Quotes About Understanding

How would I feel if I woke up and she told me that we had done it while I slept? I'd be fine with it. A little sad that I missed things, but I wouldn't be mad. I'd just ask her if I had a good time. Women are different, though.

Does a broken heart know from a different location?

Don't ask me how he got here, or what he really is. I think we've all learned over the years that the sooner we accept the simple explanation for the unexplained, the better chance we have of surviving a crisis.

The key to retaining their respect was to find out what they wanted to do, then tell them to do it.

Love is where you find it.

Ah, já entendi - disse eu. - É uma parábola. Que giro. Vamos comer.

Every time you give them a new metaphor for the kingdom they see the metaphor, a mustard seed, a field, a garden, a vineyard, it's like pointing something out to a cat - the cat looks at your finger, not at what you're pointing at.

If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them. The key—and this is very relevant in our case—is to find someone whose insanity dovetails with your own.

Por qué los hombres nunca están preparados para la radiación tóxica de después de hacer el amor? ¿Por qué no pueden pasarla sin convertirse en quejicas distantes o en capullos agresivos? No entienden que hacerse mimos después no tiene nada que ver con ponerse ñoños; es solo el modo más inteligente de superar la depresión poscoito.

you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them. The key—and this is very relevant in our case—is to find someone whose insanity dovetails with your own.

Si crees que todo el mundo está bien de la azotea es que no conoces a la gente que te rodea. La clave, y esto es muy relevante en nuestro caso, es encontrar a alguien cuya locura encaje con la tuya.

Sie erkennt hinter deinem attraktiven Äußeren die düstere, verkrüppelte, gebrochene Bestie, die die Jahre aus dir gemacht haben – das triebhafte, kleine Tier, das du im Grunde deines Herzens bist. Wenn sie dich nimmt, nicht obwohl, sondern weil du ein freches Äffchen bist – das ist Liebe?

I have loved them all, with all my heart, and have learned many of their names.

Das Prinzip Moral verstehe ich nicht.« »Das überrascht mich nicht im geringsten.«

As he was about to leave, she said, Murtagh. He paused and turned to regard her. She hesitated for a moment, then mustered her courage and said, Why? She thought he understood her meaning: Why her? Why save her, and now why try to rescue her? She had guessed at the answer, but she wanted to hear him say it. He stared at her for the longest while, and then, in a low, hard voice, he said, You know why.

Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?

Talking with her is always...' Different? suggested Saphira. 'Exactly.

What have you done?' he said, his voice hollow and strained. He stepped back and put his fists to his temples. 'What have you done!' With an effort, Eragon said, 'Made you understand.

I'm not the person I once was. I have Thorn now, and... I'm not fighting for myself anymore....It makes a difference....I used to think you were a fool to keep risking your life as you have...I know better now. I understand...why. I understand...' His [Murtagh] eyes widened and his grimace relaxed, as if his pain was forgotten, and an inner light seemed to illuminate his features. 'I understand-we understand.

Pain is pain. It needs no description.

Learn to see what you are looking at.

See this pebble? Yes. Take it. Eragon did and stared at the unremarkable lump. It was dull black, smooth, and as large as the end of his thumb. There were countless stones like it on the trail. This is your training. Eragon looked back at him, confused. I don't understand. Of course you don't, said Brom impatiently. That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around. Now stop talking or we'll never get anywhere.

Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.

Why?' - Nasuada 'You know why' - Murtagh