“Really, it’s not people who don’t understand us who drive us nuts—it’s when those who shouldn’t, do.”— Pauline Kael, amazon.com
“The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.”— Edward Teller, amazon.com
“Don’t want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.”— Nikki Giovanni, play.spotify.com
“In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“I need to learn how to stop destroying myself, stop being hard on myself and be nice to myself. I need to keep telling myself that I need to keep wanting something, something nice, something warm…[so] I can make other people happy. I can understand other people’s pain because I can love even after a…”— Daul Kim, quotemadness.com
“At night I read and write, and things I have never understood become clear.”— Annie Dillard, amazon.com
“As simple as it sounds, I think understanding who you are–and who you are not–is not the most important thing of all Important Things.”— David Arnold, amazon.com
“I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine.”— Richard Dawkins, inters.org
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.”— Gloria Naylor, amazon.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
“The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.”— Carl Sagan, amazon.com
“Everyone is always going through tough things, the irony in it is that everyone thinks what they’re going through is just as hard as what you are. Life isn’t about surviving this, it’s about understanding this.”— Nicholas Sparks, goodreads.com
“You are the only one who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who has understood even a whisper of you.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com