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If I saw something once that I can't explain, that doesn't make them real. And if a trick of the dark gave me a chill,… — Charlie Huston
When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we… — Maya Angelou
Clearly the sight of a well-muscled forearm incited a woman to utter depravity. How else to explain the invention of cuffs? — Tessa Dare
What I'm saying is that I'm trying to find rational reasons to explain irrational feelings, and that's neveer a good sign. — Stephen King
your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but you cannot explain… — Chris Cleave
...one of those very bad men that not even postmodernism can explain away. — Junot Diaz
In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work. — Carl Sagan
Only describe, don't explain. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
I didnâ€™t get her cutting at all. Sheâ€™d done it sporadically, ever since the accident and it scared me each time. She'd try to explain… — Richelle Mead
I don't think we have all the words in a single vocabulary to explain what we are or why we are. I don't think we… — Alexandra Fuller
I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's… — Louisa May Alcott
I'm tired again, I've tried again, and now my heart is full. And I just can't explain...so I won't even try to. — Steven Morrissey
I lift my arm out of the water. It's a log. Put it back under and it blows up even bigger. People see the log… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Hallo, Eeyore." "Same to you, Pooh Bear, and twice on Thursdays," said Eeyore gloomily. Before Pooh could say: 'Why Thursdays?' Christopher Robin began to explain… — A A Milne
There are some things about myself I canâ€™t explain to anyone. There are some things I donâ€™t understand at all. I canâ€™t tell what I… — Haruki Murakami
Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isnâ€™t very much. Language consists of five basic sounds produced by the vocal cords.… — Eckhart Tolle
No one can explain exactly what happens within us when the doors behind which our childhood terrors lurk are flung open. — W G Sebald
How to explain to the earth that it was more functional as a vegetable patch than a flower garden, just as factories were more functional… — Kamila Shamsie
But why should you be interested in me?" Good question. I canâ€™t explain it myself right this moment. But maybe â€“ just maybe â€“ if… — Haruki Murakami
You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so… — Alan Watts

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