Sensory Quotes

“It was as if I had only just been able to see colours and shapes for the first time. I was so enthralled with the buttons on Lestat's black coat that I looked at nothing else for a long time.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“She kisses the children goodnight, leaving lipstick on their foreheads and a trail of Chanel No.5.”
― Camilla Gibb, Sweetness in the Belly

“I drank, sucking the blood out of the holes, experiencing for the first time since infancy the special pleasure of sucking nourishment, the body focused with the mind upon one vital source.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“The irony of sensory deprivation tanks is that in order to think outside the box, you must first go inside one.”
― Ryan Lilly

“Sounds beyond the limits of the ear may be gathered by other sensory systems of the body.”
― Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice

“In truth, there is no such thing as an “intuitive boundary” of a sensory state. That most philosophers take such states as brain-bound is not an intuition, but a prejudice.”
― István Aranyosi, The Peripheral Mind: Philosophy of Mind and the Peripheral Nervous System

“One of my relatives invented the sensory deprivation tank. Appropriately, most of my family has never seen or heard of him.”
― Ryan Lilly

“What I'm trying to do is make impressions. I think of myself as a colourist, adding different colours and shades by using different techniques and touching the guitar in different ways. I'd like to play sounds you can see if you've got your eyes closed.”
― Lenny Breau

“Time refuses to be simplified and reduced. You cannot say that it is found only in the mind or only in the universe, that it runs only in one direction, or in every one imaginable. That it exists only in biological substructure, or is only a social convention. That it is only individual or only collective, only cyclic, only linear, relative, absolute, determined, universal or only local, only indeterminate, illusory, totally true, immeasurable, measurable, explicable, or unapproachable. It is all of these things.”
― Peter Høeg, Borderliners

“We’re all multi-sensory beings; if you want to seduce your partner on deeper levels, it’s time to start exploring different sensory triggers.”
― Lebo Grand

“Arabella dangled her legs out of the bedroom window and closed her eyes. She felt a butterfly brush against her knee, rubbed her skin against the mortar and bricks, drank in the warmth of the morning sunshine on her face, her arms, her feet.”
― Pauline Fisk, Midnight Blue

“I, like, added curry spices to the tomatoes and then firmed it with sodium alginate.
Then there's the mousse I made with powdered, freeze-dried foie gras blended with turmeric. The white dollop in the middle is a puree of potatoes and six different types of cheese.
Once your mouth has thoroughly cooled from those items, you should totally try the piecrust arches.
Oh! I flash froze it first, so it should have a very light, fluffy texture.
I kneaded coriander and a few other select spices into the pie dough. It'll cleanse your palate and give your tongue a break.
This dish is all about "Thermal Sense," y'know.
Molecular gastronomy teaches about the various contrasting temperature sensations foods and spices have.
I took those theories and put them together into a single dish.”
― Yuto Tsukuda, 食戟のソーマ 7 [Shokugeki no Souma 7]

“Hugs made Matt feel like he was being attacked, especially when he was already overwhelmed.”
― Dave Angel, An Obsession With Justice

“All our desires are desires of the soul, ultimately,
Though they look like desires mental or sensory;
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― Munindra Misra, Devi Mahatmayam in English Rhyme

“Dining at the rare reason
To get between the circumstance
And start milking the Caesars
For what enters the ears
And is for their eyes to air and advise.”
― Initially NO, Beneath

“When I first tried a sensory deprivation tank, people thought I had lost my mind. In fact, I had found it.”
― Ryan Lilly

“If we would think-to-speak at an adaptive, and comprehensible ear-speed of human sound, we might vastly hear so much more, than the expensive sensory gift of ocular attention, could afford.”
― Tracey Bond

“Every design choice we make has a sensory effect on us.”
― Lebo Grand

“He wanted the teahouse to blend in with nature and become more of a backdrop for the tea ceremony, so he helped influence its redesign. Over time, the teahouse became a simple hut set in a garden with mud and plaster walls, a thatched roof, a bamboo lattice ceiling, tatami floors, and small paper-covered windows. It became a refuge in the city meant to echo a mountain retreat, where samurai from warring clans, lowly merchants, and even the emperor could come together on equal footing and focus on nothing more than the sensory pleasures of the tea ceremony, such as the gentle bubbling of the tea water on the brazier, the seasonal flower arrangement in the alcove, and the smell of the particular incense chosen to represent the time of year.”
― Victoria Abbott Riccardi, Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto

“Nonrhythmic sensory stimuli (NRSS) are calming, gentle, nonthreatening movements found in nature, such as ripples on a pool of water, grass swaying, or leaves moving in a breeze, which can aid psychological restoration and reduce eyestrain from computers. The movement catches our eye every so often and allows us a moment of effortless attention on something in the distance. This is particularly beneficial if we refocus our vision every 20 minutes, for 20 seconds, on something 20 feet away (this is known as the 20x20x20 rule).
Adding some greenery to your workspace can help with this. Try placing a leafy plant next to an open window for gentle movement in a breeze.”
― Oliver Heath, Design A Healthy Home: 100 ways to transform your space for physical and mental wellbeing

“You were never alone. You couldn’t see them, but help was all around you. We work in the dark a lot, so that’s something you’ll learn—you’ll know where everybody is, even when you can’t see them.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Gathering Elements

“Her blood sings for me. I can smell it; a tinge of copper in the air, wet earth and golden amber. I can feel it; the spark in my veins, how she’s changing me from the inside out, how I’ll never be complete without her.”
― Catrina Bell, Beastly & Bookish

“Du bist haptisch äußerst angenehm.”
― Eleanor Bardilac, Die Magie goldgewebter Herzen

“The scratch of the wool against my cheek as he hugged me goodbye is a feeling I can still recall.”
― Scarlet Ibis James