Understood Quotes

2381 Understood quotes by 1698 unique authors

As he was about to leave, she said, "Murtagh." He paused and turned to regard her. She hesitated for a moment, then mustered her courage… — Christopher Paolini
As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if… — Leonard Cohen
Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a person's conception of… — Jeffrey Eugenides
The more she thought about it, the more Madeleine understood that extreme solitude didn't just describe the way she was feeling about Leonard. It explained… — Jeffrey Eugenides
The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the centuries is the notion of 'independent existence.' There is no such mode of existence; every entity… — Alfred North Whitehead
I was starting to see that what looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it did take a crisis to… — Jodi Picoult
The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards. — Soren Kierkegaard
A great step forward was made the day men understood that in order to torment one another more efficiently they would have to gather together,… — Emile M. Cioran
I never really understood the word ‘loneliness’. As far as I was concerned, I was in an orgy with the sky and the ocean, and… — Bjork
The offer of certainty, the offer of complete security, the offer of an impermeable faith that can’t give way, is an offer of something not… — Christopher Hitchens
I love the dark hours of my being. My mind deepens into them. There I can find, as in old letters, the days of my… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Because you don't belong with him! I tried to tell you that, but you wouldn't listen, and I thought if you understood that he'd be… — Rachel Vincent
I am no good without you, Ginesse,” he said. “I spent a lifetime alone, but I never understood loneliness until I was away from you.… — Connie Brockway
The most compelling insight of that day was that this awesome recall had been brought about by a fraction of a gram of a white… — Alexander Shulgin
I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already… — Craig Silvey
I love you, I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I’ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and… — William Goldman
And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be… — Soren Kierkegaard
If he even survives." She shivered, and Amon put his arm around her, drawing her into his steady warmth. "It's that bad?" Raisa nodded. "He… — Cinda Williams Chima
And if I'm not forgiven, then at least I'm understood. — Gayle Forman
I understood at once, I am not living, but actively dying. I am smoking, living unhealthily. I’m shutting down. I need to go the other… — Augusten Burroughs
If there was a way to recognize something you'd never seen but still knew by heart, I felt it as I looked at his face.… — Sarah Dessen
Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions. — Hanif Kureishi
It was what you did, Wolgast understood; you started to tell a story about who you were, and soon enough the lies were all you… — Justin Cronin

Who Wrote These Understood Quotes

1,698 authors contributed a total of 2,381 Understood Quotes, led by these top contributors: