Understood Quotes

2381 Understood quotes by 1698 unique authors

I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but… — Jean Vanier
Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear… — C.S. Lewis
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western… — Carlos Fuentes
Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature — Julio Cortazar
But when the fairy sang the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur;… — Susanna Clarke
If she know how strongly he felt, she'd have run out the door. He wasn't used to the possessive, or the savage joy she brought… — Patricia Briggs
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of… — Shel Silverstein
Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood. — Leonardo da Vinci
He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much… — Dodie Smith
Okay, okay, okay. I understood that pushing the elevator button over and over again would not make the elevator appear sooner. But I couldn't help… — James Patterson
All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal… — Alexander Pope
But I still couldn't figure out what it all meant. The more I found out, the less I understood. — Jonathan Safran Foer
No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other… — Sarah Dessen
The voice belonged to Mr. Pzyrbovich, an algebra teacher who was always called Mr. P, for obvious reasons. He has a heavy accent, which a… — Dave Barry
And what have I done?" What? WHAT?...You've stolen them." With that, Cornelia fled, but Buttercup understood; she knew who "them" was. The boys. The beef-witted… — William Goldman
He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women… — Julian Barnes
Now I understood that the same road was to bring us together again. Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past. — Willa Cather
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.… — Barack Obama
Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would listen, that he would never be… — James A. Baldwin
People were people, even if they had four legs and had called themselves names like Dangerous Beans, which is the kind of name you gave… — Terry Pratchett
Finally he said that among men there was no such communion as among horses and the notion that men can be understood at all was… — Cormac McCarthy
Every Valentine's Day, the student council sponsered a holiday fundraiser by selling roses that would be delievered in class. The roses came in four colors:white,… — Melissa de la Cruz
Jesus. Low-Key Lyesmith," said Shadow. and then he heard what he was saying and he understood. "Loki," he said. "Loki Lie-smith." "You're slow," said Loki,… — Neil Gaiman
But maybe the Charm Bracelets understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in… — Jeffrey Eugenides

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