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You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning… — Rick Riordan
We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If… — Junot Diaz
He was asking too many questions and he was asking them too quickly. They were stacking up in my head like loaves in the factory… — Mark Haddon
End with an image and don't explain. — Stanley Kunitz
This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer. — Leo Tolstoy
So for all that we might speak words in each other's vicinity, this could never develop into anything that could be called a conversation. It… — Haruki Murakami
If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you'll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose, then when your… — Orson Scott Card
Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. Thatâ€™s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I canâ€™t really… — A. J. Jacobs
The vermin explain their sin with sanctimonious language like, "We've prayed about it and sought counsel, and we feel it's the right thing to do."… — Randy Alcorn
Each memory was brought to life before me and within me. I could not avoid them. Neither could I rationalize, explain away. I could only… — Richard Matheson
Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem… — Sarah Palin
On the morning in question, she wore white shorts and a pink T-shirt that featured a green dragon breathing a fire of orange glitter. It… — John Green
Never apologize, never explain - didn't we always say that? Well, I haven't and I don't. — Marianne Faithfull
Donâ€™t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The… — Paulo Coelho
Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored. — Oscar Wilde
You never question the truth of something until you have to explain it to a skeptic. — Donald Miller
Somewhere in the world there was a young woman with such splendid understanding that she'd see him entire, like a poem or story, and find… — John Barth
And if you dont come back from the dorm, I'm the one who has to explain to Micheal how I let you go off and… — Rachel Caine
God is only a word dreamed up to explain the world — Gustave Flaubert
I wished I could explain it to those I loved, my mother, to Japhy, but there just weren't any words to describe the nothingness and… — Jack Kerouac

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