Break Quote by Nicole Krauss

When we can't see a pattern, we fit pieces together until one takes shape, because we have to.

— Tana French

There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all…

— Lauren Beukes

Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe. There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are…

— Agnes Denes

I still believe pattern fascinates on its own. And three-sevenths of a pattern, or even a smaller fragment, can fascinate still more--get us really…

— Samuel R. Delany

What is striking is these things [patterns in nature, e.g. fish stripes] do look like something that has been crafted. We are conditioned to…

— Philip Ball

Naturally, patterns emerge through repetition, and repetition yields up a type of discovery that reveals everything about itself, especially its sorry limits.

— Jan Peacock

I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see…

— Cecil Purdy

We make patterns, we share moments.

— Jenny Downham

All is pattern, all life, but we can't always see the pattern when we're part of it.

— Belva Plain

There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme

— Jacqueline Carey

So you look for patterns because that's what humans do to try and make sense of things. In hope of some divine order. And…

— Iain S Thomas

We make patterns, we share moments. Sometimes, I think I'm the only one to see it.

— Jenny Downham