Irwin Shaw Novelist, Playwright “Horror would not annoy a soldier any more than the sight of a hammer annoys a carpenter. It is sentimental to pretend that horror is not the tool of the soldier, just as the hammer is the tool of the carpenter. We live off death and the threat of death and we must take it calmly and use it well.... Eventually I came to enjoy killing, as a pianist enjoys the Czerny which keeps his fingers limber for the Beethoven.” Sight Soldier Hammers ♥ 3
Isaac Watts Hymn Writer, Poet “A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.” Night Age Sight ♥ 3
Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman “But by far the greatest hindrance and aberration of the human understanding proceeds from the dullness, incompetency, and deceptions of the senses; in that things which strike the sense outweigh things which do not immediately strike it, though they be more important. Hence it is that speculation commonly ceases where sight ceases; insomuch that of things invisible there is little or no observation.” Science Understanding Sight ♥ 3
Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor “In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would set a high price? It would be just as if a man should fall in love with one of the sparrows which fly by, but it has already passed out of sight.” Men Sight Falling In Love ♥ 3
Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator “The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.” Home Death Sight ♥ 3
Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator “The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.” Mind Sight Wonder ♥ 3
GW Gene Wolfe Author “Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets, perhaps, whose singing we hear with pleasure, though some of us smash them with our heels when they venture into sight.” Thinking Sight Clever ♥ 3
Haruki Murakami Writer “Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end.” Sight Butterfly Punctuation Marks ♥ 3
Haruki Murakami Writer “Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify as deserving of names.” Moving Animal Sight ♥ 3
Haruki Murakami Writer “You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you should focus solely on the details right in front of you, mind you. You’ve got to look ahead a bit or else you’ll bump into something. You’ve got to conform to the proper order and at the same time keep an eye out for what’s ahead. That’s critical, no matter what you’re doing.” Eye Order Sight ♥ 3
Haruki Murakami Writer “Where I went in my travels, it's impossible for me to recall. I remember the sights and sounds and smells clearly enough, but the names of the towns are gone, as well as any sense of the order in which I traveled from place to place.” Order Names Sight ♥ 3
FD Francois de La Rochefoucauld Writer “Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.” Light Sight Vices ♥ 3
