Quotes About Wonder

I remember the first time I looked into your eyes, it was like staring at the back of the moon, only to find that it shines too.

I think there is an element of magic in photography — light, chemistry, precious metals — a certain alchemy. You can wield a camera like a magic wand almost. Murmur the right words and you can conjure up proof of a dream. I believe in wonder. I look for it in my life every day; I find it in the most ordinary things.

Your one and possibly only chance to get the answer to every question in the universe, and you'll ask, 'Why are bats furry?

small forest of mirrored candelabras

who wanted to see a monster, even if it meant that you got to tell everyone about it?

Dragons eat the things that they're curious about.

Immortals must always give humans one thing! Either fear and terror! Or beauty!!

Philip looked incredulously at the tiny bundle in Johnny's arms. He reached out a hand tentatively, and lifted a corner of the blanket. He saw a wrinkled pink face, an open toothless mouth and a little bald head—a miniature of an aging monk.

Você acha que a história é verdadeira? Ela o fitou, com interesse, e ele se perdeu naqueles lindos olhos escuros. - Não sei - respondeu. - Sempre fico pensando se as histórias são verdadeiras ou não. A maioria das pessoas não liga, simplesmente gosta delas.

Un giorno un giornalista mi chiese : <>. No. Le cattedrali sono sempre state affollate da turisti. Nel Medioevo non si chiamavano turisti, erano pellegrini, ma viaggiavano per gli stessi motivi: per vedere il mondo e le sue meraviglie, per ampliare i propri orizzonti, per istruirsi e forse per entrare in contatto con qualcosa di miracoloso, soprannaturale, eterno.

Walter marvelled anew at the indecent amount

We cannot hope to understand the world—all we can do is stand amazed at God's creation.

Marvelous wonders don't have to happen of a sudden, the way they do in the Arabian Nights. They can also take a long time, like crystals growing, or minds changing, or leaves turning. The trick is to keep an eye peeled, so they don't slip by unappreciated.

It's fall coming, I kept thinking, fall coming; just like that was the strangest thing ever happened. Fall. Right outside here it was spring a while back, then it was summer, and now it's fall-that's sure a curious idea.

Itt az Å'sz, járt a fejemben, itt az Å'sz. Mintha most elÅ'ször volna itt, fura dolog. ?sz. Még nem is olyan régen tavasz volt, aztán nyár, most meg Å'sz – fura csakugyan.

The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer. They think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom.

Those who had been in on the night started telling about it with a kind of quiet pride and wonder, the way people tell about seeing a big hotel fire or a dam bursting — very solemn and respectful because the casualties aren't even counted yet — but the longer the telling went on, the less solemn the fellows got.

On a day like this, I can't imagine anything better that might happen in a person's life than for them to start paying attention to birds—to become aware of this magical world that exists all around us, unnoticed by many but totally captivating for those who know its secrets. This kind of spring day, with its bountiful myriads of colorful sprites just arrived from tropical shores, has to be one of the greatest gifts of life on Earth.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

Moon appears to shine and light the sky with the help of some fireflies, wonder how they have the power to shine?

The wonder of imagination is this: It has the power to light its own fire.

You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.

There are many strange happenings, my boy. Many mysteries beyond the power of the human mind to comprehend.

I don't really understand the natural world, I admire it and am a little bit afraid of its power.