“with a most intent and searching gaze”
“Is everyone from your planet like you?" Leyon asked, his gaze intent."For the most part," she replied."You have no men on your planet.""We do!”
“One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121)”
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
“... in St. Petersburg, the most abstract and intentional city on the entire globe. (Cities and be intentional or unintentional.”
“Because of the a priori element in intention, good intentions are so tempting - compared with a successive unfolding in time - and have so often in them some narcotic which develops an inner gaze instead of a resilience that begets energy.”