I Understood Quotes

249 quotes by 219 authors

They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed he would often… — Alice Hoffman
I peeled the skin off a grape in slippery little triangles, and I understood then that I would be undressing every item of food I… — Aimee Bender
I felt no shame in these activities, because I understood what almost no one else seemed to grasp: that there was only an infinitesimal difference,… — Jennifer Egan
I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing. — David Sedaris
I understood all that in my head, but I still didnâ€Ÿt believe it in my heart. — Gayle Forman
Still shaking, in the pew, I understood that it isn't the dead we cry for. We cry for ourselves, and I didn't deserve my own… — Chris Cleave
I understood what triggered her earthquakes, most of them. — Laurie Halse Anderson
A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one… — Khaled Hosseini
It was complicated. I understood it, mostly, but I had to think a little sideways to do it. — Patricia Briggs
Because I was permanently confused, dissatisfied, unhappy, tormented by inadequacy, driven by wanting towards every kind of impossible future, the attitude of mind described by… — Doris Lessing
In the presence of their love I sensed my lonliness, and I understood for a moment, clearly, that deep and basic human desire for companionship… — Luke Davies
I understood that Valekâ€™s loyalty to the Commander was without question. His blue eyes held a fierce determination and I knew in my soul that… — Maria V. Snyder
I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I… — Lisa Kleypas
As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if… — Leonard Cohen
The most compelling insight of that day was that this awesome recall had been brought about by a fraction of a gram of a white… — Alexander Shulgin
I love you, I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all Iâ€™ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and… — William Goldman
I understood at once, I am not living, but actively dying. I am smoking, living unhealthily. Iâ€™m shutting down. I need to go the other… — Augusten Burroughs
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the… — Viktor E. Frankl
I did not understand them but they did not have any mystery, and when I understood them they meant nothing to me. I was sorry… — Ernest Hemingway
There is an oath upon her," he said to Arch, and I realized dimly that he was still speaking in Gaelic, though I understood him… — Diana Gabaldon

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