sense

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
650924c	Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.	understanding stupidity reason sense rationality	Euripides
126f39d	It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and, if discovered and responded to, must lead, ignis-fatuus-like, into miry wilds whence there is no extrication.	women love unavowed-love secret-love sense flattery vulnerability	Charlotte Brontë
d172f25	Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.	stupidity intelligence sense	Jane Austen
480924a	It all made perfect sense, and at the same time, nothing seemed to make sense at all.	sense	Nicholas Sparks
9d52e77	If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.	sense	Norton Juster
0786932	There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences.	each-other we sense consequences	Wallace Stegner
2f05f76	"I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said, "We aren't really expected to."	men taran sense girls men-and-women expectations	Lloyd Alexander
f692609	What she saw, she felt. Her eyes went straight to her heart.	sympathy feelings emotion feel sense perception	Jerry Spinelli
a4473c8	Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers. Mothers and dogs both had a kind of second sight that made them see into people's minds and know when anything unusual was going on.	sharp mothers sense	Enid Blyton
8432448	The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. Faith also means reaching deeply within, for the sense one was born with, the sense, for example, to go for a walk.	light faith opposite emptiness mess sense walk	Anne Lamott
8900cd5	No one ought even to desert a woman after throwing her a heap of gold in her distress! He ought to love her forever! You are young, only twenty-one, and kind and upright and fine. You'll ask me how a woman can take money from a man. Oh, God, isn't it natural to share everything with the one we owe all our happiness to? When one has given everything, how can one quibble about a mere portion of it? Money is important only when feeling has ceased. Isn't one bound for life? How can you foresee separation when you think someone loves you? When a man swears eternal love--how can there be any separate concerns in that case?	money love sense finance sincerity	Honoré de Balzac
676d54c	As a general rule, the less one's sense of life fulfillment, the greater one's death anxiety.	life fulfillment general sense	Irvin D. Yalom
de46484	"Well, I miss my wife, you know," I said. "But I also miss the feeling of, I don't know, comfort. The sense you're where you're supposed to be, with someone you're supposed to be with."	supposed feeling with wife sense miss someone	John Scalzi
5dd0bf2	Love is the opposite of good sense.	good heart love oppsoite sense	Marjane Satrapi
1139f60	And yet it felt like an invasion of the part of his body, the physical sense that was most precious: something that betrayed him and also refused to abandon him.	invasion sense	Jhumpa Lahiri
ea3229a	It was like someone far away calling someone else's name.	magic sense	Garth Nix
d3b8c91	I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children.	margaret-atwod sensible sense	Margaret Atwood
f3e4ae0	Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.	mind heart speak head cool consider counsel discuss hothead realize think sense talk protest	Robin Hobb
3a91b1d	Fool, there is no sense in trying to play that game with the past. Here is where we are today, and we can only make our moves from here.	future past move sense today play regret	Robin Hobb
c3c393d	The dog next-door had settled down, and the neighbourhood seemed stunned by this event occurring in our backyard. It was like it could sense it. It could sense some form of tragedy and helplessness being played out, and to tell you the truth, it all surprised me. I was so used to things just going on, oblivious and ignorant to all feeling.	tragedy ignorant neighorhood oblivious sense helplessness	Markus Zusak
25ca932	We are taught to think ourselves ugly. Eyes are an assaulted sense. We are taught to behave by spankings and whippings. Touch is an assaulted sense. We are taught we should not smell, or we smell wrong. Smell is an assaulted sense. We listen to songs that call us 'hos and tell us how to give blow jobs. Hearing is an assaulted sense. Taste, not so much.	music songs humor hearing smell taste sense food	Alice Randall
0ab51c6	It was about then that I realized I was an extraordinarily complex person, because my logic typically made no sense.	sense	T.J. Klune
b40fa13	I don't think this one's business as usual. Me evil cunt sense is tinglin'.	unusual sense evil	Garth Ennis

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

understanding stupidity reason sense rationality

Euripides

126f39d

It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and, if discovered and responded to, must lead, ignis-fatuus-like, into miry wilds whence there is no extrication.

women love unavowed-love secret-love sense flattery vulnerability

Charlotte Brontë

d172f25

Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.

stupidity intelligence sense

Jane Austen

480924a

It all made perfect sense, and at the same time, nothing seemed to make sense at all.

sense

Nicholas Sparks

9d52e77

If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.

sense

Norton Juster

0786932

There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences.

each-other we sense consequences

Wallace Stegner

2f05f76

"I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said, "We aren't really expected to."

men taran sense girls men-and-women expectations

Lloyd Alexander

f692609

What she saw, she felt. Her eyes went straight to her heart.

sympathy feelings emotion feel sense perception

Jerry Spinelli

a4473c8

Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers. Mothers and dogs both had a kind of second sight that made them see into people's minds and know when anything unusual was going on.

sharp mothers sense

Enid Blyton

8432448

The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. Faith also means reaching deeply within, for the sense one was born with, the sense, for example, to go for a walk.

light faith opposite emptiness mess sense walk

Anne Lamott

8900cd5

No one ought even to desert a woman after throwing her a heap of gold in her distress! He ought to love her forever! You are young, only twenty-one, and kind and upright and fine. You'll ask me how a woman can take money from a man. Oh, God, isn't it natural to share everything with the one we owe all our happiness to? When one has given everything, how can one quibble about a mere portion of it? Money is important only when feeling has ceased. Isn't one bound for life? How can you foresee separation when you think someone loves you? When a man swears eternal love--how can there be any separate concerns in that case?

money love sense finance sincerity

Honoré de Balzac

676d54c

As a general rule, the less one's sense of life fulfillment, the greater one's death anxiety.

life fulfillment general sense

Irvin D. Yalom

de46484

"Well, I miss my wife, you know," I said. "But I also miss the feeling of, I don't know, comfort. The sense you're where you're supposed to be, with someone you're supposed to be with."

supposed feeling with wife sense miss someone

John Scalzi

5dd0bf2

Love is the opposite of good sense.

good heart love oppsoite sense

Marjane Satrapi

1139f60

And yet it felt like an invasion of the part of his body, the physical sense that was most precious: something that betrayed him and also refused to abandon him.

invasion sense

Jhumpa Lahiri

ea3229a

It was like someone far away calling someone else's name.

magic sense

Garth Nix

d3b8c91

I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children.

margaret-atwod sensible sense

Margaret Atwood

f3e4ae0

Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.

mind heart speak head cool consider counsel discuss hothead realize think sense talk protest

Robin Hobb

3a91b1d

Fool, there is no sense in trying to play that game with the past. Here is where we are today, and we can only make our moves from here.

future past move sense today play regret

Robin Hobb

c3c393d

The dog next-door had settled down, and the neighbourhood seemed stunned by this event occurring in our backyard. It was like it could sense it. It could sense some form of tragedy and helplessness being played out, and to tell you the truth, it all surprised me. I was so used to things just going on, oblivious and ignorant to all feeling.

tragedy ignorant neighorhood oblivious sense helplessness

Markus Zusak

25ca932

We are taught to think ourselves ugly. Eyes are an assaulted sense. We are taught to behave by spankings and whippings. Touch is an assaulted sense. We are taught we should not smell, or we smell wrong. Smell is an assaulted sense. We listen to songs that call us 'hos and tell us how to give blow jobs. Hearing is an assaulted sense. Taste, not so much.

music songs humor hearing smell taste sense food

Alice Randall

0ab51c6

It was about then that I realized I was an extraordinarily complex person, because my logic typically made no sense.

sense

T.J. Klune

b40fa13

I don't think this one's business as usual. Me evil cunt sense is tinglin'.

unusual sense evil

Garth Ennis