There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty. — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
People apparently only read mystery stories of any length. With mysteries, the longer the better, and people will read any damn thing.… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this is the purpose of detective investigations, real and fictional -- to transform sensation, horror and grief into a puzzle, and… — Kate Summerscale Copy Share Image
“The supernatural always makes it seem as though there is nothing super about the natural.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“What mysteries we are, human, vampire, monster, mortal, that we can love and hate simultaneously, and that emotions of all sorts might… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Current science and technology have unlocked all mysteries. We make sense of it in a gradual process under law and order.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a story. It is what defines us. Our stories continue to change as we evolve in-and-out of our own skin,… — Brandon Garic Notch Copy Share Image
“The holy servants are stewards of the mysteries of Saviour, the Son of God.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“No matter how many mysteries you solve, there’s always a deeper mystery behind it.” — Scott Hawkins Copy Share Image
The architecture for 'Paladin' - given that it's at least three books, with the possibility of more - turned out to be… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
“A cat’s secrets run so deep that even the cat itself is often unaware. Their mysteries are as natural as whiskers.” — Wendy Beck Copy Share Image
I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Women did not have as many options as men, and I need to reflect that reality in my mysteries. — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“If you’ve got a cozy mystery, and a dog is introduced, readers’ first question is, ‘Does the dog die?’ They never ask… — K.B. Inglee Copy Share Image
“Injustice, large and small, was like sour, moldy bread. Consumed often enough, it brought on hunger for the meat of revenge.” — B.V. Lawson Copy Share Image
Every religious tradition is rooted in mysteries I don't pretend to understand, including claims about what happens after we die. But this… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
You'll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries,… — Sonia Levitin Copy Share Image
It is astonishing that human brains, which evolved to cope with the everyday world, have been able to grasp the counterintuitive mysteries… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Extending our lives, extending our creativity, opening up the mysteries of the brain. All those things that are really exciting - that's… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
Michael Chabon has long moved easily between the playful, heartfelt realism of novels like 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh' and 'Wonder Boys' and… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
I've worked on some movies that get put in the horror shelf on the video stores, but they're really structurally like mysteries,… — Ehren Kruger Copy Share Image
“If you are having private thoughts and ask an intimate friend to listen to them in privacy or on a date will… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“The black bird cocked its head to one side, and then said, in a voice like stones being struck, 'You shadow man.'… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image