--- title: "4 Microscope Said Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 4 Microscope Said quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Microscope Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/terry-pratchett-19_elves_there-was-something-about-the-eyes-it-wa_1165972.jpg" --- > [“There was something about the eyes. It wasn’t the shape or the color. The was no evil glint. But there was… ……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-was-something-about-the-eyes-it-wasn-t-the-shape-or-the-color/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/terry-pratchett-19_elves_there-was-something-about-the-eyes-it-wa_1165972.jpg) > [“Well, the Dutch invented the microscope,” she said. “They were jewelers, grinders of lenses. They want it all as detailed as possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/well-the-dutch-invented-the-microscope-she-said-they-were-jewelers/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/donna-tartt-391_quote_well-the-dutch-invented-the-microscope-s_1205576.jpg) > [“Some toy you give,” he said, gritty-voiced, and now the two tears in the corners of his eyes began to slide down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-c-andrews/some-toy-you-give-he-said-gritty-voiced-and-now-the-two-tears-in-the/) [V.C. Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-c-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/v-c-andrews-2743_another-world_some-toy-you-give-he-said-gritty-voiced_1879370.jpg) > [“Well the Dutch invented the microscope," she said. "They were jewellers, grinders of lenses. The want it all as detailed as possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/well-the-dutch-invented-the-microscope-she-said-they-were-jewellers/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/donna-tartt-391_life_well-the-dutch-invented-the-microscope-s_1939072.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/microscope-said/#itemlist", "name": "Microscope Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There was something about the eyes. It wasn’t the shape or the color. The was no evil glint. But there was… … a look. It was such a look that a microbe might encounter if it could see up from the bottom end of the microscope. It said: You are nothing. It said: You are flawed, you have no value. It said: You are animal. 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