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Quotes About Puzzlement

What is in here?" he asked loudly.
~ Lois Lowry
How did I get into this mess? Miles isn't even here. -Ivan
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
The thought balloon of my own breath said, How have I found myself here?
~ Lorrie Moore
confused begging of some philosophical question
~ Louis Menand
Mac looked up with the oddest of all his odd expressions
~ Louisa May Alcott
Since he was seldom seen, people often wondered about his whereabouts.
~ Ron Chernow
There must be a lot of people in the world being wondered about by people who don't see them any more.
~ Russell Hoban
tell them all this? Wexford had no idea. Because
~ Ruth Rendell
Here in America, the only words that didn't exist, the only unspeakable words, were "I'm not sure about any of this. I'm having second thoughts.
~ Salman Rushdie
Lydia went over and handed him a paper napkin. Conner stared at the napkin as if it were something delivered directly from the moon.
~ Alice Hoffman
How can we understand life? It's impossible.
~ Alice Hoffman
Every day a question mark.
~ Alice Sebold
Da steh ich nun, ich armer Tor, und bin so klug als wie zuvor.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The answer is there is no answer.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Life's too damn funny for me to explain.
~ Don Marquis
Clearly,' said Luke, 'something's going on that I don't know about.' Simon looked over at him. 'Sometimes I think that's the motto of my life.
~ Cassandra Clare
And books which told me everything about the wasp, except why.
~ Dylan Thomas
What the foul fiend is the meaning of all this?
~ E.D.E.N. Southworth
Oddly, Leigh couldn't think of anything to say. How exactly should one respond to a threat spelled out in fish?
~ Edie Claire
Not all questions can be answered.
~ Edward Abbey
What manner of man is this?
~ Anonymous
A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.
~ Anonymous
all I feel sure of are questions.
~ Anthony Doerr
How does a plague start inside a sealed disc that has had no contact with any other living thing for almost six and a half decades?
~ Anthony Doerr