Quotes About Understanding

Assumptions are the enemy of coherence," Sharine said. In other words, You're an idiot.

These people are hurt, Mother. You understand pain, and you understand how to be kind. That's what they need.

When I was a girl, I thought love meant high romance and great drama, but now I understand that love that lasts is a constellation of small kindnesses.

Don't hurt us and we won't hurt you. DR. A day later, a response had been found in Lucas's lair. Agreed. SD.

All changelings knew that, sometimes, touch could heal what words never could.

But, Riley, I'll only bend so far. You can't meet me halfway, this will end." It wasn't a threat. No, it was something far more important. And he understood. "I'll try, Mercy. I'll give it everything I have." It was a raw promise, from the heart of the wolf, from the soul of the man.

True beauty is in how that person makes you feel. When a man truly loves you, the longer you are together, the more beautiful you will be to him. When he looks at you and you look at him, you won't just see the surface. You will see everything you shared, everything you've been through, and every happy moment you hope for.

Rabbit had taken to following Vasic around, leaning up against his leg any time he stopped. Vasic didn't rebuke their pet, always finding time to stop and touch Rabbit before going about his work again. But Rabbit wouldn't be soothed, as Ivy couldn't be soothed.

Some People, we know in a heartbeat. Others, we'll never know, even if we speak to them for a thousand years.

Love has many guises, Thea. Sometimes it's a stroke of lightning as it was for your father, other times a slow building storm as it was for me, but the one thing that never changes is that it must be nurtured. You can't kick a heart and expect it not to flinch.

Sometimes, you have to let people be sad. At least until they're ready to come out of that sadness.

Assumptions are the enemy of coherence

Sex had ruined her childhood, scarred her so badly that she'd used it as a weapon to hurt herself. For her it was nothing good, nothing that could be allowed into a relationship. Because , he understood at last, this relationship was important .

Life isn't static, and sometimes, we don't realize the value of knowledge or even of people, until further down the track, when we're mature enough to truly understand.

Going slow didn't come naturally to him, but Charlotte was worth it.

Let's talk when you're ready." Hawke's grin deepened. "In the meantime, get a room.

That works." The tightness in her chest eased. "Kind of seems one-sided though. You're giving up everything." "I get you." A simple statement that meant more than she could ever articulate.

Ella te amenazó, Elena. No hizo falta que dijera nada más. Ella sabía muy bien lo que Rafael haría para protegerla. —Hay muchas mujeres que tienen problemas con sus suegras. La mirada que le dirigió Rafael no tuvo precio. —Mi madre es una arcángel demente. Elena estuvo a punto de echarse a reír…

It's funny how really smart people have the most unusual holes in their worldview and perception.

He also has a woman willing to walk in his darkness and not judge him. You don't know how much that means.

So I don't see the theme of the story as nature versus science. I see it as a conflict between demanding and understanding, between the kinds of labor that our society values or doesn't value, "innovators" versus "maintainers." It's

You folk are so finicky about time, living it in straight lines like that.

And what, exactly, am I giving as I'm learning to do this giving thing?

For now we see in a mirror, dimly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then I shall know even as also I am known. —I Corinthians 13:12