205 Quotes About Odd-thomas

...to see the world as it is, instead of through the shadow that you cast upon it.

At fifty-one, why would she choose to dispose of her house, uproot herself, and come here to be a part of your work if she didn't feel that, for the first time in her life, she was profoundly known for who she is, that she was at last cherished for who she truly is?

Maybe if everything was beautiful, nothing would be.

If an eighty-six-year-old woman has been clear-seeing from a young age, she will have gone through a lot of life developing an eye for snares and pitfalls, an ear for deceit, and a good nose for knavery. And by such an age, a smart woman with no delusions is one to whom courage comes far more readily than it does to those young people who don't yet know the world for what it is.

Were you always such a snake," the child asked, "or did you grow into what you are?

You will see that this is true, though you will also see that between the mad and the misguided, the line is as thin as a split hair that has been split again.

Even when God is your co-pilot, it pays to pack a parachute.

Irrational fear feeds on itself and grows. You must deny it.

We can approach belief from an intellectual path, but in the end, God must be taken on faith. Proofs are for things of this world, things in time and of time, not beyond time.