Quotes About Interpretation

It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle;

Reluctantly, and with much hesitation, did she then begin what might perhaps, at the end of half an hour, be termed, by the courtesy of her hearers, an explanation;

He must tell his own story.' 'But he will tell only half of it.' 'A quarter would be enough.

That is a compliment which gives me no pleasure.

The far and the near must be relative, and depend on many varying circumstances.

She always declares she will never marry, which, of course, means just nothing at all.

What an air of probability sometimes runs through a dream! And at others, what a heap of absurdities it is!

O Sr. Bennet era um misto tão extraordinário de petulância, sarcasmo, reserva e capricho que a experiência de vinte e três anos não bastara ainda para a a mulher compreender o seu carácter.

have not the pleasure of understanding you

she read on; but every line proved

En ciertos casos he dado muestras de total incomprensión respecto de algunas personas, teniendo a muchos por más alegres, más graves o más estúpidos de lo que realmente son; aunque no puedo precisar de qué circunstancia deriva el error. Unas veces nos guiamos en tales materias por lo que ellos mismos dicen, otras por lo que afirman los demás; el hecho es que no nos tomamos el trabajo de observar por nosotros mismos.

No he necesitado palabras donde las acciones han hablado por sí mismas con tanta claridad.

Esto es algo más que el descubrimiento de un documento, es el descubrimiento de una inspiración.

What think you of books? said he, smiling. Books—oh! no. I am sure we never read the same, or not with the same feelings. I

You speak too plain. She must understand you.' 'I hope she does. I would have her understand me. I am not in the least ashamed of my meaning.

though he admires Elinor's drawings very much, it is not the admiration of a person who can understand their worth.

As for your Elizabeth's picture, you must not have it taken for what painter could do justice to those beautiful eyes? It would not be easy, indeed, to catch their expression, but their colour and shape, and the eyelashes, so remarkably fine, might be copied.

but why he should say one thing so positively, and mean another all the while, was most unaccountable! How were people, at that rate, to be understood?

This," said she, "is nearly the sense, or rather the meaning of the words, for certainly the sense of an Italian love-song must not be talked of,—but it is as nearly the meaning as I can give; for I do not pretend to understand the language. I am a very poor Italian scholar.

When we say art is unpractical, we mean that art is cut loose from immediate action.

Woolf criticism has not evolved smoothly, and it would be misleading to say that any one approach or interpretation has ever prevailed to the exclusion of others. There are continuities and discontinuities in trends and arguments, areas of common ground and major points of dispute.

You see what you want to see, And you hear what you want to hear. You dig?

He wondered if somewhere far off, defying the laws of science, Mitch's two screams were still echoing, if those vibrations had traveled into space, if they moved on and on like rays in a light-year. There might be other forms of life who were receiving the noise and trying to interpret the tones.

it is important that you understand the different ways of relating to reality, and how those ways create the experienced events. You