Historical fiction Quote by Augusta Li

“Sometimes, things go deeper than what you see on the surface.”

— Jamie McGuire

“We see only a part of the surface of things. The rest will be forever hidden from us, to be appreciated for its felt…

— Richard Taylor

“Whole worlds exist beneath the surface. And maybe you can't see down there, Michael thought, but there's a part of you that knows.”

— Jess Walter

“The world is bigger and harder to understand than you think... You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost…

— Jonathan Maberry

“We must be able to look under the surface rather than over-analyze it and delude ourselves into thinking we’re seeing beneath it.”

— Brianna Wiest

“but this is what I think: you only see what you expect to see. Your brain lets the rest go. Because life’s tumult, with…

— Claire Messud

“Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.”

— Chris Van Allsburg

“You can see things without truly understanding them.”

— Ker Dukey

“We shall see but little if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of…

— Henry David Thoreau

“You can stare right at something and not see what lies beneath the surface.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Sometimes we think we should be able to know everything. But we can’t. We have to allow ourselves to see what there is to…

— David Almond

“We only see what's close to us, but if we allow ourselves to simply feel, and not see, we can understand so much more.”

— Jolene B. Perry