--- title: "7 Understood Quotes By Kristin Cashore" description: "7 Understood quotes by Kristin Cashore. Plus more from Kristin Cashore and more Understood sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/kristin-cashore-369_annoyed_brigan-she-said-annoyed-that-he-had-not_288029.jpg" --- > [Brigan," she said, annoyed that he had not understood. "I’ll always be beautiful. Look at me. I have one hundred and sixty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/brigan-she-said-annoyed-that-he-had-not-understood-i-ll-always-be/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/kristin-cashore-369_annoyed_brigan-she-said-annoyed-that-he-had-not_288029.jpg) > [Fire sat unbreathing. A life that was an apology for the life of his father: It was a notion she could understand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/fire-sat-unbreathing-a-life-that-was-an-apology-for-the-life-of-his/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/kristin-cashore-369_apology_fire-sat-unbreathing-a-life-that-was-an_507592.png) > [...you could not measure love on a scale of degrees, and now she understood that it was the same with pain. Pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/you-could-not-measure-love-on-a-scale-of-degrees-and-now-she/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/kristin-cashore-369_degrees_you-could-not-measure-love-on-a-scale-of_751850.png) > [Katsa hugged her for a long time, and Bitterblue understood that this was always how it would be. Katsa would come and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/katsa-hugged-her-for-a-long-time-and-bitterblue-understood-that-this/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aae/kristin-cashore-369_be-good_katsa-hugged-her-for-a-long-time-and-bit_1451259.png) > [Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and something else too, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/brigan-was-saying-her-name-and-he-was-sending-her-a-feeling-it-was/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/kristin-cashore-369_age_brigan-was-saying-her-name-and-he-was-se_1498118.jpg) > [Katsa sat in the darkness of the Sunderan forest and understood three truths. She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/katsa-sat-in-the-darkness-of-the-sunderan-forest-and-understood-three/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/kristin-cashore-369_darkness_katsa-sat-in-the-darkness-of-the-sundera_1707378.png) > [And of course she understood now why her body wanted to run whenever he appeared. It was a correct instinct, for there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/and-of-course-she-understood-now-why-her-body-wanted-to-run-whenever/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/kristin-cashore-369_body_and-of-course-she-understood-now-why-her_1972220.png) ## Other authors on Understood ## More by Kristin Cashore > [“Back onto their horses, and shortly thereafter word had come around from the command units that any soldier brawling over any matter relating to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/back-onto-their-horses-and-shortly-thereafter-word-had-come-around/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“The girls clipped and swept, and Katsa’s hair fell away. She thrilled at the unfamiliar chill of air on her neck. And wondered if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/the-girls-clipped-and-swept-and-katsa-s-hair-fell-away-she-thrilled/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“Raffin appeared again, a floor above her, on the balconied passageway that ran past his workrooms. He leaned over the railing and called down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/raffin-appeared-again-a-floor-above-her-on-the-balconied-passageway/) [Kristin cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“When you’re a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/when-you-re-a-monster-she-thought-you-are-thanked-and-praised-for-not/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“She glanced up at him, and in that moment he pulled his wet shirt over his head. She forced her mind blank. Blank as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/she-glanced-up-at-him-and-in-that-moment-he-pulled-his-wet-shirt-over/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“She had thought she'd already reached her capacity for pain and had no room inside her for more. But she remembered having told Archer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/she-had-thought-she-d-already-reached-her-capacity-for-pain-and-had/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“He thinks it's dangerous for us to leave each other so much freedom and make these vague plans to travel together in the future,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/he-thinks-it-s-dangerous-for-us-to-leave-each-other-so-much-freedom/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [Ideas were growing in all directions and dimensions; they were becoming a sculpture, or a castle. And then everyone left her, to return to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/ideas-were-growing-in-all-directions-and-dimensions-they-were/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/but-everyone-has-some-kind-of-power-to-hurt-people/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“Papa?” she said, turning in circles now, spinning to look at each of the entrances. “Do you mean Papa? Where?” He came through an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/papa-she-said-turning-in-circles-now-spinning-to-look-at-each-of-the/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“He decided to mark this new era in his life with a change of his foolish, sentimental name. The people of this land had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/he-decided-to-mark-this-new-era-in-his-life-with-a-change-of-his/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [I know you don't want this, Katsa. But I can't help myself. The moment you came barreling into my life I was lost. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/i-know-you-don-t-want-this-katsa-but-i-can-t-help-myself-the-moment/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [“Como no te has dado cuenta de que tus ojos me atrapan igual que te ocurre a ti con los míos”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/como-no-te-has-dado-cuenta-de-que-tus-ojos-me-atrapan-igual-que-te/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [I've been afraid of being Cansrel,' she said aloud to her reflection. 'But I'm not Cansrel.' At her elbow, Musa said blandly, 'Any one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/i-ve-been-afraid-of-being-cansrel-she-said-aloud-to-her-reflection/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [Find something useful to do with your morning,' she thought to him as she neared her chambers. 'Do something heroic in front of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/find-something-useful-to-do-with-your-morning-she-thought-to-him-as/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understood/kristin-cashore/#itemlist", "name": "7 Understood Quotes By Kristin Cashore", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Brigan,\" she said, annoyed that he had not understood. \"I’ll always be beautiful. Look at me. 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