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Experience is a question of instinct about life. — Oscar Wilde
All myth is an enriched pattern, a two-faced proposition, allowing its operator to say one thing and mean another, to lead a double life. Hence… — Anne Carson
The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring. — James Joyce
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Oh, here's a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test?It reads, 'What wrong with this statement?' And do you know what… — Trenton Lee Stewart
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything....The novelist teaches… — Milan Kundera
It's a question of discipline,' the little prince told me later on. 'when you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The only question that nobody ever asks is: What breaks your heart? I think that should be asked of all "artists."...So, what breaks your heart? — Jonathan Carroll
Can I ask you a question?" "I'd be disappointed if you didn't." "How many of those suits do you have? Do you like, send them… — D. J. MacHale
The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Did you like question ten, Moony?" asked Sirius as they emerged into the entrance hall. "Loved it," said Lupin briskly. "Give five signs that identify… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Happy". I had not heard that word since Mr. Milgrom spoke it at the last Hanukkah. I asked him the question that had been on… — Jerry Spinelli
I used to feel for years and years and years that I was very remiss not to have written a novel and I would question… — Alice Munro
Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS… — Yann Martel
Nothing happened. And everything did. Your whole life you can be told something is wrong and so you believe it. Why should you question it?… — Francesca Lia Block
The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--' Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked. We called… — Lewis Carroll
Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when… — Joseph Campbell
Novelty may fix our attention not even on the service but on the celebrant. You know what I mean. Try as one may to exclude… — C.S. Lewis
After the signing of the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman on the street, "What have you given us, sir?" Franklin Responded, "A… — Glenn Beck
She studied my face for a long minute. "Are you going to help my mom?" It was a simple question. But how do you tell… — Jim Butcher

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