“Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.”— H. L. Mencken, amazon.com
“Mary Poppins: First of all I would like to make one thing quite clear. George: Yes? Mary Poppins: I never explain anything.”— Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews, imdb.com
“Behind all things are reasons. Reasons can even explain the absurd. Do we have the time to learn the reasons behind the human being's varied behavior? I think not. Some take time.”— Mark Frost, David Lynch, Log Lady, Catherine E. Coulson, imdb.com
“Now, there are three possible explanations here. Number one, John Travolta, you know the movie where he gets his power from a brain tumor. Number two, Jason Bourne, gets his power from a secret government agency. Or, and it’s the least likely, but it’s my favorite scenario, you’re a Jedi.”— Chris Kelley, Cassidy, Joseph Gilgun, imdb.com
“Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very being.”— Jack Kerouac, amazon.com
“Don’t waste your words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.”— Mandy Hale, goodreads.com
“You don’t get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplicably odd.”— Neil Gaiman, goodreads.com
“I’m always trying to convey something that can’t be conveyed…to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones.”— Franz Kafka, amazon.com
“Looking for extreme possibilities makes you blind to the probable explanation right in front of you.”— Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com
“I want you to know it’s okay to be vulnerable. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for being who you are. Some people will never understand depression; they will never understand how you can go from being completely fine to feeling so empty. They will tell you to ‘cheer up’ and to ‘get over it,’ but…”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“There’s a million reasons why they haven’t texted back yet. Don’t sweat it, it really could be anything. Maybe they’re mega busy, it’s some kind of emergency or they’re just playing it cool. They’ll reply when they’re ready.”— Rich Cooper, hexjam.com
“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”— Julian Barnes, amazon.com