust

The Chair I’m writing to you, who made the archaic wooden chair look like a throne while you sat on it. Amidst your absence, I choose to sit on the floor, which is dusty as a dry Kansas day. I am stoic as a statue of Buddha, not wanting to bother the old wooden chair, which has been silent now for months. In this sunlit moment I think of you. I can still picture you sitting there-- your forehead wrinkled like an un-ironed shirt, the light splashed on your face, like holy water from St. Joseph’s. The chair, with rounded curves like that of a full-figured woman, seems as mellow as a monk in prayer. The breeze blows from beyond the curtains, as if your spirit has come back to rest. Now a cloud passes overhead, and I hush, waiting to hear what rests so heavily on the chair’s lumbering mind. Do not interrupt, even if the wind offers to carry your raspy voice like a wispy cloud. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#chair #insightful #metaphor #peaceful #pensive

The eyesight for an eagle is what thought is to a man. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#eagle #eagles #eyesight #literature #literature-quotes

Seems like the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#inspirational-attitude #attitude

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. ↗

— Mark Twain

#sadder #sight #than #young

Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system, Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet, despite the discomfort, the danger, I love it here. I love coming back for these imaginary vacations. The sights are amazing. ↗

— Greg Bear

#apart #back #better #coming #danger