--- title: "8 Answer Said Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Answer Said quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Answer Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/dashiell-hammett-3863_answer_i-guess-i-can-put-two-and-two-together-s_21369.png" --- > [“...I guess I can put two and two together." "Sometimes the answer's four," I said, "and sometimes it's twenty-two...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/i-guess-i-can-put-two-and-two-together-sometimes-the-answer-s-four-i/) [Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/dashiell-hammett-3863_answer_i-guess-i-can-put-two-and-two-together-s_21369.png) > [ “Ringo: \[On the 'Two Virgins' cover\] 'The cover was the mind-blower - I remember to this day the moment when they came… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ringo-starr/ringo-on-the-two-virgins-cover-the-cover-was-the-mind-blower-i/) [Ringo Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ringo-starr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/ringo-starr-3090_time_ringo-on-the-two-virgins-cover-the-cover_188220.jpg) > [“Does that mean you're a thief too?' 'Yep.' 'What did you steal?' For a moment, she thought he wasn't going to answer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lian-tanner/does-that-mean-you-re-a-thief-too-yep-what-did-you-steal-for-a-moment/) [Lian Tanner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lian-tanner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/lian-tanner-58808_steal_does-that-mean-you-re-a-thief-too-yep-wh_571687.jpg) > [You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-can-t-answer-what-i-said-so-you-re-going-to-talk-about-my-saying/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/orson-scott-card-134_answers_you-can-t-answer-what-i-said-so-you-re-g_898406.png) > [“What is it like to wear another person’s skin?” “I don’t have a good answer for that,” I said. “It hurts.” “Can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-davidson/what-is-it-like-to-wear-another-person-s-skin-i-don-t-have-a-good/) [Andrew Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-davidson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/andrew-davidson-4371_hurts_what-is-it-like-to-wear-another-person-s_1477834.png) > [“Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare. "Exactly so," said Alice.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carrol/do-you-mean-that-you-think-you-can-find-out-the-answer-to-it-said-the/) [lewis carrol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carrol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/lewis-carrol-39015_philosophy_do-you-mean-that-you-think-you-can-find_1577959.jpg) > [“I did answer. I said a little. I'm afraid of what you can do. I mean, I feel safe with you, though.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasinda-wilder/i-did-answer-i-said-a-little-i-m-afraid-of-what-you-can-do-i-mean-i/) [Jasinda Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasinda-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/jasinda-wilder-1270_afraid_i-did-answer-i-said-a-little-i-m-afraid_2579347.png) > [Love is the answer, said the songs, and that's OK. It was OK, I supposed, as an answer. But no more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-moore/love-is-the-answer-said-the-songs-and-that-s-ok-it-was-ok-i-supposed/) [Lorrie Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorrie-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/lorrie-moore-870_answers_love-is-the-answer-said-the-songs-and-th_3128840.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answer-said/#itemlist", "name": "Answer Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...I guess I can put two and two together.\" \"Sometimes the answer's four,\" I said, \"and sometimes it's twenty-two...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dashiell Hammett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/i-guess-i-can-put-two-and-two-together-sometimes-the-answer-s-four-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/dashiell-hammett-3863_answer_i-guess-i-can-put-two-and-two-together-s_21369.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/dashiell-hammett-3863_answer_i-guess-i-can-put-two-and-two-together-s_21369.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/dashiell-hammett-3863_answer_i-guess-i-can-put-two-and-two-together-s_21369.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...I guess I can put two and two together.\" \"Sometimes the answer's four,\" I said, \"and sometimes it's…” — Dashiell Hammett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ringo: [On the 'Two Virgins' cover] 'The cover was the mind-blower - I remember to this day the moment when they came in and showed me. 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I said a little. I'm afraid of what you can do. I mean, I feel safe with you, though. I know you’d never hurt me.” I take her face in my hands. It’s too familiar, too affectionate, too soon. I can’t help it, though. “Just the opposite. I will protect you. From others and from yourself. Always.” “Why?” Barely audible. “Because I want to. 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