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He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted to be read,… — John Connolly
We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly. — D. A. Carson
I cannot explain my plays. Each must find out for himself what is meant — Samuel Beckett
I know thereâ€™s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you donâ€™t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it.… — Tess Gerritsen
He had tried to explain the way he felt to Danny once, about compulsive behavior and time rushing too fast and the Internet and drugs.… — Joe Hill
For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by… — Alexandre Dumas
Daddy will explain. Come, he is blowing up monsters. — Rick Riordan
Did I do and say these things? Yes, I did. Are there any mitigating circumstances? Not really, unless any circumstances {in other words, context) can… — Nick Hornby
I have never described this to you before, not so much, I don't think, from lack of truthfulness as that, just naturally, one is not… — Julio Cortazar
How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away? — James Lee Burke
It's as if scientists exert every effort of will they possess deliberately to find the least significant problems in the world and explain them. Art… — Stephen Fry
Let me try once more," Milo said in an effort to explain. "In other words--" "You mean you have other words?" cried the bird happily.… — Norton Juster
She regretted having taken his hand, she wanted to get away from there as soon as possible, to hide her shame, never again to see… — Paulo Coelho
Human passions have mysterious ways, in children as well as grown-ups. Those affected by them canâ€™t explain them, and those who havenâ€™t known them have… — Michael Ende
How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds â€” and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man… — Elie Wiesel
If people really grew up, there would be no crime, no divorce, no Civil War reenactors....it's not like you think it will be, that one… — Lisa Lutz
Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot? But… — Bram Stoker
Some things take so long But how do I explain When not too many people Can see we're all the same And because of all… — George Harrison
I'm sorry.' Congratulations.' Can you tell me why you're so upset?' The thing is, Tobey should get this. I mean, he's gotten everything else about… — Susane Colasanti
Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. — Chris Cleave

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