Quote by Sam Stewart

“the true test of awesome power is the ability not to use it,”

— Jack L. Chalker

“We used awesome the way the British used brilliant: for anything at all. Perhaps . . . it was a kind of antidepressant: inflated…

— Lorrie Moore

“Who can say what astonishments are hidden inside the most mundane being?”

— Kate DiCamillo

“The only appropriate state of mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of heart is joy.”

— Terry Prachett

“Instead of being fascinated by the things around us, we now try so hard to fascinate others by the things on us.”

— Ika Natassa

“We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”

— Brené Brown

“Without expectations, what can topple the surprising wonder of the moment?”

— Ann Voskamp

“What astonishes us most is to observe that everyone is not astonished at his own weakness.”

— Blaise Pascal

“The most remarkable leaps into the unknown are often not fully appreciated,”

— Lawrence M. Krauss

“But I found out then, and never have forgotten since, that we never read the dull explanatory surroundings of marvelously exciting things when we…

— Mark Twain

“To be the cynosure of all eyes, do the extraordinary when you are least expected.”

— Ogwo David Emenike