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Quotes About Puzzlement

I have lived through an eventful year, yet understand no more of it than a babe in arms. Of all the people of this town I am the one least fitted to write a memorial. Better the blacksmith with his cries of rage and woe.
~ J.M. Coetzee
What the hell are you doing, Evelyn?
~ Jaci Burton
And suddenly, not a soul's at the store as for other & similar & just as blank reasons, they've gone to the silence, the suppers of their own mystery.
~ Jack Kerouac
I don't know
~ Jack Kerouac
I wanted to know what 'IT' meant. 'Ah well' - Dean laughed - 'now you're asking me impon-de-rables - ahem!
~ Jack Kerouac
Unanswered questions make my head itch.
~ Kerry Greenwood
Kakimi chertyami oni viigrali holodnuyu voinu?"This translates roughly to: "How the hell did these people win the Cold War?
~ Dave Barry, Big Trouble
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
~ Boethius
What are you on, Samuel?" This was easier, he glanced down. "Laminate.
~ Tanya Huff
What Zidane has done with Real Madrid is spectacular, but there are things I don't understand.
~ Pepe
I remain a simple man who has more questions than answers. Please join me as I seek to turn that tide.
~ Bill Duke
How do you explain something that you can't even understand yourself?
~ Nicholas Sparks
It's a murky world out there, and it's hard to figure things out sometimes.
~ Angus Deaton
Characters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point.
~ Michael Zaslow
There'll always be a part of me that wants to remain mysterious.
~ Roisin Murphy
People, whether they be male or female, are equally a mystery to me.
~ Anna Boden
I think it's important to have mystique.
~ Joan Jett
I always loved bands with mystique.
~ David Berman
How many more children do you think I'll be able to handle?" Blythe asked, her voice infused with a mixture of laughter, genuine puzzlement and a touch of exasperation. Alena and Steele looked at each other. They looked at Darby. Then Lana. All of them shrugged at the same time. It was Steele who answered. "Any number, Blythe. However many need you.
~ Christine Feehan
Mr. Fresh sat down on the stool behind the counter and stared into the eyes of the cardboard cutout of Cher, hoping to find answers there. But the bitch was holding out.
~ Christopher Moore
He didn't understand religion. It was like heroin or golf: He knew a lot of people did it, but he didn't understand why.
~ Christopher Moore
Who shit in your tuba?
~ Christopher Moore
Outside the bedroom Jane fumbled around and in her purse and produced a pack of cigarettes, but couldn't figure out whether to smoke one or not. "Holy Motown Jesus with Pips, what the fuck is going on in there?
~ Christopher Moore
Sometimes there are no answers.
~ Christopher Paolini