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Sounded to me like he had a pretty good idea what he was saying," Van replied, with surprisingly little anger. "It's a pity he…

— Jonathan Franzen

“He knew how much pride his people took him being forever misunderstood.”

— Davis Bunn

“They were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very carefully to be apolitical, to be technicians who thought they disliked politics, making them…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“Washington knew what he was about, though; he listened more than he talked, and when he said something, it was to the point.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“He’d always tried to avoid generalizations, but realized now that yes, he must have had some prejudices he wasn’t aware of. Because he hadn’t…

— Darien Cox

“At that moment he understood, far better than he had before when he studied their histories and their political structures before he arrived, what…

— Sean DeLauder

“He learned that some things that seemed to make little sense were senseless only from his point of view, not necessarily from someone else's…

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

“...he was certain it was profound, because he didn't understand it.”

— Ayn Rand

“Anyone who wishes to be understood had better be sure he has made himself intelligible.”

— Ayn Rand

“...As with many American conversations, the words he spoke had not conveyed what he had intended by them. He could never decide if it…

— Laila Halaby

“I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make…

— Jon Krakauer

“He began to realize what the criminal class knows so well, the impossibility of explaining anything to a man with power.”

— Graham Greene