Puzzling Quotes

67 quotes by 63 authors

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling. — Robert M. Pirsig
She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within… — James M. Barrie
We must be careful with our lives, for Christ's sake, because it would seem that they are the only lives we are going to have… — Frederick Buechner
The evenings grew longer; kitchen windows stayed open after dinner and peepers could be heard in the marsh. Isabelle, stepping out to sweep her porch… — Elizabeth Strout
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It… — Dr. Seuss
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may… — Carl Sagan
How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another. — Lewis Carroll
He shivered. His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. The manly heroes of the… — Neil Gaiman
I've wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it, and yet we didn't see it. Or rather we were trained… — Robert M. Pirsig
It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea… — Francis Crick
You don't understand,' she said, and there was a puzzling trace of resentment in her voice. 'Children never do. The love a parent has for… — Cassandra Clare
Mikeru was still puzzling over Horace's last remark. He frowned. 'Kurokuma, these shenanigans... What are they?' 'Shenanigans are what Rangers do. They usually involve doing… — John Flanagan
From this, one can make a deduction which is quite certainly the ultimate truth of jigsaw puzzles: despite appearances, puzzling is not a solitary game:… — Georges Perec
She said sheâ€™d often wondered why she wanted to do some things and not do other things at all. Well, it was obvious with some… — Jeanette Winterson
We have really, that I know of, no philosophical basis for high and low. Moreover, the vegetable kingdom does not culminate, as the animal kingdom… — Asa Gray
I use doodling for a variety of reasons: I use it to get clarity around a concept, I use it to relax, I use it… — Sunni Brown
My job as an author - at least the way I think of it - is to make a story that is coded and puzzling… — Shane Carruth
My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two. — Brad Paisley
Plants exist in the weather and light rays that surround them - waving in the wind, shimmering in the sunlight. I am always puzzling over… — Hayao Miyazaki
It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, Go away, I'm looking for the truth, and so it goes… — Robert M Pirsig

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