Instinct Quote by Barbara Pym

One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering.

— Sylvia Plath

We are all humiliated by the sudden discovery of a fact which has existed very comfortably and perhaps been staring at us in private…

— George Eliot

There is a lurking fear that some things are not meant to be known.

— Carl Sagan

There is a lurking fear that some things are not “meant" to be known, that some inquiries are too dangerous for human beings to…

— Carl Sagan

It seems to me that we can’t explain all the truly awful things in the world like war and murder and brain tumors, and…

— Sharon Creech

The world may hold startling developments and shocking unknowns.

— Jon Spaihts

In reality things reveal nothing to us. It is people who, by looking into at things, discover a way of penetrating the Soul of…

— Paulo Coelho

I always think it's not what we know that's terrifying; it's what we don't know. That's sort of pervasive with everything in life.

— Denzel Washington

We cannot bear for our most mysterious experiences to remain unexplained. I've therefore learned...that every story has worth, since a person takes the time…

— Josh Gates

Sometimes it's better to be clueless about what's happening around you, than to know every bit of information that would silently kill you.

— Anonymous

It is the dread of something happening, something unknown and dreadful, that makes us do anything to keep the flicker of talk from dying…

— Logan Pearsall Smith

The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition of vicious…

— Thomas Ligotti