Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
I have a professional acquaintance whose recent eyelid job has left her with a permanent expression of such poleaxed astonishment that she… — Florence King Copy Share Image
I find to my astonishment that an unhappy marriage goes on being unhappy when it is over. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Every one must be struck with astonishment, when he first beholds one of these vast rings of coral-rock, often many leagues in… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The history of a man's soul, even the pettiest soul, is hardly less interesting and useful than the history of a whole… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
HELPED are those who are shown the existence of the Creator's magic in the Universe; they shall experience delight and astonishment without… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
Is it not better to intimate our astonishment as we pass through this world if it be only for a moment ere… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To my astonishment, when Wolf Hall came out, people asked if I made it up - [Thomas More] burning of heretics. It… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
How many men are like trees, already strong and full grown, which are transplanted into some gardens, to the astonishment of those… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
...there is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it. — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Good science and good art are always about a condition of awe. I don't think there is any other function for the… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves "Our Lady… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't care that much about rote memorization. An old boyfriend of mine used to get into lacerating arguments with his parents… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars and they pass right by themselves without astonishment. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Constant reminding ourselves that we not see with our eyes but with our synergetic eye-brain system working as a whole will produce… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
And as for you Agent Pallas – man-to-man, if you ever insult my girl on national television again, I’ll…” he stopped. Everyone… — Julie James Copy Share Image
“When you see something excellent or something very beautiful, a silent astonishment will be the greatest word one can ever say to… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Very few, even among those who have taken the keenest interest in the progress of the revolution in natural knowledge set afoot… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
In alarming proportions the following words have disappeared from architectural publications: beauty, inspiration, magic, sorcery, enchantment, and also serenity, mystery, silence, privacy,… — Luis Barragan Copy Share Image
