Understood Quotes

2381 quotes by 1698 authors

She said nothing, and Sir Andrew, too, was silent, yet those two young people understood one another, as young people have a way of doing… — Baroness Orczy
You wish they understood, as you do, that there is no escape and never was, that from the moment two cells combined to become one… — Ron Currie Jr.
It never occurred to me that our lives, until then so closely interwoven, could unravel and separate over a thing like that. But the fact… — Kazuo Ishiguro
there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else. — Brad Meltzer
These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were… — Edwidge Danticat
I've never understood why people said 'in your own words.' Who else's words would I use? — Richard Paul Evans
I understood that the man I was calling for could never ever come back. Because I understood that the man that I was calling for… — Anne Lamott
She looked around herself, disoriented, like sheâ€™d forgotten we were at lunch. Like sheâ€™d forgotten we were even at school-surprised that we were not alone… — Stephenie Meyer
who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his… — C.S. Lewis
In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only. — Lisa See
He understood that she needed some time to get used to "them." He didn't. He knew exactly what was happening, and he didn't need another… — Cindy Gerard
I finally understood that by being on a perpetual diet, I had practiced a "disordered" form of eating my whole life. I restricted when I… — Portia de Rossi
If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like… — Paulo Coelho
The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children. — Mahatma Gandhi
He would find a way to make it work, because he finally understood that sometimes you have to raise your expectations. And sometimes you need… — Cinda Williams Chima
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully… — John Calvin
Granny bit her lip. She was never quite certain about children, thinking of them-when she thought about them at all-as coming somewhere between animals and… — Terry Pratchett
You should never, ever be understood completely. That's like the kiss of death, isn't it? It's a full stop. I don't ever think you should… — John Lydon
What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great is by demanding… — Augusten Burroughs
The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do, I understood, is that there was nobody to tell you what not to… — Augusten Burroughs

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