Quotes About Wonder

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

If you and I are only shadows, or faulty conglomerations of the four elements, or a dance of atoms in the void, why is life so sweet?

Can I meet him?" she asked. "Yeah, sure. Why not?" As I said it, I wondered how I was going to make Eric appear. It would be a lot easier to make myself disappear !

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living.

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?

Dacher Keltner and Jonathain Haidt wrote: 'Two appraisals are central and are present in all clear cases of awe: perceived vastness, and a need for accommodation, defined as an inability to assimilate an experience into current mental structures.

There are few things as startling as encountering an unearthly glow in the wild. Glow-worms. Ghost mushrooms. Fireflies. Flashlight fish. Lantern sharks. Vampire squid. Our forest floors and ceilings, our ocean depths and fringes are full of luminous beings, creatures lit from the inside. And they have, for many centuries, enchanted us, like glowing missionaries of wonder, emissaries of awe. Is there anything more beautiful than living light?

He shook his head in wonder. "You are magnificent." "I keep telling everyone that," she said with a nonchalant shrug, "But you seem to be the only one to believe me.

I think your eyes might be the exact same color as mine," she said wonderingly. "What fine gray-eyed babies we shall have," he said, before he thought the better of it.

She looked out over the crowd, murmuring, "I wonder if there are any gentlemen here who might be willing to marry me before Wednesday

Are you certain you'll be happy?" she asked. Eloise smiled ruefully. "It's a little late to wonder, don't you think?" "It might be too late to do anything about it, but it's never too late to wonder.

she was looking at him as if he'd just dropped fully formed from the sky.

The eggs were extremely interesting, as was the bacon,and the hydrangeas outside the window were absolutely fascinating. hydrangeas.who would have imagined?

How many great mysteries are there in life, really?" No one answered, so Colin guessed, "Forty-two?" She

This girl – this woman – she was a wonder. She was going to change history. She already had.

How many great mysteries are there in life, really?" No one answered, so Colin guessed, "Forty-two?

Thank you," she said. Because sometimes it was best not to question a gift. Sometimes one simply had to be glad for it without knowing why.

My children never disappoint me," she said softly. "They merely . . . astonish me. I believe I like it that way.

No one ever told you that when you became a parent, how much fun it was to watch them do the quietest things. Sleeping and thinking.

It was late. Had he gone out in the dark? Just to pick her a flower? "Thank you," she said. Because sometimes it was best not to question a gift. Sometimes one simply had to be glad for it without knowing why.

I am not revolutionary or experimental, but I am curious and love to explore and indulge in life.

I'm very influenced by the circus. A lot of the dreams that I have, I'm in the circus.