Quotes About Wonder

he marveled at that word that had come to his lips out of nothing. "Water, forefinger." The words were coming fast now, tumbling, streaming out of that noplace where the names of all things waited to be used. "I am cold, I can speak, and I am tracing this water down this window with my forefinger.

only one man was left in Neu Ulmsbad Square to watch the black and silver pantycars come tunneling out of the clouds. "Is this part of it?" asked the man called Kilimanjaro West.

All the mystery we need surrounds us at every moment in a cloud of wonders, small and great and only manifest when we look at them.

people of every caste and subcaste and sept and clan scrambled to grab some Stardust and paper, and what they found in their clutching hands sent them to their knees in joy and sadness. On each twinkling scrap of paper Courtney Hall had drawn what she had glimpsed in that instant of the things that lay beyond the wall, the things the Compassionate Society had pushed away and abandoned and forgotten, the old things, the things of wonder and terror and joy and pain.

On each twinkling scrap of paper Courtney Hall had drawn what she had glimpsed in that instant of the things that lay beyond the wall, the things the Compassionate Society had pushed away and abandoned and forgotten, the old things, the things of wonder and terror and joy and pain.

He's never fought with religion; what is the point of railing against such beauty, such intimate theatre, such chime of eternity? He can treasure it without believing in it.

question they couldn't answer as yet. What mattered to them

Sometimes I like her calm, unwild, gentle as a sleeping child, and wonder as she lies, a fur ring, curled upon my lap, unstirring -- is it me or Tibbles purring?

El universo es infinitamente rico y complejo y suceden en él todo tipo de cosas maravillosas. Pero no deberíamos confundir los resultados con las causas e imaginar que el propósito del universo es hacer seres humanos.

I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

why is it all so beautiful this fake dream this craziness why?

A kindergarten teacher watched her classroom of children while they were drawing. She occasionally walked around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working very hard, she asked her what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing heaven." The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what heaven looks like." Without looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute.

Everyday, Jay would sit under a giant elm tree and imagine the adventures his life might bring.

What good is religion without magic?

But, there's like a hole world out there! Filled with mystery and awe and sorrow and happiness.

I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end. I feel that if adults cannot enjoy a children's book properly there is something wrong with either the book or the adult reading it. This of course, is just a smart way of saying I don't want to grow up.

As a young man I was scornful about the supernatural but as I have got older, the sharp line that divided the credible from the incredible has tended to blur; I am aware that the whole world is slightly incredible

I just didn't know where he'd come from. Or, as Mina would no doubt say, from where he'd come.

Deeply stare upward towards the world beyond and imagine every possibility.

Go and explore worlds, but just know this; you may find something that will question your very existence and all you presently know and believe.

Looking up at the worlds beyond our own will always be my favourite hobby.

One cannot say they have seen or know of God if they have not seen the grandest elements of The Cosmos with their own eyes.

Sometimes I wonder if The Philosophy really was more of a curse placed upon me than a gift.