Past present Quote by Jill Thrussell

“I held her eyes in mind, took her hand in mine. The feeling of our hands touching was strange, sudden. It was a feeling…

— Nawal El Saadawi

“It's extraordinary how much you can tell about a person from their interpretations. It can show you how they see the world, and how…

— Angela Richardson

“How can I demonstrate [...] that I have glimpsed somebody's future recollection?”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“You can see things without truly understanding them.”

— Ker Dukey

“You can see. Seeing is believing. Seeing is the gift that keeps giving. It’s much more engaging than being seen.”

— Diane Keaton

“some things, most things in my experience, are more vivid when you haven’t seen them,”

— Niall Williams

“But even though I felt her presence, I also felt the habitual fruitlessness of thinking about her. Her images, partly memories of her, partly…

— Jane Smiley

“She could sense it very clearly: for me, no less than for her, the past counted far more than the present, remembering something far…

— Giorgio Bassani

“What you see will remain imprinted in your mind and will have impact on you in many ways, so be cautious about what you…

— Srinivart

“Something passed close to me then, a feeling or piece of knowledge, but I couldn't quite get it. A sense of something I'd once…

— Nic Pizzolatto

“To see things in surprising ways, you have to extend yourself a bit.”

— Elizabeth Hickey