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Quotes About Understanding

Labeling them, in fact, prevented knowing them.
~ Jane Smiley
Frankie sticking his tongue out. Joe knew that Frankie knew that Joe knew he was sticking his tongue out, so it was no use to pretend
~ Jane Smiley
Reality is just a collective hunch.
~ Jane Wagner
At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you do not understand, you are closer to understanding it all than at any other time.
~ Jane Wagner
Wanting to die and dying, she found were two separate things.
~ Jane Yolen
For it began to occur to him that one way to become private was to respect another's privacy.
~ Jane Yolen
You think you know this story. You do not.
~ Jane Yolen
I must fill myself with sorrow if I am to give you what you want.
~ Jane Yolen
Their lips were too thin to ask forgiveness, and their minds too mean to understand love.
~ Jane Yolen
Now you must close your eyes. Yes, that is it. Selinda, you, too. Good. Good. Bring in the dark that I may teach you to breathe. For it is breath that is behind words. And words that are the shapers of knowledge. And knowledge that is the base of understanding. And understanding, the link between sister and sister." And
~ Jane Yolen
We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.
~ Jane Yolen
Not to know is bad, but not to wish to know is worse.
~ Jane Yolen
Once we have accepted the story, we cannot escape the story's fate.
~ Jane Yolen
How can we be so different and feel so much alike?" Mused Flitter. "And how can we feel so different and be so much alike?" Wondered Pip. "I think this is quite a mystery," Flap chirped. "I agree," said Stellaluna. "But we're friends. And that's a fact.
~ Janell Cannon
Amantium irae amoris integratio est A Latin saying that means Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love
~ Janet Aylmer
Happens to me all the time...People are always underestimating my dumbness.
~ Janet Evanovich
Ranger cradled my face in his hands, using his thumbs to wipe the tears from my eyes. The ceremony is over. Can you make it back to the car? I nodded. I'm okay now. Am I red and blotchy from crying? Yes, Ranger said, brushing a kiss across my forehead. I love you anyway. There's all kinds of love, I said. Ranger took me by the hand and led me back to the SUV. This is the kind that doesn't call for a ring. But a condom might come in handy. That's not love, I told him. That's lust.
~ Janet Evanovich
Pete- What does a woman want out of marriage? Louisa- Undying devotion and a warm place to put her cold feet when she gets into bed at night.
~ Janet Evanovich
My Spanish is limited to burrito and taco
~ Janet Evanovich
I don't think his elevator went all the way to the top anymore, if you know what I mean
~ Janet Evanovich
You don't have to be there to be there.
~ Janet Evanovich
Sounds to me like you're talkin' about the wrong things. Why don't you talk about other things? Like you could make a list of things you won't fight over and then you only talk about those things.
~ Janet Evanovich
Morelli turned to Ranger. "If anything happens to her, I'm holding you responsible." "Understood," Ranger said. "Excuse me?" I said. "I'm an adult. I make my own decisions. And I'm responsible for my well-being. Is that clear?" "No," both men said in unison.
~ Janet Evanovich
I knew there were no such things as death cooties. Unfortunately, that's an intellectual fact. And death cooties are an emotional reality.
~ Janet Evanovich