Understood Quotes

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If you understood him, it would not be God. — Saint Augustine
Fish gathered to look at us - a school of baracudas, some curious marines. SCRAM! I told them. They swam off, but I could tell… — Rick Riordan
You were just worried about me." An exhale, relieved that I had understood. "Yeah" I turned. "Because you think I'm worth it" He put his… — Kelley Armstrong
He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another. — Nicholas Sparks
[Bobby Tom] finally understood Gracie's function in his life. She was God's joke on him. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
You are the only one who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I love you forever" didn't always need to be spoken to be understood. — J R Ward
Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land,… — Margaret Atwood
The hope was, people like me got to finally find our place in college or in the actual world. People who understood this told you… — Deb Caletti
And that, Claire thought, was why Morley had been right about this, even if he was a complete vampire about it. You had to save… — Rachel Caine
The thing I never understood about love is that it can't be quelled, like lust can. With love, if you follow its call, if you… — Emily Maguire
...God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.... From the earliest parts of the Bible, it was understood… — Timothy Keller
Acheron kissed her lightly on the cheek. "Rest. We'll be back when he needs you." He watched her climb into bed before he took his… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It's far less important to me to be liked these days than to be understood. — Lionel Shriver
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are… — Samuel Johnson
Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but weariness as I… — Ãlvaro Mutis
I started after him...and the clown looked back. I saw Its eyes, and all at once I understood who It was." "Who was it, Don?"… — Stephen King
The war against working people should be understood to be a real warâ€¦. Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a highly class-conscious business… — Noam Chomsky
Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this:… — Orson Scott Card
But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable,walking through this life half-sleeping,everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids.I… — Sarah Dessen

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