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For some time she observed a great yellow butterfly, which was opening and closing its wings very slowly on a little flat stone. "What is… — Virginia Woolf
Through the Unknown, we'll find the New — Charles Baudelaire
Whoever reaches into a rosebush may seize a handful of flowers; but no matter how many one holds, it's only a small portion of the… — Lou Andreas-SalomÃ©
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds. — Paul Brunton
We have such a terrible, terrible misconception of science. We think it involves the definite, the precise, the known; it is a horrid series of… — Anne Rice
I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Courage Is a Love Affair with the Unknown — Rajneesh
Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he desires… — Baltasar Gracian
But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can only move on. — Libba Bray
My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant. The highest… — Henry David Thoreau
In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence… — Alejo Carpentier
No, whoever was out there didn't want to take her in. But his sights were on her, gun sights, steady. Clear. She stared into them,… — Lora Leigh
Possessing by letting go of things was a secret of ownership unknown to youth. — Yukio Mishima
Is it wrong to leave relative security in favor of unknown risk at the side of someone you love? — Ellen Hopkins
But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our… — Albert Einstein
Here is adventure. Here is romance. Here is mystery. Tropical rivers â€“ silently flowing into the unknown. The unbelievable splendor of exotic flowers â€¦ the… — Walt Disney
Whenever I start thinking of my love for a person, I am in the habit of immediately drawing radii from my love - from my… — Vladimir Nabokov
I will not die, it's the world that will end." paraphrase of unknown philosopher — Ayn Rand
Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. Let us forget their… — Ayn Rand
I don't understand anything. Life is so strange. I feel like some one who's lived all his life by a duck-pond and suddenly is shown… — W. Somerset Maugham

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