Attention Quote by Flannery O'Connor

Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?

— Mencius

“Another human being, yet another I had never seen before. What did this one know? Was he happy? Was he cruel? Did he worry?…

— Edward Carey

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.

— Flannery O'Connor

Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.

— Anonymous

I keep trying to find ways to shift the viewer's attention away from the object they are looking at and toward their own perceptual…

— Uta Barth

When u get caught staring at him remeber he looked back

— Anonymous

If you are caught staring, at least you know he was looking back

— Anonymous

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home…

— Babe Ruth

I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.

— Patrick O'Brian

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

— John Green

You don't want to hit readers over the head like they're completely incapable of picking up on subtlety.

— Mark Waid

Look at Him while He is looking at you.

— Therese of Lisieux