Quotes About Discovery

In seinem dreiundvierzigsten Jahr erfuhr William Stoner, was andere, oft weit jüngere Menschen vor ihm erfahren hatten: dass nämlich jene Person, die man zu Beginn liebt, nicht jene Person ist, die man am Ende liebt, und dass Liebe kein Ziel, sondern der Beginn eines Prozesses ist, durch den ein Mensch versucht, einen anderen kennenzulernen.

He felt vaguely that he would be leaving something behind, something that might have been precious to him, had he been able to know what it was.

I go toward Capri for my holiday; but it seems to me now, in the quietness of this night, beneath the mysterious geometry of the stars, where nothing exists except this hand that forms the curious letters which by some other mysterious process you will understand, it seems to me that I go somewhere else, to a place as mysterious as any I have ever seen. I shall write further tomorrow. Perhaps we can discover that place toward which I travel.

A 43 anni compiuti, William Stoner apprese quello che altri,..., avevano imparato prima: che la persona che amiamo da subito non è quella che amiamo per davvero e che l'amore non è una fine ma un processo attraverso il quale una persona tenta di conoscerne un'altra

The True, the Good, the Beautiful. "[...] They're just around the corner, in the next corridor; they're in the next book, the one you haven't read, or in the next stack, the one you haven't got to. But you'll get to it someday. And when you do--when you do--

The True, the Good, the Beautiful. They're just around the corner, in the next corridor; they're in the next book, the one you haven't read, or in the next stack, the one you haven't got to. But you'll get to it someday. And when you do--when you do--

We presuppose two things that there is yet to be learned infinitely more than is now known, and that man can learn it.

You can't kill an idea the way they try to. You can keep it down awhile, but sooner or later it'll come out. Now what you've got to understand is that the wheel's not evil. Never mind what the scared men all tell you. no discovery is good or evil until men make it that way." -The Wheel, John Wtndham

When I was quite small I would sometimes dream of a city - which was strange, because it began before I even knew what a city was.

The way I came to miss the end of the world – well, the end of the world I had known for close on thirty years – was sheer accident: like a lot of survival, when you come to think of it.

Everyone starts by knowing nothing about anything, but God gives him—and even her—brains to find out with. Failure to use them is not a virtue to be praised...

after all, what is a planet but an island in space?

In my experience,' he told me, 'if you run away from a thing just because you don't like it you don't know what you find either. Now running to a thing, that's a different matter, but what would you want to run to?

People open bookstores because they want their souls back. (from "Two Women" published in Do Me: Tales of Sex & Love from Tin House)

She suddenly felt that she did not know her own son – a sensation common enough to most mothers, but new to her.

The quick, sudden terror of exploding bombs is not the same as the never-ending, bone-sapping fear of discovery and capture. It never goes away. There isn't ever any relief, never the possibility of an 'All Clear' siren. You always feel a little bit sick inside, knowing the worst might happen at any moment.

Se parece a enamorarse, saber que acabas de encontrar a tu mejor amiga.

It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.

Inspector Milne's suspicious prying appeared to have awakened her inner Bolshevik, and so I discovered my own lady mother is not above quietly circumventing the law.

It's like being in love, discovering a best friend.

Joy of Backpacking,

I was looking in the window of a newer Canaan, but the dew on its lilies tasted like salt.

We never know how strong a beam a candle has until we try it in the dark.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.