“The goodness of the world grew like moss in cracks, she thought. It grew, somehow, with hidden roots, nourished by something unseen.” — K.J. Bishop Copy Share Image
“Magic and mystery writing follow the same, time-tested, three-act structure to stage their drama; set the scene, build the suspense, reveal the… — Steve Burrows Copy Share Image
“I’m not going to force some theory on a mystery and make foolishness of it, just because that is what people who… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
It is in the translation that the innocence lost after the first reading is restored under another guise, since the reader is… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds: Men live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies into… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I wondered what that was like, to hold someone’s hand. I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
“He paused just long enough for me to know I was starting to bug him. I bug a lot of people, they… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
“Well, be careful,” she said, her words deliberate. She quickly twisted her head, as if making certain no one was behind her.… — Kate White Copy Share Image
'E.T.' and 'Star Wars' were cult movies then and opened up a brand new world of adventure and mystery. But as much… — Baron Davis Copy Share Image
The only cross in all of history that was turned into an altar was the cross on which Jesus Christ died. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even the West has known the architecture of empty space, whose object, for thousands of years, has been less to construct divine… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“I cadged a complimentary green matchbook with a gold bird icon from the Bell canning jar. Later we'd use the matches to… — Ed Lynskey Copy Share Image
Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard or misapplied… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“Sing to me a tune of patience; A dream borne of tenacity. Pervade unto my being, a cadence; Whisper to me the… — Marius Copy Share Image
“Waiting for the correct time to descend for cocktails, Mary sat on her bed and reviewed her impressions of the house party… — Susan Rowland Copy Share Image
It's like with a girl: it's more fun to meet and slowly, gradually learn things about each other. A little mystery is… — Larry Wilcox Copy Share Image
Gather a shell from the strewn beach And listen at its lips: they sigh The same desire and mystery, The echo of… — Dante Gabriel Rossetti Copy Share Image
“His character would be blamed, loathed, discussed, and adored – but somewhere there, behind his mask of a hero, Cardew would remain… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The power of affinity lies in its mystery: the way it stands outside everything logical; you step into a crowded room and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
A mystery confounds the problem of industry in art. In the last analysis, to work is simply not enough. But we have… — Anne Truitt Copy Share Image
Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures… — Constantin Brancusi Copy Share Image
Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
~*~ Isn't life so strange? You don't know whats real and what isn't. What there and whats not. Whats right or whats… — Xxemopuppet Copy Share Image
INSTRUCTORS CAN impart a fraction of the teaching. It is through your own devoted practice that the mysteries of the Art of… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
A magic show and a concert are very similar in the way I like keeping things a mystery and not doing them… — Borns Copy Share Image
I certainly had this fascination with monsters and vampires as did Tim and whatever this darkness, this mystery, this intrigue. And then,… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
Scientists ofttimes have the greatest faith in a higher power. The more they dig into, establish facts and figures, the more they… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
There's something about his eyes in the photo. A kind of mystery. His personality comes through. It's always hung on my walls… — Alberto Korda Copy Share Image
My thoughts and wishes are all that surrounds, mysteries hold you then fly you away. You know you are my life, my… — Jon Anderson Copy Share Image
Abstract expression is so solid, so successful and recognizable, but there's a mystery about the artists that goes into it, a fetishism… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
Little girls think it's necessary to put all their business on MySpace and Facebook, and I think it's a shame...I'm all about… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we're tackling these mysteries one by one. If you're going to stay… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries… — Anonymous Copy Share Image