Understood Quotes

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Daniel took Luceâ€™s hands in his. He closed his eyes, inhaled, and let his massive white wings unfurl. Fully extended , they would have filled… — Lauren Kate
It is more important that you should know about the reverses than about the successes of the war. We shall have all eternity to celebrate… — Amy Carmichael
I could see why Archimedes got all excited. There was nothing finer than the feeling that came rushing through you when it clicked and you… — Jeannette Walls
That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood. — Alexandra Adornetto
We labored under the pretense that nothing had changed when everything had, and I understood him, but i no longer knew him. — Megan Hart
To be understood is to prostitute oneself — Fernando Pessoa
we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others — Oscar Wilde
Hank, this is great." "Yes." He said it simply, openly. There was no flattered pleasure in his voice, and no modesty. This, she knew, was… — Ayn Rand
If my tears spilled spontaneously at that moment itâ€™s because I immediately understood that what was happening, like in a dream, was the treat you… — Ai Yazawa
What was love, really? Flowers, chocolate, and poetry? Or was it something else? Was it being able to finish someone's jokes? Was it having absolute… — Richelle Mead
Parker: She believed, absolutely, that each person, each heart, had a counterpartâ€”had a mate. A rightness. Sheâ€™d always believed it, and understood that unshakable belief… — Nora Roberts
Everything was becoming allegorical, understood by the group mind, and especially this: "You're either on the bus...or off the bus. — Tom Wolfe
I don't think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible is. It is a "hypaethral book," such as Thoreau talked about… — Wendell Berry
Job found contentment and even joy, outside the context of comfort, health or stability. He understood the story was not about him, and he cared… — Donald Miller
Why donâ€™t peopleâ€™s hearts tell them to continue following their dreams?â€ the boy asked the alchemist. â€œBecause thatâ€™s what makes a heart suffer most, and… — Paulo Coelho
And so began something that had not quite begun and would not soon end, with many people in many places moving off in directions and… — Tom Clancy
a perception of the cosmic unity of this higher level. And a feeling of timelessness, the feeling that what we know as time is only… — Tom Wolfe
It was possible, he understood, for a person's life to become just a long series of mistakes, and that the end, when it came, was… — Justin Cronin
It is quite clear that between love and understanding there is a very close link...He who loves understands, and he who understands loves. One who… — Paul Tournier
And then Serafina understood something for which the witches had no word: it was the idea of pilgrimage. She understood why these beings would wait… — Philip Pullman

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