Waking Hours Quotes

“People with dyslexia had to look harder at the details surrounding them and overcome a dysfunction of the visual pathways, decoding what information was meaningful and what wasn’t. It was like trying to hear what someone was saying at a really loud party. For dyslexics, the world was full of visual noise.”
― Lis Wiehl, Waking Hours

“Because I thought you were the best person in the school,” he said. “And the prettiest. From the eyes up at least.” “Excuse me?” Dani said. “That’s all I ever saw,” Tommy said. “Your face was always buried in a book.” He held a hand horizontal and flat in front of his face to illustrate. “This was you,” he said, raising his hand to cover his nose. “Book, eyebrows, top of head. I was scared of you.”
― Lis Wiehl, Waking Hours