This quote is from one of my favorite Shelly Laurenston books. And let me tell you, it is hard for me to say any of these books are my favorites. I love them all.
The Beast in Him is the second of the Pride series and features Smitty and Jessie Ann. Smitty is a wolf of the Tennessee wolf pack and if you have ever read any of this series, you know that means something . . . and it’s not good. Jessie Ann is the alpha of a wild dog pack. Like domesticated dogs, they can be goofy and obsessive and absolutely adorable. Jessie Ann is all of those.
The quote I selected is from Smitty. He hears what he wants to hear and that is not what Jessie Ann tells him.
The beauty of wolf hearing. You heard only what you wanted to, made up what was never said but should have been, and the rest meant little or nothing.
Elaine Reads . . . constantly! 
Heh that is such a fun book and series. I’m gonna have to re-read them one day 😀