Quotes of: Mysterious Keyword

I don't understand why you're so obsessed with figuring out everything that happens here, like we have to unravel every mystery.

Looking for Alaska

Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act.

Life After Death

But I don't believe coincidences are chance events. I think they're the times we happen to see the mysterious pattern connecting everything.

Saltwater Moons

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.

The Solitaire Mystery

The most serious drawback to the telling-nothing approach is that it made that much more of a mystery of what had happened, and the nature of gossip abhors a vacuum of the unexplained.

Sunshine

Let us not doubt, brother. Let us not pry into the holy mysteries of the hen-coop with simian fingers.

The Sun Also Rises

No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.

Streams of Silver

The moment the door opened I knew an ass-kicking was inevitable. Whether I'd be giving it or receiving it was still a bit of a mystery.

Stray

She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

A Tale of Two Cities

Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

Odd Thomas

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.

Quatrains

At the end of the universe you’ll find a door labeled “Do Not Enter.” No great mysteries are hidden there—it’s just a supplies closet.

This Book Has No Title

The language of poetry is a language of deep intimacy that is meant to touch the human spirit and awaken it to the mystery of life, all life.

When Angels Are Born

The good characters in my book are loosely based on folks I know. All the bad stuff is made up.

Willowtree A Bruce DelReno Mystery

Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries.

Hugh Mackay

When I was 26, I wrote my first mystery, 'The Thomas Berryman Number', and it was turned down by, I don't know, 31 publishers. Then it won an Edgar for Best First Novel. Go figure.

James Patterson

If I can't talk smart I'll just sit back and listen.

Final Sale, A Bittersweet Hollow Mystery

I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

Agnes Martin: Writings