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Quotes About Discovery

Descubre qué es aquello que más miedo te da, y vete a vivir allí.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Da giovani cerchiamo qualcosa che ci rallenti e ci tenga intrappolati in un posto abbastanza a lungo da poter spingere lo sguardo sotto la superficie delle cose. Questo primo disastro è una vaccinazione
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Sometimes the work emerged out of intent—the desire to make a specific thing. But just as often, what she created was not of her design, but, rather, was like archaeology: It was more of an uncovering, as if the artist's job was simply to find what the material was trying to hide. And then wrestle it to the surface, so that all could see. Or, in her case, cut the trapped spirit free.
~ Chuck Wendig
Palpatine felt that the universe beyond the edges of our maps was where his power came from. Over the many years he, with our aid, sent men and women beyond known space. They built labs and communication stations on distant moons, asteroids, out there in the wilds. We must follow them. Retreat from the galaxy. Go out beyond the veil of stars. We must seek the source of the dark side like a man looking for a wellspring of water.
~ Chuck Wendig
Maybe it's from the Greek word for "apocalypse"—apokálypsis. An uncovering. A revealing.
~ Chuck Wendig
Follow the right wall. Right meaning the direction—pick the wall to the right of you and keep following it, and if it dead-ends, you stay on the right and turn around. Ultimately in this way, a maze would stretch out like a line—or was it a circle?—and you would find your way to its end.
~ Chuck Wendig
Dogs were a curious miracle.
~ Chuck Wendig
Sometimes you have to lose a lot of Q-tips before you realize you have a hole in your head. Colors Insulting To Nature
~ Cintra Wilson
Maybe part of find what you wanted was recognizing what you didn't want. Maybe there was hope for me yet.
~ Claire Cook
Maybe part of finding what you wanted was recognizing what you didn't want.
~ Claire Cook
was suddenly aware, almost in a panic—a joyful panic—of the wealth of possibility out in the world, and also within myself.
~ Claire Messud
I was suddenly aware, almost in a panic – a joyful panic – of the wealth of possibility out in the world, and also within myself. My
~ Claire Messud
And then, suddenly, there's something else. When you least expect it. Suddenly there's an opportunity, an opening, a person or people you couldn't have imagined, and - elation!-it feels as though you've found the pot of gold, when you'd thought all the gilt was gone from this world forever. It's enough, for a time - maybe even for a long time - to make you forget that you were ever angry, that you ever knew what anger was at all.
~ Claire Messud
Live, my dear Nora. Satisfy your hunger. There's food all around you, you know.' 'What kind of food, I'd like to know?' 'Ah'-he smiled- 'you must taste all things, actually to know if you like them.' And what good is that, I wanted to ask, if the most delicious fruit is forbidden?
~ Claire Messud
We read to find life, in all its possibilities.
~ Claire Messud
If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities.
~ Claire Messud
Don't plan it, don't overthink it, just let it happen, you've got to find a way to bridge the chasm from here to there, from this unthinkable present to some unthinkable future . . .
~ Claire Messud
But our friendship was, at the same time, like a city you hadn't visited in a long time, where you know the streets by heart but the shops and restaurants have changed, so you can find your way from the church to the town square, no problem, but you don't know where to get ice cream or a decent sandwich.
~ Claire Messud
I've discovered over the years that the simplest explanation is almost always the right one; and that hunger of one kind or another—desire, by another name—is the source of almost every sorrow.
~ Claire Messud
Really, we're just a microcosm of the human condition. Whether we're here a day, a month, a year, fifty years—our time on this earth is finite." This time he turned to Brendan. "Life isn't a dress rehearsal, as they say. This is our chance to discover things we might have only dreamed of before.
~ Claire Thompson
It's as if you were a very small child…brand new to the world.
~ CLAMP
This isn't Tokyo.
~ CLAMP
Don't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.
~ Clare B. Dunkle
I believe that science is not simply a matter of exploring new horizons. One must also make the new knowledge readily available .. of such a pedagogical effort.
~ Claude Cohen-Tannoudji