--- title: "11 World Saw Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 World Saw quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best World Saw sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/robertson-davies-834_exile_it-was-as-though-she-was-an-exile-from-a_2374617.png" --- > [It was as though she was an exile from a world that saw things her way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/it-was-as-though-she-was-an-exile-from-a-world-that-saw-things-her-way/) [Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/robertson-davies-834_exile_it-was-as-though-she-was-an-exile-from-a_2374617.png) > [“I'm afraid of waking up to a world where you see and I am not what you saw”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-nuri/i-m-afraid-of-waking-up-to-a-world-where-you-see-and-i-am-not-what/) Ali Nuri [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/ali-nuri-104943_beautiful-quotes_i-m-afraid-of-waking-up-to-a-world-where_2008825.jpg) > [“He looked at the world from above. Where I saw threatening waves, he saw tranquil water.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingrid-betancourt/he-looked-at-the-world-from-above-where-i-saw-threatening-waves-he/) [Ingrid Betancourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingrid-betancourt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/ingrid-betancourt-12395_peace_he-looked-at-the-world-from-above-where_1267878.png) > [The world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find. But it wasn't near as lonesome as the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kris-kristofferson/the-world-he-saw-was-sadder-than-the-one-he-hoped-to-find-but-it-wasn/) [Kris Kristofferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kris-kristofferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/kris-kristofferson-4931_behinds_the-world-he-saw-was-sadder-than-the-one_1657622.jpg) > [I knew what it was like growing up in a world where I never saw myself in anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-marie-tran/i-knew-what-it-was-like-growing-up-in-a-world-where-i-never-saw/) [Kelly Marie Tran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-marie-tran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06f/kelly-marie-tran-13341_growing-up_i-knew-what-it-was-like-growing-up-in-a_708695.jpg) > [I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-berliawsky-nevelson/i-have-made-my-world-and-it-is-a-much-better-world-than-i-ever-saw/) [Louise Berliawsky Nevelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-berliawsky-nevelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/louise-berliawsky-nevelson-110_better-world_i-have-made-my-world-and-it-is-a-much-be_170365.png) > [We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-r-narayana-murthy/we-are-not-the-same-india-that-the-world-saw-in-the-1970s-and-80s/) [N. R. Narayana Murthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-r-narayana-murthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/n-r-narayana-murthy-7827_1970s_we-are-not-the-same-india-that-the-world_1209815.png) > [“I saw the world I had walked since my birth and I understood how fragile it was, that the reality I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-saw-the-world-i-had-walked-since-my-birth-and-i-understood-how-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/neil-gaiman-29_birthday-cake_i-saw-the-world-i-had-walked-since-my-bi_914163.jpg) > [I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses. Very good. But a harsh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-saw-a-new-world-coming-rapidly-more-scientific-efficient-yes-more/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_breasts_i-saw-a-new-world-coming-rapidly-more-sc_3003475.jpg) > [“He HAD seen the world. It had been scary at times, but also exhilarating. Who could have imagined it would be such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elise-broach/he-had-seen-the-world-it-had-been-scary-at-times-but-also/) [Elise Broach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elise-broach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/elise-broach-31349_time_he-had-seen-the-world-it-had-been-scary_617600.png) > [“That's most interesting. But I was no more a mind-reader then than today. I was weeping for an altogether different reason. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/that-s-most-interesting-but-i-was-no-more-a-mind-reader-then-than/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_broke-my-heart_that-s-most-interesting-but-i-was-no-mor_1624725.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-saw/#itemlist", "name": "World Saw Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was as though she was an exile from a world that saw things her way", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robertson Davies" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/it-was-as-though-she-was-an-exile-from-a-world-that-saw-things-her-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/robertson-davies-834_exile_it-was-as-though-she-was-an-exile-from-a_2374617.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/robertson-davies-834_exile_it-was-as-though-she-was-an-exile-from-a_2374617.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/robertson-davies-834_exile_it-was-as-though-she-was-an-exile-from-a_2374617.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was as though she was an exile from a world that saw things her way” — Robertson Davies", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm afraid of waking up to a world where you see and I am not what you saw”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ali Nuri" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-nuri/i-m-afraid-of-waking-up-to-a-world-where-you-see-and-i-am-not-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/ali-nuri-104943_beautiful-quotes_i-m-afraid-of-waking-up-to-a-world-where_2008825.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/ali-nuri-104943_beautiful-quotes_i-m-afraid-of-waking-up-to-a-world-where_2008825.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/ali-nuri-104943_beautiful-quotes_i-m-afraid-of-waking-up-to-a-world-where_2008825.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm afraid of waking up to a world where you see and I am not what you saw” — Ali Nuri", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He looked at the world from above. 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