Puzzled Quotes
119 quotes by 104 authors
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?†says Christina. “Yes,†says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
— Veronica Roth
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Because,†he said quietly as she stood up, “until you walked into it, this was an ordinary garden.†Puzzled, Elizabeth tipped her head. “What is…
— Judith McNaught
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The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We…
— Rick Warren
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What’s more, you’re loads better than you think you are.†“So why is it I get to thinking that way?†I puzzled. “That’s because you’re…
— Haruki Murakami
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Who wants to kill you?†the guy asked. He was still looking over his shoulder, but his expression was puzzled. “There’s nobody there,†the girlfriend…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Steve has a reality distortion field.†When Hertzfeld looked puzzled, Tribble elaborated. “In his presence, reality is malleable. He can convince anyone of practically anything.…
— Walter Isaacson
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Tyson! Thank the gods, Annabeth is hurt!" "You thank the gods that she is hurt?" he asked, puzzled.
— Rick Riordan
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Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned…
— Betty Smith
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Her own body was such a familiar and unremarkable thing to her that she was puzzled by the convulsive ecstasy men could take from it,…
— Joseph Heller
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You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I…
— T.E. Lawrence
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Two or three angels Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little black streams of people Came and went in continually. And…
— Stephen Crane
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I stopped watching for ridicule, the scorpion's tail hidden in his words. He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some…
— Madeline Miller
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You said your cousin was a necromancer. You know how the natural necromancers operate?" They twisted the head off your favorite doll, stuffed a dead…
— Ilona Andrews
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I thought I heard---" Gansey broke off. His eyes dropped to where Adam held Blue's hand. Again his face was somewhat puzzled by the fact…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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And I wish to thank you as well, Royce." He was puzzled. "For what?" "For reminding me that anyone, no matter what they've done, can…
— Michael J. Sullivan
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With a sigh she reached into her pocket and drew out a small velvet bag, which upended on the table. Two gold rings fell out,…
— Cassandra Clare
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Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky
— Noam Chomsky
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He was already looking at their relationship through the lens of the past tense. It puzzled her, the ability of romantic love to mutate, how…
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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When rock music came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled.
— Jo Stafford
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Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.
— Erich Fromm
Who Wrote These Puzzled Quotes
104 authors contributed a total of 119 Puzzled Quotes, led by these top contributors: