Observant Quotes

“When we are fairly observant and overly patient, a vibration of happiness might crop up unwittingly, as we capture the “timelessness” of a lucky moment and a sparkle of a stray instant, unexpectedly, enraptures our life in a blaze of color and splendor. ( "Happy days are back again" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Some people have described Ava as religiously non-observant, but I think she's starved for love. She must have been deprived in her youth. That's why she acts out. Deep down, she didn't have a good opinion of herself. Not that she's perfect. I just think she could use a hug.”
― Michael Benzehabe, Persianality

“Sometimes those who love most deeply can't get past the weight of their own feelings.”
― James L. Halperin, The First Immortal: A Novel Of The Future

“Learn to look up now and then, just in case a piano is falling from overhead.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Details are important, be observant.”
― Deyth Banger

“One must always be aware, to notice—even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.”
― Thylias Moss

“That's how I am! eyes peeled, scientific! first things first! the big ones! the small ones!...if they're going to behead you...for example!...you don't take your eyes of the guillotine!...look, the blade's dull!
-Executioner! you shout, hey, you lazy fucker! don't you have anyone sharpening that thing?
And the executioner scurries off, shit-assed and sheepish!”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Normance

“I suppose that was an example of close attention to detail that is common to writers and artists. It is imperative, whether consciously or not, that one observe the vast as well as the infinitesimal in order to create the image or choose accurate words that ring true.”
― Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

“There is a knowing in her, she hears them say, that makes her untamable. She has known since she was a child that she is observant in a way that makes them uncomfortable.”
― Nikita Gill

“Most men would rather be shot through with a broad-headed arrow than be described by you.”
― Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver

“Yes, I do. I think I'm very observant. I observe that the rash on your left hand isn't going to get better if you continue to use the same ointment. You're allergic to it. I observe that the gentleman in the third row on the left has a bad case of conjunctivitis-pinkeye, in the layman's terms. And the woman in the second row has a bag of candies in her purse, and she's trying to figure out away to eat them without making noise. They're M&M's. I also observe that your associate attorney at the defense table keeps looking at his watch and is very anxious to get out of here because he appears to have something going on with the court reporter. And I observe you're unzipped.”
― Julie Garwood, The Ideal Man

“I was there that day, you know,' Alis said, folding her spindly arms across her chest. 'I saw the Morrigan arrive. Saw her reach into that cocoon of power and pick you up like a child. I begged her to take you out.'

My swallow wasn't feigned.

'I never told him that. Never told any of them. I let them think you'd been abducted. But you clung to her, and she was willing to slaughter all of us for what had happened.'

'I don't know why you'd assume that.' I tugged the edges of my silk robe tighter around me.

'Servants talk. And Under the Mountain, I never heard of or saw Rhysand laying a hand on a servant. Guards. Amarantha's cronies, the people he was ordered to kill, yes. But never the meek. Never those unable to defend themselves.'

'He's a monster.'

'They say you came back different. Came back wrong.' A crow's laugh. 'I never bother to tell them I think you came back right. Came back right at last.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“There’s a lot of dancing going on around here. Dancing around secrets, dancing around issues, and dancing at the end of your silky little strings.”
― Jane Washington, Plier

“I have a fantasy about being the kind of father who notices on his commute that the chestnuts on a nearby tree are ripe and brings home an armful to roast--the kind of person who is able to gather up richness where others see nothing worth noting.”
― Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness

“For I was indeed a student of human nature, as every orphan and hooker and unwanted kid must be.”
― Carol Edgarian, Vera

“A great leader is a sponge with filter, observes everything, but obeys nothing.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Tamlin broke the silence. 'Feyre likes to hunt.'

'I don't like to hunt.' I should have probably used a more polite tone, but I went on. 'I hunted out of necessity. And how did you know that?'

Tamlin's stare was bald, assessing. 'Why else were you in the woods that day? You had a bow and arrows in your... house.' I wondered whether he'd almost said hovel. 'When I saw your father's hands, I knew he wasn't the one using them.' He gestured to my scarred, calloused hands. 'You told him about the rations and money from pelts. Faeries might be many things, but we're not stupid. Unless your ridiculous legends claim that about us, too.'

Ridiculous, insignificant.

I stared at the crumbs of bread and swirls of remaining sauce on my golden plate. Had I been home, I would have licked my plate clean, desperate for any extra bit of nourishment. And the plates... I could have bought a team of horses, a plow, and a field for just one of them. Disgusting.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I'm curious,' he said casually. The amber in his green eyes was glowing. Perhaps not all traces of that beast-warrior were gone. 'Are you ever going to use that knife you stole from my table?'

I stiffened. 'How did you know?'

Beneath the mask, I could have sworn his brows were raised. 'I was trained to notice those things. But I could smell the fear on you, more than anything.'

I grumbled. 'I thought no one noticed.'

He gave me a crooked smile, more genuine than all the faked smiles and flattery he'd given me before. 'Regardless of the Treaty, if you were to stand a chance at escaping my kind, you'll need to think more creatively than stealing dinner knives. But with your affinity for eavesdropping, maybe you'll someday learn something valuable.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Sometimes I think Rhysand... I think he might have been her whore to spare us all from her full attention.'

I would betray nothing of what I knew. But I suspected her could see it in my eyes- the sorrow at the thought.

'I know I'm supposed to look at you,' Tarquin said, 'and see that he's made you into a pet, into a monster. But I see the kindness in you. And I think that reflects more on him that anything. I think it shows that you and he might have many secrets-”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Be observant. Quiet is fine, but make sure you notice everything and everyone around you to your advantage.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Any leadership that is observant and committed to its people will always find better ways to solve problems.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“Let's just say you've got an honest way about you- and a sharper eye than I initially thought." She brushed her fingers over the nearest table. "Not a speck of dust."
"Oh." Cinderella felt little pride from the compliment. "It is my job," was all she said.
"I'm glad you understand that, girl. Though no one told you to reorganize my books."
There was a note of accusation in the duchess's voice, and Cinderella didn't know how to respond. "I apologize, ma'am. I-"
"Most of my attendants arrange them like flowers, by color and size, but you did it by substance and author. You couldn't have done that without reading them."
She swallowed. "I didn't have time to read any, ma'am... but I couldn't resist skimming a few.”
― Elizabeth Lim, So This is Love

“Observant of natural laws is necessary as obedience to divine laws”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“To schedule life is to miss it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“He glanced down at the map on the table, and his voice was void of anything- any emotion, any anger or amusement- as he said, 'What is that?'

I snatched up my map. 'I thought I should learn my surroundings.'

Drip, drip, drip.

I opened my mouth to point out his hand again, but he said, 'You can't write, can you.'

I didn't answer. I didn't know what to say. Ignorant, insignificant human.

'No wonder you become so adept at other things.'

I supposed he was so far gone in thinking about his encounter with the Bogge that he hadn't realised the compliment he'd given me. If it was a compliment.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Looking back now, I wonder if I was observant enough. Certainly I was alert---I always am, during fieldwork---but I suspect that the unfamiliarity of the landscape, the high, dark mountains swaddled in snow, lulled me into a belief that no living thing could accost me here, certainly nothing fae, creatures I have spent my career associating with greenery and water and life.
Fortunately, my reflexes are sharp. The instant the light flared through the trees, I halted and gripped my coin. It was a grayish light with no warmth in it, like a star. A wind moved through the trees, and there came a whisper of bells. Had I not been touching metal, I might have been bespelled, and as it was my head still spun a little, but I am used to brushing against faerie enchantments and stood my ground.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“The Middle is like nothing you have experienced before, Nesta. Don't let your guard down for a moment.'

Nesta nodded, not bothering to say that she'd operated by that principle for a long time.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“language affects the ways we experience the world, and ourselves. we usually think of language, when we think of it at all, as something transparent, or like a mirror that reflects things as they really are. the most important realisation of 20th century western philosophy was that language does not simply mirror the world, in fact, it largely determines what we notice and what we do not.”
― David R. Loy, Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution

“Like, you're the type who can figure out what a girl wants and then make it happen. You don't make a big deal out of it; you just pay attention and then act on what you see.”
― Saekisan, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Vol. 3