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Quotes About Enigma

Listen- all that she was then, all that she is now, those gestures, everything I remember but won't or can't articulate anymore, the perfect words that are somehow made imperfect when used to describe her and all that should remain unsaid about her- it is all unsupported by reason. I know that. But that enigmatic calm that attaches itself to people in the presence of reason- it's something from which I haven't been able to take comfort, not reliably, not since her.
~ Elliot Perlman
Così dunque la vita é rimasta un mistero. E io stesso, per me, sono ancora il primo mistero.
~ Elsa Morante
For animals, life is all there is; for man, life is a question mark. An irreversible question mark, for man has never found, nor will ever find, any answers. Life not only has no meaning; it can never have one.
~ Emil Cioran
An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.
~ Emil Cioran
Femeia-i Paradisul ca noapte.
~ Emil Cioran
I like a good murder that can't be found out. That is, of course it is very shocking, but I like to hear about it.
~ Emily Eden
Very early on, I understood that I secretly and mysteriously belonged to the world of cats.
~ Balthus
The number of things which you do not understand increases day by day.
~ balzac honore de vii
Though all things in society as well as in the universe are said to have a purpose, there do exist here below certain beings whose purpose and utility seem inexplicable.
~ balzac honore de xi
Narrow natures expand by persecuting as much as others through beneficence; they prove their power over their fellows by cruel tyranny as others do by loving kindness; they simply go the way their temperaments drive them. Add to this the propulsion of self-interest and you may read the enigma of most social matters.
~ balzac honore de xxii
The mysteries of life are infinitely frustrating for those of us who try to make sense of them,
~ Barbara Freethy
There was certainly more to him than
~ Barbara Freethy
His dark brown hair was on the short side, and he had an air of
~ Barbara Freethy
People always liked her from a distance. But when they got closer they realized she was just too much for them.
~ Barbara Freethy
The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Howie: "What if the whole thing was just an accident?" Jazz: "And what? Accidentally cut off three fingers postmortem? 'Oops, oh no, my girlfriend just died! Clumsy me, in trying to perform CPR, I chopped off some fingers! Guess I'll take them with me…Oh, darn, where did that middle finger go?
~ Barry Lyga
The most difficult thing is to renounce the truth and the possibility of verification, to remain as long as possible on the enigmatic, ambivalent, and reversible side of thought.
~ baudrillard jean iii
The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.
~ baum l frank iii
Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery.
~ Gore Vidal
You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.
~ Harry Browne
What is imponderable in the world is greater than what we can handle.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
As a kid, I remember hearing about Boba Fett before I even saw Boba Fett.
~ Dave Filoni
Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.
~ Franz Kafka
I always try to look for the hidden face of the character, the hidden face that we all have.
~ Edgar Ramirez