“Empty yourself of thoughts, images, beliefs, labels, tendencies, concepts, details, struggles, fears, desires, memories, expectations, personal stories and social conditionings. Have the courage to just witness and simply be.”— Conscious Arrival, instagram.com
“Yeah, I never forget the ball hairs. It's just, it's such an important part of the dick.”— Tony Yacenda, Dan Perrault, Dylan Maxwell, Jimmy Tatro, imdb.com
“I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed... anything that could be counted, I did.”— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com
“Coach Steve: I feel kind of nervous, you know? I’m just a little fuzzy on the details. Hormone Monster: Come on, you got it baby. Coach Steve: I think I put my pener in her sweetie? Hormone Monster: That’s it, man! Your penner is a choo-choo train and her sweetie is a townie.”— Joe Wengert, Coach Steve, Nick Kroll, imdb.com
“Details are everything! You don't want to go fighting ghosts without any health insurance.”— Sera Gamble, Dean Winchester, Jensen Ackles, imdb.com
“Paradoxically, vividness of description and detail here comes at the expense of realism. To put it simply, no one besides a writer—a professional noticer—notices this much, and certainly not in a near instantaneous time frame; not in a “taking in.” There is no reason to. This style of writing, which…”— Adam O'Fallon Price, blog.pshares.org
“As with writing, the silence says as much, or more, than the word.”— Adam O'Fallon Price, blog.pshares.org
“Description is, in fact, more useful for what it says about the noticer than the noticed.”— Adam O'Fallon Price, blog.pshares.org
“You ask me to have lunch, tell me you slept with Elaine, and then say you're not in the mood for details. Now you listen to me. I want details and I want them right now. I don't have a job, I have no place to go. You're not in the mood? Well, you get in the mood!”— Larry David, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com
“Find someone who pays attention. Who runs their fingers over your every scar; and asks where each one came from. Find someone who knows how you like your coffee; what song makes you want to roll the windows down and slam on the gas pedal. Find someone who takes in your smallest details; who notices…”— via wordsnquotes, wnq-writers.com
“Simplicity is a kind of transparency in which subtle nuances can have outsize effects. When everything is visible and appears to be dumb, that’s when the details take on larger meanings.”— David Byrne, amazon.com
“I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the pl…”— David Byrne, imdb.com
“I learn a good deal by merely observing you, And letting you talk as long as you please, And taking note of what you do not say.”— T. S. Eliot, amazon.com
“When you are attracted to people, it’s because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“You made your friend spill every detail of her last date. Nothing is off limits, because you demand (and need) to know everything: what foreplay was involved, which positions they tried, how long it lasted.”— Kenny Thapoung, womenshealthmag.com
“You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.”— Julie Delpy, Celine, amazon.com
“Say exactly what you mean, don't be vague. Sure, an "I miss you," text is nice, but if what you're actually missing are his hands squeezing your ass or his mouth on your boobs, then say that!”— Hannah Smothers, cosmopolitan.com
“Don't just tell him what you're doing, tell him how it makes you feel, how it tastes, how it looks.”— Hannah Smothers, cosmopolitan.com
“Like you learned in English class, get descriptive. Build the image you want them to see. From the details of where you’d like to put your hands, to where you’d like them to put their mouth. Show, don’t tell. Use the five senses”— Dana Cartwright, complex.com
“If an ex girlfriend or boyfriend is interested, you'll notice them finding out more about your life than what you've already told them since the breakup. They may have learned the information from a friend or a friend of a friend or whomever, the bottom line is they've heard something about you and…”— Brad Browning, yourtango.com