Quotes About Understanding

To understand those who are culturally and historically different from us – rather than resorting to such labels as 'evil empire', 'fundamentalist' and 'terrorist' to mask our ignorance – is a matter of urgency. The greatest hubris is to ask why 'they' are not like 'us', to accept our cultural biases lazily and without question, and to frame the problem in terms of 'what went wrong?

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The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

It is possible to know people. They show you who they are. You just have to be looking.

Eye contact is what keeps us civilized.

She cackles and her accent is so thick that I feel bad for the words coming out of her mouth.

Some guys are assholes and you have to accept that.

I like that. Every time. Instead of 'anytime.' It's pointed." "Well, I mean it.

you can love some all you want, but you can't go into their past and become a part of their formative years.

You like words and I know words

Everythingship (n): a meeting of the minds, bodies, and souls.

When people show you who they are, it is your job to pay attention.

you want to know what I know and hear what I like to hear.

I don't say anything. I know the power of silence. I remember my dad saying nothing and I remember his silences more vividly than I remember the things he said.

It's not romantic and it's a daylight date but I understand that your attraction to me is so intense that you need to keep a safe distance.

She thinks she's so smart but if you erase an hour, it doesn't mean shit, not unless you erase the weeks leading up to that hour.

now her dictionary is marked with all kinds of words that came out of my mouth and into her world. #7

I know all about mirroring, Beck. One of the best ways to get someone to trust you is to focus on what you have in common.

The top is down and we sing along to "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." I picked this song because I'm taking it all back, all the beautiful things in the world that were corrupted by my tragically ill girlfriend Guinevere Beck. (I see now that she suffered from borderline personality disorder.

Love is patient, love is kind.

I fold my hands under my head and tell the books all about you. They listen, Beck. I know it sounds crazy, but they do.

everythingship.