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"Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all."
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"Materialistic perception of life makes us spiritually shortsighted."

"Beauty is only there when you have the ability to see and appreciate it."

"Close your eyes to see the world with your imaginative mind."

"Light wears out the eyes but does not wear out the soul."

"What other people think is important to them. What you think has great importance to you."

"Maya (deceit) means that one cannot see the nature of things as they are but sees them in a different form."

"We each project to others a reflection of the world which includes our choices of perception."

"If your life is founded on what you can see then your success will be insignificant and very brief."

"We do not actually know other nations, we only know our judgements."

"The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in livingcreatures on the hither side of good and evil. In human beings it was visible only when they were inrepose, their minds untroubled, their bodies motionless."
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"Rouge of my heart, intertwined with double-hued destiny,Thread of my thoughts, constant and rubicund legacy,Filament of my future, endeared unto my expectation,Cord of my emotion, seared with eternal elation."

"I was born on a Thursday, hence the name. My brother was born on a Monday and they called him Anton--go figure. My mother was called Wednesday, but was born on a Sunday--I don't know why--and my father had no name at all--his identity and existence had been scrubbed by the ChronoGuard after he went rogue. To all intents and purposes he didn't exist at all. It didn't matter. He was always Dad to me..."

"Chromatacia society ruled by a colortocracy social hierarchy based upon one's limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see."

"There are two schools of thought about the resilience of time. The first is that time is highly volatile, with every small event altering the possible outcome of the earth's future. The other view is that time is rigid, and no matter how hard you try, it will always spring back toward a determined present. Myself, I do not worry about such trivialities. I simply sell ties to anyone who wants to buy one..."

"Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then - and this is the important bit - do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies."

"After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more."

"Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all."
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