Quotes About Understanding

Non potevano dare alla gente quel che voleva, se non c'era gente lì a ricevere il dono

You want to talk about big things, but it's the catches on the garden sheds and the London Zoo cards that give you the footholds; without them you wouldn't know where to start.

I can't help but love David at this moment. He's calm when he has every right to be angry with everything and everyone, and as a result I feel, for the first time in a long time, that we are a unit

But sometimes, very occasionally, songs and books and films and pictures express who you are, perfectly. [...] This is me. I wanted to say when I read Tyler's rich, sad, lovely novel. I'm not a character, I'm nothing like the author, I haven't had the experiences she writes about. But even so, this is what I feel like, inside. This is what I would sound like, if I ever found my voice.

At hun er i live er bra, men det er ikke dét det handler om.

conversation was not something imposed from above, like an examination. It was more like a sofa that worked out the shape of your arse and adjusted accordingly

We spent all those years talking about the stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different, and it broke both of our hearts.

Non ci dimentichiamo mai che alcuni libri sono scritti male; però dovremmo ricordarci che a volte sono anche letti male.

Lucy se dio cuenta de que ninguno de los dos había dicho la frase «Te quiero», y sin embargo cada uno había encontrado el modo de decirle al otro que lo quería. Parecía un buen modo de terminar.

É possível que esse tipo de habilidade passe despercebido porque Smoke é apenas uma canção, do mesmo modo que Yesterday ou Something não eram apenas canções.

Kau harus hidup dalam gelembungmu sendiri. Kau tidak bisa memaksa masuk ke dalam gelembung milik orang lain, karena dengan begitu, itu tak lagi menjadi gelembung.

Inilah hidup, Marcus. Kau harus berjuang untuk apa yang kau percayai, dan kemudian menetap padanya. Itu sulit, tapi itu bukannya tidak ada. Dan setidaknya, itu mudah untuk dimengerti.

Thunder Road' knows who I am and what I feel, and that is one of the consolations of art.

Thunder Road' knows who I am and what I feel, and that, in the end, is one of the consolations of art.

Als je hem voor de Nacht Zonder Jazz zou hebben gevraagd waar hij gelukkig van werd, dan zou hij niet goed hebben begrepen hoe relevant die vraag was. Nu wist hij het antwoord: naar bed gaan met Lucy, eten bij Lucy, tv-kijken met Lucy. En misschien zat daar geen toekomst in, maar het was het heden, en daar bestaat het leven uit.

And he'd agreed with her about all of it, except he hadn't agreed really; he'd just lost the arguments.

I loved him.' 'You didn't know him.' 'Of course I knew him. I listened to him sing every single day. The things he sings about, that's him. I know him better than I know you. He understood me.

and that there were many things grow-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves...

and that there were many things grown-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves...

Let me be clear and accomodative, more like water than ice; and raise my hands to show I mean no harm, and that I'm stupid, and malicious, and if I'm trying to be fearless I know it gives me no right to act like this.

and predictions. Science is often presented as 'the facts', frequently in

Knowledge is more virtue than power.

Reject the tribalism. Reject the calls to fight the other team. The other party. The other species. The other football club. The other family down the street that has a bigger interstellar corvette than you. Don't demonize the other candidate. Don't hate the opponent. Oppose them. Debate them. Disagree with them. But then, at the end of the day, break bread with them. Because I promise you this: we will all need each other again. And again. And again. Thank you.

En general, los hombres juzgan más por los ojos que por la inteligencia, pues todos pueden ver, pero pocos comprenden lo que ven.