Seeing Someone Quotes

“He said softly, 'I look it when you look at me like that.'

The purr in his voice heated my blood. 'Like what?'

'Like my power isn't something to run from. Like you see me.'

And to a male who had grown up knowing he was the most powerful High lord in Prythian's history, that he could shred minds if he wasn't careful, that he was alone- alone in his power, in his burden, but that fear was his mightiest weapon against the threats to his people... I'd hit home when we'd fought after the Court of Nightmares.

'I was afraid of you at first.'

His white teeth flashed in the shadows of his hood. 'No, you weren't. Nervous, maybe, but never afraid. I've felt the genuine terror of enough people to know the difference. Maybe that's why I couldn't keep away.'

When? Before I could ask, he walked downstairs, shutting the door behind him.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Wise people help you come up with a different way of looking at yourself, your past, and the world around you. Very often they focus your attention on your relationships, the in-between spaces that are so easy to overlook. How can this friendship or this marriage be nourished and improved? The wise person sees your gifts and potential, even the ones you do not see. Being seen in this way has a tendency to turn down the pressure, offering you some distance from your immediate situation, offering hope.”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen