Quotes About Understanding

Whoa, whoa!" he says as he sits up in bed. "You're beautiful. There is no ugly now. And I'm sure there was no ugly then. It was only how you felt when you were sick. I can understand that. But I can also assure you that you have never been ugly. There is only beauty here.

Life isn't about love and heaven forbid marriage be. It's about getting along.

Hank Promise's niece.  But he'd talk to Mandy

I've always known we were two puzzle pieces that fit together in a hollow that is our pain. There was a time when I was certain we were too damaged not to destroy each other. Now I think we are saving each other.

I need him to know that I want to understand him because he matters, because we matter. Because life made me believe that what is blossoming between us wasn't possible, but maybe, just maybe, it is.

Yes. He knows I'm dying, but he can't really accept it and he'll be all alone when I'm gone. Can't you help him?

Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?

Writing had always helped her, before. It always clarified her feelings and her thoughts, and she never felt like she could understand something fully until the very minute that she'd written about it, as if each story was one she told herself and her readers, at the same time.

The thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it. And each feels as good as the other. Your heart doesn't know if it's loving a man, a book, or a puppy. If your heart were that smart, it would be your brain.

She kept an eye on the horizon, or where she thought it was, and understood that not everything that existed could be seen. Not every border was clear.

No one's paying any attention to sociopaths, or they think we're all killers, which is a misconception.

Because she does not worry about me.

That's what books do, isn't it? That's why I love to read. They bring us closer to ourselves.

She's only human. Don't judge her. Just love her.

You're my best friend. I understand you and appreciate you, and can make you happy the rest of your life, I promise you that.

Mary was always surprised at how terse men could be. She needed fifteen minutes to say hello. Plus hugging time.

See the child, not the cancer. Then you'll be happy when you visit, not sad.

Alfredo felt a pang, having learned long ago that not everybody saw animals for who they truly were, and all lives were poorer as a result.

Love transcends blood ties, it pays no heed to time or space, much less mere geography.

Anyway, if he can't figure it out himself, why can't he just watch you? Why can't he just do what you do? Why can't he just copy you? Or copy me? If he did for me what I do for him, we'd get along great!

Now, Megan, we can't pick on whoever abstained.

a variety of languages

I can read you almost immediately, get your number right away, and push your buttons to make you do whatever I want.

Don't try and change me. Women always try to change men. It never works. I'm not trying to change you. I'm trying to work with you.