“Let us say that science fiction is a kind of conceptual disorientation of the familiar.” — Adam Roberts Copy Share Image
“Most of the truly remarkable experiences I've had in theatre have filled me with uncertainty and disorientation” — Anne Bogart Copy Share Image
My first months in Sofia were a time of intense disorientation: I had never been to that part of the world before;… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Pornography is one of the branches of literature - science fiction is another - aiming at disorientation, at psychic dislocation. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“I felt the disorientation of a generous offer that in no way lines up with anything you want to do: like a… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
I know what the problem is, of course. The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing - all classic Phase One signs of… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
In certain cases, a man blind from birth may have an operation performed which gives him his sight. The result: frequently misery,… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
So he [Sigmund Freud] called this "the uncanny" and he also referred to cities as well, like the idea of walking through… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
It feels like everything's been decided in advance that I'm following a path somebody else has already mapped out for me. It… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A long flight. Jetlag. Immigration. Customs. And then finally, that first step into a new place, that moment of exhilaration and disorientation,… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life.… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
“With the sensation that he was passing through the Looking-Glass, Max stared at his father as if he had never seen him… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Transition is the natural process of disorientation and reorientation that marks the turning points in the path of growth...transitions are key times… — William Bridges Copy Share Image
“It's amazing how effective simple disorientation is as a mechanism for controlling people.” — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
The most prevalent poetic representation of contemporary experience is the mimesis of disorientation by non sequitor. — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
“The web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status quo without anyone realizing it.” — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing-all classic. Phase One signs of deliria.” — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“The experiment suggested a strong correlation “between the number of links and disorientation or cognitive overload,” wrote Zhu.” — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
“It could be Paris. It could be Rio de Janeiro. It could be anywhere but home: someplace, anyplace, disorienting enough to make… — Bill Buford Copy Share Image
“The disorientation of meeting one’s sagging contemporaries, memories of a younger face crashing into the reality of jowls, under-eye pouches, unexpected lines,… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share Image
“In fact, I would suggest that what each moment produces is the inherently ambiguous affect of affective disorientation in general—what we might… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
It seems positively unnatural to travel without taking a camera along... The very activity of taking pictures is soothing and assuages general… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The past is a stronger influence in the South. But I think everywhere you have this sense that the world changes faster… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
By clarity I don't mean that we're always in kind of a simple area where everything is clear and comforting and understood.… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
“Body parts that unfortunately found themselves on the wrong side of the rift may seem to remain attached. Intense GLAAMR and general… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“A fingerpost indicates that this path leads to Abercynafon, which is not on or even close to the route of Beacons Way,… — Peter Wilson Copy Share Image