“Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit.”

“You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend.”

Richard Jeni (1957–2007) American comedian

“A bit beyond perception's reach
I sometimes believe I see
that Life is two locked boxes, each
containing the other's key.”

Piet Hein (1905–1996) Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet

“Women see through and through each other; and often we most admire her whom they most scorn.”

Charles Buxton (1823–1871) English brewer, philanthropist, writer and politician

“She's Beyoncé, and I'm [Jay-Z's] new protégée. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not friends friends.”

Rihanna (1988) Barbadian singer, songwriter, and actress

“To be integrated in one another, each person should annul himself before the others. This is done by each seeing the friends' merits and not their faults. But one who thinks that he is a little higher than the friends can no longer unite with them.”

Baruch Ashlag (1907–1991) Polish rabbi

“To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.”

Aldous Huxley book The Doors of Perception

“The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other.”

Alan Hollinghurst book The Line of Beauty

“I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.”

Robin Jones Gunn (1955) American writer

“Every person is a possibility. The hopeless romantics feel it most acutely, but even for others, the only way to keep going is to see every person as a possibility.”

David Levithan book Every Day