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Quotes About Puzzlement

It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
A fortnight went by, during which I frequently found my thoughts turning in her direction and wondering what strange side-alley of human experience this lonely woman had strayed into.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
straight enough. I should like to know who sold you the geese which you supplied to the Alpha.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
What are you looking for back there?" said Mama. "Yesterday's snow?
~ Sholem Aleichem
Now, do you mind telling me what the fuck is going on?
~ Sophie Kinsella
You do things and do things and nobody really has a clue.
~ John Updike
Why, Sandilands? Why?
~ Barbara Cleverly
I do believe in the mysteries of things, about myself and the things I see. I enjoy being puzzled and arriving at my own incorrect conclusions.
~ Barney Hoskyns
Sometimes I just get attention, and I really don't know how it happens.
~ Adam Rippon
At this stage of the game, I am not sure what the hell is going to happen.
~ Bobby Rahal
What's a duck?" Luke asked curiously.
~ George Lucas
Mrs Oldcastle was silent—why, I could not tell
~ George MacDonald
I understood HOW: I do not understand WHY.
~ George Orwell
is a source of constant wonder to me how I came to have such a cork-brained parent. However, I have not the slightest reason to believe that my poor mother played him false. It must remain an enigma.
~ Georgette Heyer
Henry and Jessie did not say any more about the Indian boy, but they did not forget him. Once in awhile they both wondered where he came from and why he was there. They also wondered why he did not want to be seen.
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.
~ Gertrude Stein
There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. (Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures)
~ Gertrude Stein
There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer
~ Gertrude Stein
To be honest everything goes over my head a bit.
~ Lee Ryan
seen something in their poses, for, 'Spoony!
~ Sarah Waters
What if they're on the parkway?
~ Scott Nicholson
I don't know if Jerry Lawler got here in a plane, or a time machine.
~ Alex Riley
Don't waste your time trying to get into my head. There's nothing there.
~ William Shatner
When the answers arrive the questions are already lost.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski