Quotes About Mystery

Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate

I have moments like that alot, when my brain falls asleep or something, and the next thing I know I've missed something, as if a puzzle piece fell out of the universe and left me staring at the blank place behind it.

Purple light passed over the paper, but nothing happened. Next! Amy said. She was sure the man in black was going to burst in on them any second. Whoa! Dan said. Amy gripped his arm. You found it? No, but look! This whole essay - 'To the Royal Academy.' He wrote a whole essay on farts! Dan grinned with delight. He's proposing a scientific study on different fart smells. You're right, Amy. This guy was a genius!

Dan was thrilled that the second clue had been safely smuggled out of the church in his pants. So, really, I saved the day, he decided. Wait a minute, Amy said, I climbed onto the roof in the middle of a thunderstorm. Yeah, but the clue was in my pants.

Let the world honor you, my Huntress. Live forever in the stars.

Sacred Sibyl!" I cried. "Madam, there is something wrong with your midsection!" The woman stopped, mystified, and looked down at her hugely swollen belly. "Well, I'm seven months pregnant.

The only strange thing about Jackson was the tattoo on the inside of his forearm - a trident as dark as seared wood, with a single line underneath and the letters SPQR. He'd told me the letters stood for Sono Pazzi Quelli Romani - those Romans are crazy . I wasn't sure if he was kidding.

Never bet against a cat.

Excuse me, have you seen Death? Big guy with black feathery wings? Likes to reap souls?

Amos stopped before the entrance, which was the size of a garage door—a dark heavy square of timber with no visible handle or lock. "Carter after you." "Um, how do I—" "How do you think?" Great another mystery. I was about to suggest we ram Amos's head against it and see if that worked.

I haven't devoured a soul in...What month is this? March?

I can see the stars again m'lady.

We were alone in a strange mansion with a baboon, a crocodile, and a weird cat. And apparently, the entire world was in danger. I looked at Sadie. "What do we do now?

I didn't learn a thing," I promised Alex. "You are still a mystery wrapped in a question mark wrapped in flannel.

The dead are hard to look at. Their faces shimmer. They all look slightly angry or confused. they will come up to you and speak, but their voices sound like chatter, like bats twittering. Once they realize you can't understand them, they frown and move away. The dead aren't scary. They're just sad.

What was I up to, you may ask? I certainly didn't want to meet Monsieur Evil again or creepy old Lord Salamander.

Who's possessing who now, Casper?

Do yourself a favor,' I said. Forget it. Forget you ever saw me. Forget that you tried to kill me too? Yeah. That, too. But who are you? Percy- I started to say. Then the skeletons turned around. Gotta go! What kind of name is Percy Gotta-go? I bolted for the exit.

There's nothing here," Carter said. "What do you want?" I asked. "We've got wax, some toilet papyrus, an ugly statue.

Who are you and why are you my cat?

A Styrofoam egg carton caught his eye. He opened it and found a single silver orb with little blinking red lights. This is cool, too! He dropped it into his backpack. Dan, no! What? They've got plenty of other stuff, and we need all the help we can get! It could be dangerous. I hope so.

If she was looking for me, I did not want to be found. She was scary.

Enchiladas! Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much.

Of course, most mortals can't see magic clearly, so I'm not sure what they thought they saw as we passed overhead. No doubt it caused many of them to adjust their medication.