Quotes About Understanding

Double-zap," said Tag. "That is not a technical term, I hope," murmured Asil. "Only the most technically advanced people can use 'double-zap' correctly," Anna told Asil sotto voce. "You and I shouldn't try it.

It is proper that men listen to the counsel of women. (Coyote)

You'll figure it out," he assured her earnestly. She turned to him, eyes alight with ire—and then frowned. "Quit baiting me." He grinned. Unable to help himself. What a gift she was.

Touch is better than any word.

Body language, when you know how to read it, can be more expressive than speech. (Mercy)

Coyote," said Hopi Woman dryly, "doesn't much worry about understanding anything, which is why he understands so much.

But you can't marry someone to fix him, even if you love them. And I didn't love Samuel the way a woman should love her mate, the way I loved Adam. Samuel didn't love me that way either. Close, but not quite. And except in horseshoes and hand grenades, close doesn't count.

Suddenly Chelsea's eyes met Anna's from across the table and held them. Icy gray became even more pale, and Chelsea's nostrils flared. "Who hurt you?" she asked, slicing through the two other conversations going on at the table.

He sees people—all the way through them—and he likes them anyway.

It is my privilege," I said carefully, trying not to tweak his pride, "to do those things that are easier for me than for you. You do the same for me.

but his instincts were instilled a long time ago. You are going to have to help him with that and be patient with him.

get you. You get me. No take-backs.

I thought we'd established that when I claimed you for my mate and then my husband. I get you. You get me. No take-backs.

Prague was full of my kind of people.

Anna was pretty sure no one else at the table believed the cold relationship Bran and Leah had was a good thing. It wasn't abusive - not quite. Not physically abusive, anyway. But Anna would have lasted a month, tops, in a relationship where her needs were met with attentive care - and not an ounce of affection.

Besides," he told her gently, "my wolf is more interested in courting you than in asserting his dominance.

Making him feel horrible isn't what you want." She paused, considered what she said, then modified it. "Unless it is useful for him to feel horrible, of course. Mostly, though, I've found that isn't productive. Men who are miserable can be unpredictable.

they understand what I am and do not die

The day you take that advice is the day I listen to it from you.

It was a look I'd seen directed at me, but not by Sherwood. "You're a

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

already knew the ending, I didn't feel

She had no idea who the dagos were. Her racist vocabulary obviously needed work.

Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.