Understood Quotes

2381 Understood quotes by 1698 unique authors

Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not… — Ian Fleming
He sighed deeply: to fall in love at first sight with this malodorous sleeping girl, with, as far as he could see, no pretensions to… — Betty Neels
I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted… — Elton John
You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It's like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze, braced in stone.… — Jane Hirshfield
America was in full swing now, all the papers said so, and people were rushing forward, leaving behind the horrors of war. She understood the… — Nicholas Sparks
Brigan," she said, annoyed that he had not understood. "I’ll always be beautiful. Look at me. I have one hundred and sixty two bug bites,… — Kristin Cashore
I liked the fact she understood how we all have little secret habits that seem normal enough to us, but which we know better than… — A.M. Homes
Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and something else too, as if he were… — Kristin Cashore
Eric turned to me, kissed me on the lips very lightly, and looked at my face for a long moment. “He’ll spare you,” Eric said,… — Charlaine Harris
The art of music is good, for the reason, among others, that it produces pleasure; but what proof is it possible to give that pleasure… — John Stuart Mill
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

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