Quotes About Wonder

He was just drifting off to sleep when it occurred to him that perhaps the dog was not so ordinary after all. Perhaps he was someone the ogre had changed, and Ivo was going to spend the night hugging a headmaster or a tax inspector

The beauty lies in the mind. If the world is beautiful and the laws of the universe sublime...Must there not be somewhere something beautiful that still remains behind, lingering, waiting to be found?

one of the most important things to me is that my children and grandchildren are curious. Because, if you're not curious, you're not smart.

I'm not religious, but I feel like there has to be a higher power up there.

I wouldn't say I'm a religious person, but I am definitely inclined toward asking the big questions.

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

I'm not a religious person by any means. But I'm curious.

One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.

We can sit around and go, okay, is there really a plan, does somebody really know what's happening, is it all planned out, because sometimes it just seems too remarkable to me the things that have happened to me.

As a kid, I used to tell all these stories. I remember meeting a childhood friend, and we were talking. We remembered that I had made up this story about going to Mars. And she looked at me and said, 'I didn't sleep for a week after that!'

McCullers is one of those rare writers who remembers what childhood is like. Not incidents, which anyone can recall, but states of mind, which are so difficult to recreate.

I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again.

It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

When I was growing up, I used to have dreams of going to fly. Being in space reminds me of that.

While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me.

How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.

Albert Einstein is reported to have said compounding is the eighth wonder of the world. Obviously, a dollar invested in your 20s is worth so much more than a dollar invested in your 60s.

I am not in any hurry to grow up.

I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

In an ideal world, 'Doctor Who' makes the whole nation eight years old, with that excitement and engagement and wide-eyedness.

There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies.