Understands Quotes

882 Understands quotes by 702 unique authors

Everyone understands the pain that accompanies death, but genuine pain doesn't live in the spirit, nor in the air, nor in our lives, nor on… — Federico Garcia Lorca
How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back. — J.R.R. Tolkien
No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets. — Stanislaw Lem
The true novelist is one who understands the work as a continuous poem, is a myth-maker, and the wonder of the art resides in the… — Muriel Spark
Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as does not tend… — Saint Augustine
He understands now why kisses in movies are filmed the way they are, with the camera endlessly circling, circling: the ground is unsteady under his. — Cassandra Clare
To allow only the kind of art that the average man understands is the worst small-mindedness and the murder of mind and spirit. It is… — Thomas Mann
Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in the world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the world is composed… — Osamu Dazai
But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands. — Daphne du Maurier
When you’re an introvert like me and you’ve been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached… — Lana Del Rey
Do not sit down and try to pump up repentance from the dry well of a corrupt nature. It is contrary to the laws of… — Charles Spurgeon
[...] Tess and I are a good match. She understands intimately where I came from. She can cheer me up on my darkest days. It's… — Marie Lu
To understand a profound thought is to have, at the moment one understands it, a profound thought oneself; and this demands some effort, a genuine… — Marcel Proust
He is spent. His mind is mercury again, its brief surge of humanity melting into an oily residue on its surface, and he no longer… — Isaac Marion
Because here’s the thing: No matter how much one tells stories of magical beasts or impossible worlds, in the end, it is always the world… — Steven Brust
Look with your heart and not with your eyes. The heart understands. The heart never lies. Believe what it feels, and trust what it shows.… — Andrew Lloyd Webber
I start to follow her, and Alex grabs my hand. "I'll find you," he says, watching me with the eyes I remember. "I won't let… — Lauren Oliver
The art of not experiencing feelings. A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her, and… — Alice Miller
Somewhere in this world is a man who loves you, who understands how precious and clever and kind you are. A man who has always… — Jojo Moyes
We should have stories in common, I found myself thinking. We should have stories, and jokes no one understands, and memories that we know will… — Kamila Shamsie
He understands evil better than any other person I’ve ever known. We disagree in how to eliminate it, but we do not disagree that it… — Nalini Singh
What a laugh, though. To think that one human being could ever really know another. You could get used to each other, get so habituated… — Orson Scott Card
The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t… — Alexandra Bracken
A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you… — William Shakespeare
Dance for yourself. If someone else understands, good. If not, no matter. Go right on doing what interests you, and do it until it stops… — Louis Horst

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