Understood Quotes

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Weirdly, an image of Adrianâ€™s Love painting came back to me. I thought of the jagged red streak, slashing through the blackness, ripping it apart.… — Richelle Mead
What he'd never understood about men in his position, in all the books he'd read and movies he'd seen about them, was clearer to him… — Jonathan Franzen
You know," I told him on our wedding night, "I'm just as much me when I'm with you, as I am without you." And because… — Lisa Kleypas
Maybe she still was a pretty-head, making up irrational stories about the empty forest. The longer she stayed alone out here, the more Tally understood… — Scott Westerfeld
At the window he sits and looks out, musing on the river, a little brown hen duck paddling upstream among the windwaves close to the… — Wendell Berry
I understood that Valekâ€™s loyalty to the Commander was without question. His blue eyes held a fierce determination and I knew in my soul that… — Maria V. Snyder
He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood. — Tom Perrotta
I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I… — Lisa Kleypas
I never understood people who said their greatest fear was public speaking, or spiders, or any of the other minor terrors. How could you fear… — David Benioff
Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood. — Weihui Zhou
A crease found it's way onto Joss's forehead. Because he was certain that Sirus was wrong. Girls were more complicated than boys. Girls communicated in… — Heather Brewer
It was one of those things that had to be experienced to be understood — Julia Quinn
Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others. It condenses a lack of trust and trustworthiness into a single act. It is… — Sam Harris
The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest. One such… — Markus Zusak
Iâ€™ve always known that thereâ€™s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who… — Richard Russo
Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did. — Sarah Dessen
The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be understood. — Alice Hoffman
Listen to th' wind wutherin' round the house," she said. "You could bare stand up on the moor if you was out on it tonight."… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
St Thomas (Aqinas) loved books and lived on books... When asked for what he thanked God most, he answered simply, â€˜I have understood every page… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
He believes me. But that is nothing new. He always did because I was a rule follower. I played by the rules he understood. But… — Mary E. Pearson

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