Perceive

Famous quotes containing the word perceive:

    “To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything but that world is not merely hell but the only possible damnation: the act of a man damning himself. It may be—I hope it is—redemption to guess and perhaps perceive that the universe, the hell which we see for all its beauty, vastness, majesty, is only part of a whole which is quite unimaginable.”
    —William Golding (b. 1911)

    “I am surprised at the way people seem to perceive me, and sometimes I read stories and hear things about me and I go “ugh.” I wouldn’t like her either. It’s so unlike what I think I am or what my friends think I am.”
    —Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947)

    “And as she died so must we die ourselves,
    And thence ye may perceive the world’s a dream.
    Life, how and what is it?”
    —Robert Browning (1812–1889)