--- title: "11 Knew Saying Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Knew Saying quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Knew Saying sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/phoebe-waller-bridge-8068_always_i-always-knew-that-saying-the-unsayable_2871844.jpg" --- > [I always knew that saying the unsayable was going to be a powerful thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoebe-waller-bridge/i-always-knew-that-saying-the-unsayable-was-going-to-be-a-powerful/) [Phoebe Waller-Bridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phoebe-waller-bridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/phoebe-waller-bridge-8068_always_i-always-knew-that-saying-the-unsayable_2871844.jpg) > [“I knew what he was saying, and I wished to God he was someone else, someone who didn't have to say things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/i-knew-what-he-was-saying-and-i-wished-to-god-he-was-someone-else/) [Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/benjamin-alire-s-enz-1125_knew_i-knew-what-he-was-saying-and-i-wished-t_3086968.png) > [First they ignore you, then they denounce you, and then they say that they knew what you were saying all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/first-they-ignore-you-then-they-denounce-you-and-then-they-say-that/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/mahatma-gandhi-23_firsts_first-they-ignore-you-then-they-denounce_1573136.jpg) > [“Ned knew the saying. “What the king dreams,” he said, “the Hand builds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/ned-knew-the-saying-what-the-king-dreams-he-said-the-hand-builds/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/george-r-r-martin-48_dream_ned-knew-the-saying-what-the-king-dreams_2333706.png) > [“You need someone to probe you in that direction. It won't just happen automatically." I knew what he was saying. We all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-need-someone-to-probe-you-in-that-direction-it-won-t-just-happen/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/mitch-albom-187_education_you-need-someone-to-probe-you-in-that-di_2096391.png) > [Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?" "Yes," said Harry stiffly. "Yes, sir." "There's no need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/do-you-remember-me-telling-you-we-are-practicing-non-verbal-spells-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/anonymous-1_call-me_do-you-remember-me-telling-you-we-are-pr_2525156.jpg) > [“Five dollars," O'Malley insisted. "He's small, but smarter than all the other pups put together. I swear he sometimes knows exactly what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-smith/five-dollars-o-malley-insisted-he-s-small-but-smarter-than-all-the/) [Roland Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/roland-smith-23978_knew-saying_five-dollars-o-malley-insisted-he-s-smal_91296.png) > [“With the tip of his tongue, he outlined her ear. “ Topsannah, tani-har-ro. ” The words came out so slurred, she doubted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/with-the-tip-of-his-tongue-he-outlined-her-ear-topsannah-tani-har-ro/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/catherine-anderson-308_quote_with-the-tip-of-his-tongue-he-outlined-h_1719771.jpg) > [“More than anything I was relieved that in my unfamiliar babbling-and-wanting-to-talk state I'd stopped myself from blurting the thing I'd never said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/more-than-anything-i-was-relieved-that-in-my-unfamiliar-babbling-and/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/donna-tartt-391_babbling_more-than-anything-i-was-relieved-that-i_2607725.jpg) > [“Yes, I feel the moment has come for me to look back, if I can, and take my bearings, if I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/yes-i-feel-the-moment-has-come-for-me-to-look-back-if-i-can-and-take/) [Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/samuel-beckett-365_moment_yes-i-feel-the-moment-has-come-for-me-to_2017709.jpg) > [“You deserve better." Mercifully, he kept eating as he spoke. "You've got to stop thinking of me that way. When it's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiera-cass/you-deserve-better-mercifully-he-kept-eating-as-he-spoke-you-ve-got/) [Kiera Cass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiera-cass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/kiera-cass-496_deserve-better_you-deserve-better-mercifully-he-kept-ea_13066.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-saying/#itemlist", "name": "Knew Saying Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always knew that saying the unsayable was going to be a powerful thing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Phoebe Waller-Bridge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoebe-waller-bridge/i-always-knew-that-saying-the-unsayable-was-going-to-be-a-powerful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/phoebe-waller-bridge-8068_always_i-always-knew-that-saying-the-unsayable_2871844.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/phoebe-waller-bridge-8068_always_i-always-knew-that-saying-the-unsayable_2871844.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/phoebe-waller-bridge-8068_always_i-always-knew-that-saying-the-unsayable_2871844.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always knew that saying the unsayable was going to be a powerful thing.” — Phoebe Waller-Bridge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I knew what he was saying, and I wished to God he was someone else, someone who didn't have to say things out loud.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Alire Sáenz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/i-knew-what-he-was-saying-and-i-wished-to-god-he-was-someone-else/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/benjamin-alire-s-enz-1125_knew_i-knew-what-he-was-saying-and-i-wished-t_3086968.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/benjamin-alire-s-enz-1125_knew_i-knew-what-he-was-saying-and-i-wished-t_3086968.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/benjamin-alire-s-enz-1125_knew_i-knew-what-he-was-saying-and-i-wished-t_3086968.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I knew what he was saying, and I wished to God he was someone else, someone who didn't have to say things…” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "First they ignore you, then they denounce you, and then they say that they knew what you were saying all the time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/first-they-ignore-you-then-they-denounce-you-and-then-they-say-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/mahatma-gandhi-23_firsts_first-they-ignore-you-then-they-denounce_1573136.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/mahatma-gandhi-23_firsts_first-they-ignore-you-then-they-denounce_1573136.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/mahatma-gandhi-23_firsts_first-they-ignore-you-then-they-denounce_1573136.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“First they ignore you, then they denounce you, and then they say that they knew what you were saying all the…” — Mahatma Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ned knew the saying. “What the king dreams,” he said, “the Hand builds.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George R.R. 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We all need teachers in our lives.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitch Albom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-need-someone-to-probe-you-in-that-direction-it-won-t-just-happen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/mitch-albom-187_education_you-need-someone-to-probe-you-in-that-di_2096391.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/mitch-albom-187_education_you-need-someone-to-probe-you-in-that-di_2096391.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/mitch-albom-187_education_you-need-someone-to-probe-you-in-that-di_2096391.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You need someone to probe you in that direction. 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I swear he sometimes knows exactly what I'm saying.\" I knew what he was saying all the time.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roland Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-smith/five-dollars-o-malley-insisted-he-s-small-but-smarter-than-all-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/roland-smith-23978_knew-saying_five-dollars-o-malley-insisted-he-s-smal_91296.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/roland-smith-23978_knew-saying_five-dollars-o-malley-insisted-he-s-smal_91296.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/roland-smith-23978_knew-saying_five-dollars-o-malley-insisted-he-s-smal_91296.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Five dollars,\" O'Malley insisted. \"He's small, but smarter than all the other pups put together. 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If only I knew what I had been saying. Bah, no need to worry, it can only have been one thing, the same as ever. I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them. I have only to go on, as if there was something to be done, something begun, somewhere to go. It all boils down to a question of words, I must not forget this, I have not forgotten it. 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If…” — Samuel Beckett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You deserve better.\" Mercifully, he kept eating as he spoke. \"You've got to stop thinking of me that way. When it's just you and me, I'm not a Five and you're not a Six. We're just Aspen and American. And I don't want anything in the world but you.\" \"But I can't stop thinking that way.\" He looked at me. \"That's how I was raised. Since I was little, it was 'Sixes are born to serve' and 'Sixes aren't meant to be seen.' My whole life, I've been taught to be invisible.\" He grabbed my hand in a viselike grip. \"If we're together, Mer, you're going to be invisible, too. And I don't want that for you.\" \"Aspen, we've talked about this. I know that things will be different, and I'm prepared. I don't know how to make it any clearer.\" I put my hand on his heart. \"The moment you're ready to ask, I'm ready to say yes.\" It was terrifying to put myself out there like that, to make it absolutely clear how deep my affection ran. He knew what I was saying, But if making myself vulnerable meant he'd be brave, I'd endure it. His eyes searched mine. If he was looking for doubt, he was wasting his time. Aspen was the one thing I was sure of.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kiera Cass" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiera-cass/you-deserve-better-mercifully-he-kept-eating-as-he-spoke-you-ve-got/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/kiera-cass-496_deserve-better_you-deserve-better-mercifully-he-kept-ea_13066.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/kiera-cass-496_deserve-better_you-deserve-better-mercifully-he-kept-ea_13066.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/kiera-cass-496_deserve-better_you-deserve-better-mercifully-he-kept-ea_13066.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You deserve better.\" Mercifully, he kept eating as he spoke. \"You've got to stop thinking of me that way…” — Kiera Cass", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-saying/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-saying/", "name": "Knew Saying Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-saying/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/phoebe-waller-bridge-8068_always_i-always-knew-that-saying-the-unsayable_2871844.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 11 Knew Saying quotes by 11 authors. 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