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Quotes About Wonder

The stars merely reduce one to the status of an amoeba. The stars take the last vestige of human pride, the last spark of confidence, from one.
~ Josephine Tey
The "Eighth Wonder of the World" (Astronomer) introduced the world to artificial grass and indoor baseball.
~ Josh Leventhal
The first thing that stuck in the minds of the disciples was not the empty tomb, but rather the empty grave clothes - undisturbed in form and position.
~ Josh McDowell
Miracle is another word for magic, and magic is only science, unexplained.
~ Joshilyn Jackson
William knows that science and magic are the same thing; magic is only science that hasn't been explained yet.
~ Joshilyn Jackson
William knows that science and magic are the same thing; magic is only science that hasn't been explained yet. Tonight he has made chemistry into magic for her.
~ Joshilyn Jackson
For some reason I can't explain, artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music, you need this youthful sense of discovery and wonder for what you're doing and keep your imagination open. That's a youthful way of looking at life and I think that reflects in how you age.
~ Joshua Bell
Aren't you capable of finding anything beautiful in the world?" I'd tell her, she'd say, "I do not want to know about those websites. Please keep those disgusting websites to yourself.
~ Joshua Ferris
Oh my god," she said out of the blue. "Can you believe it's only three-fifteen?
~ Joshua Ferris
It is by miracles we have lived to see this day, — any of us standing here.
~ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.
~ Joshua Lederberg
She was pretty sure whatever had made the things hadn't been human.
~ Joshua Palmatier
Life is both sad and solemn. We are led into a wonderful world, we meet one another here, greet each other---and wander together for a brief moment. Then we lose each other and disappear as suddenly and unreasonably as we arrived.
~ Jostein Gaarder
How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
~ Jostein Gaarder
You must stop worrying about why things happen and wonder what they mean when they do.
~ Joy Williams
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.
~ Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.
~ Joyce Kilmer
Wait until morning," Leila told me. "That's when the choir comes out. Sometimes I think I should have called this place the Bird Hotel.
~ Joyce Maynard
El amor es maravilloso y absurdo e, incomprensiblemente, visita a cualquier clase de almas. Pero la gente absurda y maravillosa no abunda; y las que lo son, es por poco tiempo, en la primera juventud. Después comienzan a aceptar y se pierden.
~ Juan Carlos Onetti
L'amour est merveilleux et absurde; et, étrangement, il visite toutes les classes d'êtres. Mais les gens absurdes et merveilleux n'abondent pas; et ceux qui le sont, c'est pour peu de temps, quand ils sont tout jeunes. Plus tard ils commencent à accepter et à se perdre.
~ Juan Carlos Onetti
Encontrar palavras impossíveis, palavras que refletem sentimentos belos e intraduzíveis, daquelas que precisavam de um parágrafo inteiro em castelhano. Quando um dos dois encontrava uma palavra, oferecia-a ao outro como um tesouro. E logo agora, como o sopro do vento através das nuvens, uma das suas favoritas acabava de se materializar à sua frente, uma linha prateada, trémula, imperfeita. Mångata.
~ Juan Gómez-Jurado
estaban deseando ver el espacio.
~ Juan Miguel Aguilera
Because," he said quietly as she stood up, "until you walked into it, this was an ordinary garden." Puzzled, Elizabeth tipped her head. "What is it now?" "Heaven.
~ Judith McNaught
What are you looking at?" Jordan demanded finally, watching her. "A dragon." When he looked bewildered she lifted her arm and pointed to the sky in the southeast. "Right there—that cloud—what do you see when you look at it?" "A fat cloud." Alexandra rolled her eyes at him. "What else do you see?" He was quiet for a moment studying the sky. "Five more fat clouds and three thin ones.
~ Judith McNaught