Quotes About Awe

Before Lord Anomander Rake the crowd in the street shrank back, all thoughts of festivity swept away.

Some people invite awe whether they like it or not. Such people come to be very lonely. Lonely in themselves, Sha'ik

And who is this?' Bugg asked. A shifting of vast stones—now this…this shoving aside of entire mountains. What begins here?

With the star up above and the blackness of space, I can't avoid feeling awe. How could we, Homo sapiens, an insignificant species on an insignificant planet adrift in a middleweight galaxy, have managed to predict how space and time would tremble after two black holes collided in the vastness of the universe a billion light-years away? We knew what that wave should sound like before it got here. And, courtesy of calculus, computers, and Einstein, we were right.

When you look at the world as it is, how can you not be racked with grief? But when you look closer, how can you not be overwhelmed with awe?

What would it look like to live in awe of every moment? To really, really see the terrible splendor, the delicate wonder of life?

It was hard to believe this creature, this perfect being, lay submissive before her.

Once I had departed Hadith's presence, my awe of her had lessened but it left a patent residue behind. The thought of the pale, enchanting woman, with her hint of hidden menace, made me feel absurdly excied. I did not want to see her again, exactly, but I wanted to think about her all the time.

He opened his eyes, and the sight of the crystal city, in all its splendour, came at his sensitive pupils like a hail of spears.

When they hit the surface, Ays had to remind himself consciously to breathe. He opened his eyes and they became filled with lights and colors. For a while, he was unable to recognise shapes with them.

The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held in awe by young boys who aspire to their lifestyle.

The fact that some things are mysterious or that they touch on mystery isn't in some way a capitulation, and one should realize that there are some things that we may never understand and, to that extent, should be humbled by that.

I've traveled. All over. I've never seen anything like you. How could anything be put together like you? Do you know how beautiful you are? Have you looked at yourself?''I'm looking now.

She was almost too beautiful. Maybe that sounded stupid, but there wasn't another way to describe it.

You're incredible. I can feel your power and it's more than anything I...Violet, " he swallowed, watching me in awe. "It's like...It's like you're as powerful as an angel."-Lincoln

In you I see an immaculate woman full of feminine grace and untarnished beauty.

But he knew she was a star, and he, only human. He was never meant to reach the stars - he could only admire them from afar.

You're not beautiful, you're breathtaking.

I love insects. They are amazing.

Living a life full of wonder provides for a wonderful life.

La simple contemplación de la bóveda celeste basta para desencadenar una experiencia religiosa.

And when gods touched something, the normal became the supernatural, the simple became the wondrous.

El universo es demasiado armonioso, magnífico y abrumador para creer que sólo es una casualidad.

el universo es demasiado armonioso, magnífico y abrumador para pensar que sólo es una casualidad.»