Quotes About Interpretation

All the fun's in how you say a thing.

The ear is the only writer and the only true reader.

I could say Elves to him, But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather He said it for himself.

One Nice Guy asked me, If a man is talking in the forest and no woman is there to hear him, is he still wrong?

Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware.

Lies belong in poems

I probably misunderstand misunderstanding itself

She looked at Connor. "How old are you?" His jaw shifted. "I doona discuss my private life." "I can translate that for you," Phineas offered. "It means he's embarrassed he was a caveman and ate brontosaurus burgers for lunch." Connor arched an eyebrow at him. "The correct translation is 'sod off.'

Storytelling typically happens blindly fast. When we believe we're at risk, we tell ourselves a story so quickly that we don't even know that we're doing it.

Every time you try to convince others through verbal persuasion, you suffer from your inability to select and share language in a way that reproduces in the mind of the listener exactly the same thoughts you are having. You say your words, but others hear their words, which in turn stimulate their images, their past histories, and their overall meaning—all of which may be very different from what you intended.

What is this intermediate step? Just after we observe what others do and just before we feel some emotion about it, we tell ourselves a story. We add meaning to the action we observed. We make a guess at the motive driving the behavior. Why were they doing that? We also add judgment—is that good or bad? And then, based on these thoughts or stories, our body responds with an emotion.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW What

Was this how trauma worked? she wondered. Those closest to it remained dumbfounded by the fact that those who weren't present could derive meaning from it?

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.

downpour lashing at her face is becoming heavier and more steady, rippling windows, smearing headlights. Pari has no memory of ever meeting the man, her grandfather, Maman's father, has seen only the one photograph of him reading at his desk, but she doubts that he was the mustache-twirling villain Maman has made him out to be. Pari thinks she sees through this story. She has her own ideas. In her version, he is a man rightfully worried over the well-being of

Kata Ayah, mimpi selalu punya arti.

Baginya, kata-kata yang tertulis di halaman buku hanyalah serangkaian kode acak, tidak terpecahkan, misterius.

It's like describing music. He cannot bring it to life.

Kata-kata adalah pintu rahasia dan akulah pemegang kuncinya.

the Iroquois take dreams very seriously. They see them as the secret wishes of the soul--the heart's desire, so to speak. Not all dreams, maybe, but the important ones. [p.254]

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel," he said, very still and unmoving. "Always jumping to the wrong conclusion. You're like a frog, you know.

And I can't read your mind either, just your face.

The word of God came down to man as rain to soil, and the result was mud, not clear water. (Bistami) Pg. 128