#standing

At that moment a very good thing was happening to her. Four good things had happened to her, in fact, since she came to Misselthwaite Manor. She had felt as if she had understood a robin and that he had understood her; she had run in the wind until her blood had grown warm; she had been healthily hungry for the first time in her life; and she had found out what it was to be sorry for someone. ↗

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

#growing #healthy #understanding #life

If the if isn't an if, what if is an if that if has to be replaced by an if that if shall never if that the place of if. ↗

— Avakruth

#confusion #life #meaning #understanding #life

Misunderstanding kills the person who claimed it & scratches the mirror of his life & leaves specks on his soul. ↗

— Behnam Rajabpoor

#life

He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are; that they puzzle themselves as well as their friends; that their psychology is a modern development, and has not yet been understood. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#artists #complexity #friendship #music #musicians

When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#understanding #love

Free love, man, Free Love! Which, by the way, was the single greatest concept a young man has ever heard. About three years late, women got wise an my frustration returned to normal levels. ↗

— Steve Martin

#memoir #steve-martin #love

Understanding the beauty of our humanity unlocks the power of our spirituality. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #power #spirituality #understanding

Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile. ↗

— Helen Hollick

#marriage #respect #trust #understanding #love

I was starting to see that what looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it did take a crisis to get to know yourself; maybe you needed to get whacked hard by life before you understood what you wanted out of it. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#crisis #garbage #life #truth #understanding

For a woman's words to wound would require a man to listen first! ↗

— Meredith Duran

#men #understanding #women #words #men