Quotes About Understanding

We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate it is to disturb others in the middle of the night.

As Ian's father had once jokingly remarked of their gifted son, "Ian permits us to raise him because he loves us, not because he thinks we're smarter than he is. He already knows we aren't, but he doesn't want to wound our sensibilities by saying so.

How are babies made? Visibly startled, Jordan turned and opened his mouth, as if he intended to speak, but for some reason no words came out. At first Alexandra was puzzled by his involuntary silence, but then understanding dawned. She shook her head and sighed with sympathy for their mutual plight. You don't know either, do you?

You won't listen to me. Anger blows out the lamp of the mind . . ." The quote from Ingersoll

Can we be just friends?, she asked tentatively. I thought we were friends, he said. You know what I mean. I choose not to know what you mean. How can you choose not to know what you know? she asked sulkily. How can you choose not to talk about what you feel? If I don't talk about it, I don't feel it. Fine. Then let's not talk about just being friends. -- Looking for Mr. Goodbar

I think that if you have a talent for acting, it is the talent for listening." — Morgan Freeman

Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?

As long as she loves me and I love her, what difference does religion make?

Understand that you're sensitive." Miri was proud for coming up with such a good word. "Is that like saying I'm dramatic, or crazy?" Miri was careful now. "Sensitive is better than dramatic, and it's definitely not as bad as crazy.

this two-way hatred. I don't understand it. I wonder how much of it is caused by fear?

Now that's my point about my mother. I mean, if she understands so much about me then why couldn't she understand that I had to wear loafers without socks?

But I have discovered that if you love someone the way I love Mew, you learn to overlook the disgusting things.

I used to think if you read enough books you'd automatically know how to do everything the right way. But reading and doing are not the same at all.

I really like you, Margaret. How do you want me to kiss you?

I love the way people always think they know somebody your age until you tell them how old you really are! "I'm going on twelve," I said. "Gretchen is almost twelve too," the doctor said. Well! He was right about my age.

Parents always think they know so much about their kids when really, they hardly know a thing.

How do, Peter," Mr. Yarby said. Mrs. Yarby just gave me a nod.

It's very foolish to laugh if you don't know what's funny in the first place.

Sometimes spending a lot of time together can end a romance faster than anything else

This grandmother person looked Vix, Lewis, and Lanie up and down without moving her head. Then she said, "Well, Tawny, I can see you've been busy." And that was it. Tawny didn't cry when Darlene died the next day.

There's a difference between lonely and alone.

Help the Retarded. Two

What kind of family were they? she wondered. What kind of family isn't able to comfort one another?

There's a lot of stuff you know and you don't even know how you know it!