One of the brain’s more prominent skills is the ability to ignore anything that becomes too predictable, no matter how important it may be (this is why soldiers can still get some sleep in war zones).
“Death has a beauty to it. We don't see it because we don't want to. And that makes sense. Why would we want to focus on something that takes us away from everything we know? How do we even begin to understand that there's more than what we see?”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“If she was telling the truth and was human, she'd always have to be scared of something. That was how humanity worked. Survival instinct was based on a healthy dose of fear.”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“An adult considers constant repetition boring, because it requires reliving the same experience over and over again. But to preschoolers repetition isn't boring, because each time they watch something they are experiencing it in a completely different way.”
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
“When we read, we are capable of taking in only about one key word and then four characters to the left and fifteen characters to the right at any one time.”
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
“I’ve already satisfied that sick journalistic urge that feeds in ripping open wounds of others just before they’re about to heal.”
― A Flicker in the Dark
― A Flicker in the Dark
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