Quotes about Familiarity

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When I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For my readers, this is — Don DeLillo
The better you know someone, the less well you often see them (and the less well they can therefore be transferred into — Julian Barnes
One of the dumbest things you were ever taught was to write what you know. Because what you know is usually dull. Rememb — Ken Kesey
One of the dumbest things you were ever taught was to write what you know. Because what you know is usually dull. Rememb — Ken Kesey
We believe we are seeking happiness in love, but what we are really after is familiarity. We are looking to re-create, w — Alain de Botton, The Course of Love
Familiarity breeds sentiment before contempt. — Amanda Craig
I am a wall. I am a wall. I am a wall. I am a giant and I tower above you. I am a giant and I can't hear your voice. The — Tania De Rozario, And the Walls Come Crumbling Down
Initially [my favorite books] seem to immerse me in another life, but ultimately they immerse me in me; I am looking thr — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
A life that chooses not to grow is a life that died long before it ever lived. — Craig D. Lounsbrough
By choosing comfort we are in the very same decision choosing to miss every great thing in life, and that thought should — Craig D. Lounsbrough
Comfort is a stance of avoidance rather than the pursuit of excellence. — Craig D. Lounsbrough
To seek the praise of men as our motivation is to abandon truly great things, for more often than not truly great things — Craig D. Lounsbrough
The smell of home was indistinguishable from the smell of leaving home: each inhalation a mix of familiarity and fear. — Camilla Gibb, The Beauty of Humanity Movement
If the gate to your precious room is always left ajar, people shall least knock before entering into your precious room! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
When a memory dies, the truth takes its place. Losing a memory is more painful than losing an arm. Because memories cann — P. Wish
There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a pho — Sara Sheridan
The line from psychologists is, if you’ve seen it before, it hasn’t killed you yet. — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
On Ryukyu islands, the expert Kara-te practitioners, used their skills to subdue, control and generally teach bullies A — Soke Behzad Ahmadi, COMPLETE OKINAWA KARATE : Chin-na & Shuai-Jiao
When you have been with your partner for so many years, they become the glove compartment map that you've worn dog-eared — Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
It was a gaze that held the comfort of familiarity. There was no mystery, no enigmatic depth, but unrestrained length, t — Gina Marinello-Sweeney, The Rose and the Sword