UNDERSTAND in Classic Quotes

1  "I think I understand," said Atticus.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27

2  "Yes sir, I understand," I reassured him.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 30

3  Naw, Scout, it's something you wouldn't understand.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 10

4  Atticus," I said, "there's somethin I don't understand.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

5  "But there's one thing I don't understand," said Atticus.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17

6  She said I didn't understand children much and told me why.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 9

7  He also said Aunt Alexandra didn't understand girls much, she'd never had one.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 9

8  "There are things you don't understand," he said, and I was too weary to argue.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 21

9  Sometimes I did not understand him, but my periods of bewilderment were short-lived.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 6

10  Well, I hoped Jem would understand folks a little better when he was older; I wouldn't.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

11  Mr. Underwood didn't talk about miscarriages of justice, he was writing so children could understand.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 25

12  He might have hurt me a little," Atticus conceded, "but son, you'll understand folks a little better when you're older.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

13  Miss Caroline and I had conferred twice already, and they were looking at me in the innocent assurance that familiarity breeds understanding.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 2

14  Scout, you aren't old enough to understand some things yet, but there's been some high talk around town to the effect that I shouldn't do much about defending this man.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 9

15  Jem and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and we were at all times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 3

16  Jem's head at times was transparent: he had thought that up to make me understand he wasn't afraid of Radleys in any shape or form, to contrast his own fearless heroism with my cowardice.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 4

17  For the life of me, I did not understand how he could sit there in cold blood and read a newspaper when his only son stood an excellent chance of being murdered with a Confederate Army relic.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 11