War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
“We know how ninety-nine percent of the universe works," he told Carter shortly after they met, "and that's the clockworks, that's what… — Glen David Gold Copy Share Image
A man may be accused of cowardice for fleeing away from all manner of physical dangers but when things supernatural, insubstantial and… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
We must assume our existence as broadly as we in any way can; everything, even the unheard - of, must be possible… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
If you don't understand what al Qaeda was trying to do on 9/11, if you don't have a sense of who Osama… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
When you identify with an organization and you want to do stuff [but] you get this inexplicable 'no' - a lot of… — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
If you travel as much as I do - 165,000 miles last year - you exist nowhere. You're always between heaven and… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
Life itself is the real and most miraculous miracle of all. If one had never before seen a human hand and were… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
Once she made him watch Pride and Prejudice and for ages he would re-word Mr Bingley's apology to Jane Bennet, saying, 'I've… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there - that, one might say, is created. It is the inexplicable… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Boxing is an American sport - a 'so-called sport' to many - in which images of incalculable beauty and violence, desperation and… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Here is one of the fundamental defects of American fiction--perhaps the one character that sets it off sharply from all other known… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There are days when my heart is troubled, and just being in the Lord's presence and thinking about His love for me… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, no reason to believe that any given natural phenomenon, however marvelous it may seem today, will remain forever… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Creativity is something which proceeds from within, out of immeasurable and inexplicable depths, not from without, not from the world's necessity. The… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it. — Max Jacob Copy Share Image
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Because I'm moved in writing to be irrepressible. Writing to you seems like some holy cause, cause there's not enough female irrepressibility… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
With each new day it becomes more apparent to me that everything and everyone in this world is connected in some beautiful… — Andrew McMahon Copy Share Image
Sometimes, as in an athletic event where everything clicks, inexplicable things do happen. Learning and practicing an art or a skill has… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
Every life is inexplicable, I kept telling myself. No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
There is probably not one person, however great his virtue, who cannot be led by the complexities of life's circumstances to a… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
