“To shut you eyes is to guess nothing of blindness.”
Source: All the Light We Cannot See
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Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
short quotes, 31 October 1966; p. 58
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
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Terry Pratchett book Wintersmith
Source: Wintersmith
“But I guess you don't see the planets when you're staring at the sun. You just get blinded.”
David Levithan (1972) American author and editor
Source: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
“you'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Source: I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)
“There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.”
August Strindberg (1849–1912) Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter
“I guess that makes you the manager of nothing.”
Dick Stuart (1932–2002) American baseball player
Circa summer 1958, in response to manager Danny Murtaugh's question, "Now who am I?", posed immediately after having informed Stuart that he, Murtaugh, should be addressed strictly as "Mr. Murtaugh," and that he, Stuart, was "nothing'; as quoted by Murtaugh in "Gazette Sports: Stuart Still in Public Eye" https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/410446368/ by Roy Anderson, in The Billings Gazette (July 1, 1961)
