"Seem" Quotes

What things seem to be, and what they are.

These quotes play with the gap between appearance and reality, from a reader's pull toward inventive fiction to a simple line about autumn feeling more inviting than it truly is. It's a small but thoughtful look at how perception shapes experience, related to our Being quotes.


Some lines lean poetic, noting how a song can seem worn thin to careful ears, while others are refreshingly plain observations about attraction to certain experiences. Pair these with our About quotes for more musings on how we describe the world.