Quote by Diane Setterfield

“Explanations take the mystery out of things, right?”

— Sarah Ockler

“I’ve been sifting through the layers of dusty books and faded papers. They tell a story I used to know; one that happened so…

— Kate Wolf

“a real mystery can’t be solved, not completely. It’s always just out of reach, like a light around the corner; you might catch a…

— Mark Frost

“Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.”

— Simone de Beauvoir

“These things are mysteries—not because they can’t be explained, but because they only come to us a bit at a time.”

— D.P. Prior

“If it wasn’t a mystery, it would be easy. If it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth much.”

— Seth Godin

“No matter how many mysteries you solve, there’s always a deeper mystery behind it.”

— Scott Hawkins

“Whereas I, even now, persist in believing that these black marks on white paper bear the greatest significance, that if I keep writing I…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“I’m not going to force some theory on a mystery and make foolishness of it, just because that is what people who talk about…

— Marilynne Robinson

“Oh, how many mysteries there are around us! How wonderful, how absorbingly interesting it will be, when the time comes, to hear the explanation…

— Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

“Some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved. They’re meant to wait, patiently, for you to notice them again.”

— Dark Night Beacon

“Too much information, and yet, in her case, not enough. In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri