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title: "7 Couldn Grasp Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Couldn Grasp quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Couldn Grasp sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Things felt so out of control right now. It was like I had been strapped to a rocket that was hurtling through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keary-taylor/things-felt-so-out-of-control-right-now-it-was-like-i-had-been/)

[Keary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keary-taylor/)

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> [“I just didn’t get it— even with the teacher holding an orange (the earth) in one hand and a lemon (the moon)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-duhamel/i-just-didn-t-get-it-even-with-the-teacher-holding-an-orange-the/)

[Denise Duhamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-duhamel/)

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> [Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-berkus/even-as-a-10-year-old-i-remember-trying-to-explain-to-my-mother-and/)

[Nate Berkus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-berkus/)

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> [“Sometimes he awoke with a feeling of fragments afloat in his sleep, but he couldn't seem to grasp them and put them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/sometimes-he-awoke-with-a-feeling-of-fragments-afloat-in-his-sleep/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

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> [I just couldn't grasp the Concept.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-cortez-stanfield/i-just-couldn-t-grasp-the-concept/)

[Marlon Cortez Stanfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-cortez-stanfield/)

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> [“Something passed close to me then, a feeling or piece of knowledge, but I couldn't quite get it. A sense of something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/something-passed-close-to-me-then-a-feeling-or-piece-of-knowledge-but/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

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> [He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-walter/he-considered-it-a-shame-when-people-couldn-t-grasp-the-infinite-a/)

[Jess Walter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-walter/)

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