“George feels that, even if all this double talk hasn't brought them any closer to understanding each other, the not-understanding, the readiness to remain at cross-purposes, is in itself a kind of intimacy.”
“At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you do not understand, you are closer to understanding it all than at any other time. ”
“If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.”
“Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.”
“We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.”
“Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.”