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Quotes About Wonder

Two things fill my mind with ever new and increasing wonder—the starry firmament above me and the moral law within me
~ Bohumil Hrabal
Doua lucruri imi stapanesc mintea, mereu si staruitor minunandu-ma: cerul instelat deasupra mea si legea morala in mine.
~ Bohumil Hrabal
Life is fidelity to the beauty exploding all around us, even, at times, at the cost of our own lives.
~ Bohumil Hrabal
Dziwny pies ?a?cuchowy!"- pomy?la? Wokulski.
~ Boles?aw Prus
Once people figure out your way of thinking you have lost your true essence. Always let people wonder - you will always be interesting.
~ Bongeka Macala
There was only joy, awe, and amazement.
~ Bonnie L. Greenwell
I hadn't done drugs since sniffing Lady Esquire shoe polish when I was fifteen. I didn't need to. I felt the pinch of wonder.
~ Bono
How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?
~ Boris Pasternak
She was here on earth to make sense of its wild enchantments.
~ Boris Pasternak
It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.
~ bovee christian nestell xi
Would it be too hackneyed to wonder where it all went so wrong? Kitty's
~ Harlan Coben
When I leave here, will this shop vanish the way they do in the stories?" "I'm afraid so, yes." "Why do they always do that?" The old man sighed. "You know, you're the first one who ever asked me that." But
~ Harlan Ellison
Infinite knowledge can never wonder. All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
~ Harold Bloom
Fish are an endless source of meditation and astonishment. The varied forms of these strange creatures, their diverse means of existence, the influence upon this of the places in which they must live and breathe and move about….
~ Harold McGee
She wondered why she had never thought her country beautiful.
~ Harper Lee
Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies - Scout
~ Harper Lee
Dill was off again. Beautiful things floated around in his dreamy head. He could read two books to my one, but he preferred the magic of his own inventions.
~ Harper Lee
Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical.
~ Harper Lee
watching the sky go from yellow to pink as the sun went down, watching flights of martins sweep low over the neighborhood and disappear behind the schoolhouse rooftops.
~ Harper Lee
Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies.
~ Harper Lee
Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies. But
~ Harper Lee
We came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies.
~ Harper Lee
wondered where Dill was. Jean Louise would know, she kept in touch. "Honey, where's Dill?" Jean Louise opened her eyes. "Italy, last time I heard.
~ Harper Lee
When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A strange small spasm shook him, as if he heard fingernails scrape slate, but as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. "Hey, Boo," I said.
~ Harper Lee