A. S. Byatt Quotes

Everything isn't exactly what it seems from the outside.

Please remember: things are not what they seem.

Appearances are deceptive.

I'm trying to convey to my audience that you really can't judge a book by its cover, and there's more to the universe than you can see with your eyes.

In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called!

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

The great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.

Things are not always as they seem.

Things don't always look as they seem.

There are some as are what they are. And there are some as aren't what they seem to be. And there are some as only seem to be what they seem to be.

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

Looks can be deceiving.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmith.

Hyt is not al golde that glareth.

Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

If nothing is the way it seems, then this life is just a haunted dream.

Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.

You cannot judge a book by its contents.

We are deceived by the appearance of right.

We should not be frightened by appearances.

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.