Quotes About Interpretation

Niemand weiß, wie oft er im Jahr, in der Woche oder gar in der Stunde Zeuge von Vorgängen wird, die eine Vorbereitung, ein Nachspiel oder einen kleinen Ausschnitt eines Ereignisses darstellen, das schrecklich, vielleicht sogar tödlich enden mag, dessen Einzelteile aber für sich genommen nicht das Geringste zu sagen haben. Unsere Unfähigkeit, solche Fragmente zu deuten, schützt uns vor der Schuld.

Our reading is always urged on by the instinct to complete what we read, which is, for some reason, one of the most universal and profound of our instincts. You

to contradict him. "You know how she is

What is focus and who has the right to say what focus is the legitimate focus?

You are always looking at people like this." And then she made a face, one he couldn't possibly begin to describe. "If I ever look like that," he said dryly, "precisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me.

Besides," he said breezily, "were it not for misunderstandings, we would be sadly lacking in great literature." She looked at him questioningly. "Where would Romeo and Juliet be?" "Alive.

All three men looked at the woman in the doorway, but they all saw different things. Alex saw a rather attractive young lady with a remarkable air of vitality in her silver eyes. John saw the woman he'd come to like and admire tremendously this past week, looking rather fetching and grown-up in her new gown and coiffure. Dunford saw an angel.

You're twisting my words." "I think you are doing a fine job of twisting them yourself.

And could it even really be called a kiss? It had been very, very short. And did it mean anything if the kisser (him) had been feeling terribly grateful to the kissee (her) and possibly even indebted, in the most elemental of ways? She'd saved his life, after all. A kiss was not entirely out of order. Plus, he had said, "Forgive me." Did it count as a kiss if the kisser had asked for forgiveness? Honoria thought not.

Mysterious creatures, women. If they could just learn to say what they meant, the world would be a far simpler place.

Michael had to clutch the end of the table to keep from rising. He could have had Shakespeare at his side to translate, and still not have been able to explain why Colin"s remark infuriated him so.

Did words have meaning if they were never heard?

Please just say what you mean. It is exhausting trying to determine what everyone is saying to me when it has nothing to do with the words that are actually coming out of their mouths.

You sorts who excel at arithmetic simply don't understand how we lesser mortals can look at a page of numbers and not know the answer—or at least how to get to the answer—instantly.

Did it matter what a man wrote if no one ever read it? Did words have meaning if they were never heard?

Las mujeres eran criaturas misteriosas. Si pudieran aprender a decir lo que realmente querían decir, el mundo sería de lejos un lugar más sencillo.

That seemed to cover a lot of life, he'd come to realize. Proving something right wasn't the same as proving the opposite wrong.

I think it was your language," Miranda said mildly. "She said most of them were idiots, too." "That is not at all what I said," Olivia put in. "I said they were bores." "Sheep," Miranda confirmed. "Goats," Olivia added with a shrug. Turner began to look alarmed. "Good God, do the two of you speak your own language?

It was not his fault if she had misinterpreted his words and thought that he was physically unable to sire brats.

by afternoon was lost in a sea of Russian idioms. Kogda rak na goryeh svistnyet = When the crawfish whistles on a mountain = When pigs fly. Sdelatz slona iz mukha = Make an elephant out of a fly = Make a mountain out of a molehill. S dokhlogo kozla i shersti klok = Even from the dead goat, even a piece of wool is worth something =

Sebastian regarded him with an expression that most would interpret as bored, but that Harry knew meant, You nodcock.

Apakah tulisan pria ada artinya kalau tidak dibaca siapa pun? Apakah kata kata memiliki arti kalau tidak pernah didengarkan?

When I listen to a Coldplay record, you're gonna hear an indie band, and you know that's what you're gonna get from Coldplay. With myself, I'm not sure it's the same.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.