Understood Quotes

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It's as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code… — Orson Scott Card
There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost. — Miranda July
We both know the limits of this relationship. It's understood. And as long as we're both comfortablewith that, nobody get's hurt. It's basic.' ~Oliva, pg… — Sarah Dessen
There was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring. But the former… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
She understood him. He could not forgive her,-but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high and… — Jane Austen
One place understood helps us understand all places better — Eudora Welty
maybe she had become tired of being the girlfriend of a condemned man. It also occured to me that maybe she was sick, or dead.… — Albert Camus
The sand looked so beautiful then, so many little individual grains in the light of the night, giving the watcher the childhood feeling of infinite… — Ayi Kwei Armah
In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly believed that was what I wanted to be- but that was… — Jodi Picoult
If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big â€˜howeverâ€™-… — Andy Andrews
what has happened to us has happened to everyone or only us; if to everyone, then it's no novelty, and if only to us, then… — Fernando Pessoa
You have understood what all great painters understand: in order to forget the rules, you must know them and respect them. — Paulo Coelho
We said we would meet again but we made no arrangements. Not out of any bad feeling between us, but because I felt it had… — Cecelia Ahern
I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever occurred to any… — Mordecai Richler
He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He'd never read a work of fiction… — Terry Pratchett
Again Creb grunted. It was the usual noncommittal comment used by men when responding to a woman. It carried only enough meaning to indicate the… — Jean M. Auel
In that moment Ged understood the singing of the bird, and the language of the water falling in the basin of the fountain, and the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think… — Ernest Hemingway
War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have realized something else.… — Steven Erikson
At last I understood that the way over, or through this dilemma, the unease at writing about 'petty personal problems' was to recognize that nothing… — Doris Lessing

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