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Explanation Quotes - Page 5

Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation.

Marilynne Robinson (2015). “Housekeeping”, p.142, Faber & Faber

I do loathe explanations.

"My Lady Nicotine". Book by James Matthew Barrie. Chapter 16, 1890.

The American vice is explanation.

Gore Vidal (1982). “Pink triangle and yellow star, and other essays (1976-1982)”

He who believes needs no explanation.

Euripides (2002). “Bacchai”, Oberon Books

I forgot to remember to forget.

Song: I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Pooh! Grown-ups are always thinking of uninteresting explanations.

C. S. Lewis (2013). “The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen”, p.19, Harper Collins

Explanation changes whatever is explained into something explainable.

Wendell Berry (2001). “Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition”, Counterpoint Press

Children need explanations and they deserve explanations.

"Todd Bridges Says Wearing Diaper Was His Drug-Abuse Low Point". www.foxnews.com. March 17, 2010.

Explanations are such cheap poetry.

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.367, Simon and Schuster

There are some things that defy explanation- kind of like. . . you know, you.

Sherrilyn Kenyon (2012). “Infamous: Chronicles of Nick”, p.224, Macmillan

You can't always explain everything you do to everybody, you know.

"All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten". Book by Robert Fulghum, 1986.

Things from the heart don't have an explanation.

"Who Am I To Judge?" by James Carroll, www.newyorker.com. December 23, 2013.