Vantage Point Quotes

“Learning that some people are oblivious makes the public humiliation feel less total, but it’s also weirdly embarrassing to realize that you’re buckling under the weight of something smaller than you thought.”
― Sara Sligar, Vantage Point

“Of course I shouldn’t expect him to know, magically, what I want. But is it really such an insane expectation? After all, I know what he wants. I know what he believes, what he dreads, what he needs. More than that, I know why. I know why he forces food on Clara, why he doesn’t go on diving boards, why he said yes so quickly to the Senate run. I know these things, and not because he sat me down and explained them to me, but because I pay attention. I observe and draw conclusions, and then I take those conclusions and push them outward, so that I might consider what else in his life that reason might affect. For example: he avoids diving boards because they’re slippery, he says, and I conclude it reminds him of how his parents died, and I conclude therefore he will also want the outdoor stairs to have nonslip treads, and he will want his shoes to be replaced before they lose traction, and he will want to be warned before Stephanie waxes the floors. I consider the whole chain reaction. I anticipate him. I work at knowing him. Is it so much to ask, that he might work at knowing me?”
― Sara Sligar, Vantage Point