“We don't see the world as it is, we see it as we are”

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

“We don't see people as they are. We see people as we are.”

“We don't see things how they are, we see things the way we are.”

“It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.”

“Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when we begin to see our suffering as a story, we are saved.”

“The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.”