Theme: perception
Dracula / Perception and Awareness
You do not let your eyes see nor your ears hear, and that which is outside your daily life is not of account to you. Do you not think that there are t...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Sanity and Madness
Surely my brain had not been affected by my fall, and all that occurred during the last twenty-four hours was not the frenzied visions of madness? And...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Curiosity and Confinement
On each side a window opened into this unexplored abyss. The obscurity of the saloon showed to advantage the brightness outside, and we looked out as ...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Media and Truth
I have already learned all that is in the public prints, nothing more. I presume that I may take it as correct—this article, for example, as to the di...
Dracula / Mind and Madness
I have tried to keep an open mind; and it is not the ordinary things of life that could close it, but the strange things, the extraordinary things, th...
Pride and Prejudice / Reputation and Silence
Darcy and his relation Colonel Fitzwilliam, I was ignorant of the truth myself. And when I returned home the ----shire was to leave Meryton in a week ...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Liquid Comfort
That precious bottle of Hollands was in reality only half full; but, under the circumstances, it was nectar. It took some minutes for myself and my un...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Perception vs Reality
It appeared to you to be a simple case; to me it seems exceedingly complex. You suppose that your son came down from his bed, went, at great risk, to ...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Insight and Revelation
Sherlock Holmes welcomed her with the easy courtesy for which he was remarkable, and, having closed the door and bowed her into an armchair, he looked...
The War of the Worlds / Martian Physiology
They were huge round bodies—or, rather, heads—about four feet in diameter, each body having in front of it a face. This face had no nostrils—indeed, t...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Psychological Turmoil
It was with the greatest difficulty that I succeeded in doing so. Hamburg, the house on the Konigstrasse, my dear cousin Gretchen--all that world whic...
Pride and Prejudice / Deceptive Charisma
And we all know that Wickham has every charm of person and address that can captivate a woman.” “But you see that Jane,” said her aunt, “does not thin...
Frankenstein / Sensory Awakening
I walked and, I believe, descended, but I presently found a great alteration in my sensations. Before, dark and opaque bodies had surrounded me, imper...
Pride and Prejudice / Familial Influence
I had not believed it possible.” “I suspected as much,” replied Elizabeth. “But how did he account for it?” “It must have been his sisters’ doing.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Natures Contrasts
“Good!” said Conseil; “a concert of bulls!” “No; a concert of morses.” “They are fighting!” “They are either fighting or playing.” We now began to cli...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Vitality and Frailty
His manner was brisk, and yet his general appearance gave an undue impression of age, for he had a slight forward stoop and a little bend of the knees...
Around the World in Eighty Days / Moral Ambiguity
Fogg is no more a robber than I am a murderer.” Should he divulge Fix’s real errand to his master? Would it do to tell the part the detective was play...
Gulliver's Travels / Identity and Perception
He desired to see no more; and gave me leave to put on my clothes again, for I was shuddering with cold. I expressed my uneasiness at his giving me so...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Veiled Encounters
I shall look forward to seeing you again this afternoon.” She dropped her thick black veil over her face and glided from the room. “And what do you th...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Linguistic Power
After some moments of silence, which not one of us dreamed of breaking, “Gentlemen,” said he, in a calm and penetrating voice, “I speak French, Englis...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Observation vs Interpretation
“I can see nothing,” said I, handing it back to my friend. You are too timid in drawing your inferences.” “Then, pray tell me what it is that you can ...