“Do you think people have noticed that I'm around?”
“I notice when you're not. Does that count?”
Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer
Source: Saving Francesca
“Such is the disposition of mankind, if they cannot blast an action, they will censure the parade of it; and whether you do what does not deserve to be taken notice of, or take notice yourself of what does, either way you incur reproach.”
Letter 8, 15.
Letters, Book I
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Such is the disposition of mankind, if they cannot blast an action, they will censure the parade of it; and whether you…" by Pliny the Younger?
Pliny the Younger50
Roman writer 61–113Related quotes
Barry Long (1926–2003) Australian spiritual teacher and writer
Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)
“That's what happens when you love someone… you notice and notice and notice.”
Cinda Williams Chima (1952) Novelist
Source: The Crimson Crown
“You do not notice changes in what is always before you.”
Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi
Mes Apprentissages (1936)
“What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.”
Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Reverence for Life (1969)
Context: I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them. But there is something I want you to realize. It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do. If your soul is harmed, something irreparable happens, the extent of which you won't realize until it will be too late.