Most people have only half developed their single personalities. That a man should split his into four and more; and should develop each separately and perfectly, was so abnormal that many normals failed to understand it. Frederick Rolfe
She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand. George Moore (novelist)
We were conquered because we failed to understand that Victory is a Spirit, and that it is in ourselves and in ourselves alone that we must attack and destroy Ialdabaoth. Anatole France
In time we often become one with those we once failed to understand. Patti Smith
For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art. Rita Dove