Quotes About Understanding

How foolish to think you can tell your children about yourself before they're at least fifty. To ask to be seen by them as a person and not as a function.

Don't get angry, she said, try to reflect: what does a woman of your understanding feel at the idea that her happiness becomes the ruin of someone else?

they say Mama, I never said that, you're saying it, you invented it. But I invent nothing; you just have to listen—the unspoken says more than the spoken.

A lo mejor es que cuando uno se enamora de una persona, no la somete antes a un examen para comprobar si sabe escribir una carta de amor.

Ma - s'era detto - quello che è bene e quello che è male le persone ci mettono tempo a capirlo, e aiutarle significa proprio fare per loro ciò che in un determinato momento della loro vita non sono capaci di fare.

For your whole life you love people and you never really know who they are.

hear the mad sound of the brain of one echo in the mad sound of the brain of the other.

they had an ability to classify, a logical lucidity, that Professor Galiani didn't possess.

me había puesto en su lugar. O mejor aún, le había hecho un lugar en mí.

Parlammo un po' di quando aveva conosciuto Fernando e s'erano innamorati, disse una cosa che mi colpì molto. Disse: "Vuoi bene per tutta la vita a persone che non sai mai veramente chi sono".

realized that on his lips was a mute laugh that I had never seen before. It became him, the expression of a sympathetic man who wishes to show that he knows what's what.

Mas eu não invento nada, só escuto, o não dito fala mais do que o dito.

Männer gewinnt man langsam lieb, unabhängig davon, ob sie dem Typ Mann, für den wir uns in den verschiedenen Phasen des Lebens entschieden haben, mehr entsprechen oder weniger.

words rarely go to the right place, and if they do, it's only for a very brief time.

Only when we feel the story in each of its moments or places are we able to tell it properly.

As coisas mais difíceis de falar são as que nós mesmos não conseguimos entender.

Para los hijos los padres siempre somos molestos.

How wonderful to travel, how wonderful to know someone who knows everything, whose intelligence and looks and kindness are extraordinary, and who explains to you the value of what by yourself you wouldn't be able to appreciate.

Las cosas más difíciles de contar son las que nosotros mismos no llegamos a comprender." —

Fiquei-lhe grata pela mensagem imprecisa, que me consolou e deu origem a um entendimento comigo própria.

Le cose più difficili da raccontare sono quelle che noi stessi non riusciamo a capire.

Tout rapport intense entre des êtres humains est truffé de pièges et, si on veut qu'il dure, il faut apprendre à les esquiver.

Forse era vero, ciò che di Bianca mi sembrava antipatico era solo il riflesso dell'antipatia che provavo per me.

Queres bem para toda a vida a pessoas que nunca chegas a saber quem realmente são.