Sound Mind slowly reveals itself as the follow-up to Double Vision, and I have a hard time seeing how you could possibly understand it without reading that book first (which is fine, Double Vision is terrific).
"If you don't come see what I have in Bath," he said one day when he invited me to visit, "you cannot possibly understand how strange I really am.'' Blahnik has a daunting, almost imperial bearing; he was born to wear a cape.
You cannot possibly understand what your letters mean to me... there is not a corner of my heart or soul which I do not wish you to look into..
Unless you're a Boomer, you can't possibly understand the impossibility of replacing a life at work with recreational pursuits; there simply aren't enough golf courses or gardens to keep this massive generation feeling as vital and valuable as a material endeavor can.
What I know is that unless you are black in America, you can't possibly understand what it's like to be black in America.
If you told her you understood, she would hit the walls and yell that you couldn't possibly understand.
When people come up to you afterwards in awe and ask just what it was like, make sure you gaze at them dreamily and say: "you couldn't possibly understand".
When the person talks about himself, just look confused, like you can't possibly understand what it has to do with you.
It's like that kid in your high school who said you were an idiot for liking a network sitcom, and that you couldn't possibly understand A Catcher in the Rye, just managed to get elected head of the prom committee.
