“In the world I am Always a stranger I do not understand its language It does not understand my silence.”— Bei Dao, goodreads.com
“I don’t understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.”— Craig Silvey, amazon.com
“I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood.”— Unknown (via QUOTEMADNESS), quotemadness.com
“There’s nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood… And understanding someone else.”— Brad Meltzer, amazon.com
“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly.”— Salvador Dalí, goodreads.com
“You know I don’t agree with what you did. But I understand why you did it.”— Hanya Yanagihara, amazon.com
“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.”— Joan Erikson, nytimes.com
“I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”— Daphne du Maurier, amazon.com
“Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside you that you didn’t dare let them escape in case they blew you wide open?”— Ellen Hopkins, amazon.com
“I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.”— Jon Krakauer, amazon.com
“I said that the world is absurd, but I was too hasty. This world in itself is not reasonable, that is all that can be said. But what is absurd is the confrontation of this irrational and the wild longing for clarity whose call echoes in the human heart.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.’”— Marilyn Monroe, goodreads.com
“We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.”— B.F. Skinner, amazon.com
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.”— Madeleine L'Engle, amazon.com
“Have you ever lost yourself in a kiss? I mean pure psychedelic inebriation. Not just lustful petting but transcendental metamorphosis when you became aware that the greatness of this being was breathing into you. Licking the sides and corners of your mouth, like sealing a thousand fleshy envelopes f…”— Saul Williams, amazon.com