Anais Nin quote...We don`t see things as they are, we see them as we are!... what do you make of this?

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Your personal interpretation please

Answer 1

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I think thats very insightful and very true. Our personal feelings and beliefs determine the way we look at the world. A person who has had some unhappiness in their life looks at the clouds and thinks of the rain thats sure to follow, wheras someone who's had a more fortunate life would look at those same clouds and see the sunshine, or the rainbow.

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Thanks everyone

Answer 2

Hell i see dead people.

Answer 3

A primrose by the rivers brim, a yellow primrose was to him, and nothing more.

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William Wordsworth.

Answer 4

That we all interpret things differently, and that many people will have many different viewpoints.

Answer 5

" When you re-read a Classic, You don't see more in the book than before. You see more in yourself. "

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One of my favourite Quotes.

Answer 6

I think a few people will see things as things are and most will see them as they are.