Quotes About Understanding

Come amiamo amar le cose per conto di altri! Come amiamo che altri amino le cose tramite i nostri occhi

It was not only because he spoke their language; it was his voice that compelled the children to listen to him—it was a voice like their voices. That was why they trusted him, why they listened. "DOONG SA," he said, and they stopped crying.

SOON! NAM SOON!" All the children threw themselves on the floor—they covered their ears, they shut their eyes. "NOW I KNOW WHY MY VOICE NEVER CHANGES," Owen said to me. "DO YOU SEE WHY?" he asked me.

It is occasionally necessary for me to tell Torontonians of the presence of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; they tend to think of the Great Lakes as the waters of the world.

Writers simply have to accept readers who prefer other writers.

You are never over your childhood, not until

It was his first understanding that physical attraction, even sexual desire, was stimulated by more than the perfection of a body, or the beauty of a face.

Loving someone as a parent can produce a cloud that conceals from one's vision what correct behavior is.

One can learn much through the thin walls of summer houses.

Sempre há suicídios entre as pessoas que não conseguem dizer o que querem

What a phrase that is: "that explains everything!" I know better than to think that anything "explains everything" today.

Just be sure you talk to her, Jack. Ask her everything, while there's still time.

Franny was awful to him, but Franny was not awful; and Frank was not really awful to any of us, except he (himself) was, somehow, awful.

There was more than a hint of distaste in Roberta's references to homosexuals, and Garp thought it strange that people in the process of making a decision that will plant them firmly in a minority, forever, are possibly less tolerant of other minorities than we might imagine.

heard all the grown-ups kiss Franny good night and I thought: Families must be like this—gore one minute, forgiveness the next.

I've done all I want to do about me, already," Jenny told her son. "Now I'm interested in other people.

What wouldn't you believe when you were four, and your mom was the manager of your so-called memories?

Er Schrieb an Helen, dass Jungsein zum Teil auch aus dem Gefühl besteht, dass es niemanden gibt, der dir genug ähnelt um dich zu verstehen

What woman wants to hear someone say what her husband is thinking? What guy is going to be happy hearing what's on his wife's mind?

YOU HAVE REALLY MISJUDGED THEM," he lectured me. "PERHAPS WHAT YOU CALL THEIR WILDNESS IS JUST A MATTER OF LACK OF DIRECTION. SOMEONE HAS TO GIVE ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE DIRECTION, YOU KNOW.

Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean, make sure they know what you mean!

Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean-- make sure they know what they mean!

With our mothers, we are always alone

WHY SHOULD SOMEONE WHO'S GOT SUCH A WORKED-OUT WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD BORE YOU? WHY SHOULDN'T YOU BE INTERESTED IN SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED OUT A WAY TO SEE THE WORLD? THAT'S WHAT MAKES WRITERS INTERESTING!