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“seemed no one could understand her.”

— Jacob Smith

“She could not explain the subtleties of her feeling as clearly as he could state his opinion, even though she had skill in speech,…

— Thomas Hardy

“The subjects of her talk didn't matter; he knew what she was really saying. Helpless and gentle, small and tired and anxious to please,…

— Richard Yates

“He was filled with questions but figured he’d exhausted her conversation quota already. Some people, he could just tell about them. She was one…

— Heather Burch

“The fact that he and she understood each other without a word seemed to bring them nearer than any explanation would have done.”

— Edith Wharton

“He did not suggest that she sit quietly and get to know herself so she could be all the company she needed.”

— Louise Penny

“I don't understand how they could go from loving me to hating me when I haven't changed one bit," he said one night, and…

— Emily Henry

“The only explanation that came to her was that gentlemen were obviously odd beings, and she should not even attempt to understand them.”

— Jen Turano

“But experience had taught her that such arguments failed. You cannot tell people to take into account what they do not wish to know.…

— Anne Perry

“He had a certain almost obsequious charm. He liked talking about himself, and did not ask many questions of her. She noticed the imbalance…

— Lydia Davis

“She knew a cutting, incisive, withering and above all a self-evident answer existed. It was just that, to her extreme annoyance, she couldn't quite…

— Terry Pratchett

“Oh shit, she'd done that wrong, hadn't she? She'd said that wrong, he didn't understand what she meant. She'd thought he would know, that…

— Stacia Kane