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Quotes About Mystery

The old woman's three mountains were black against the dark blue sky and were visited off and on by various planets and by the moon after it had left the chickens.
~ Flannery O'Connor
Who's there?" the voice from inside said and there was a quality about it now that seemed final. The knob rattled and the voice said peremptorily, "Who's there, I ast you?" Parker bent down and put his mouth near the stuffed keyhole. "Obadiah," he whispered and all at once he felt the light pouring through him, turning his spider web soul into a perfect arabesque of colors, a garden of trees and birds and beasts.
~ Flannery O'Connor
Lady," The Misfit said, looking beyond her far into the woods, "there never was a body that give the undertaker a tip.
~ Flannery O'Connor
Do you think, Mr. Motes," she said hoarsely, "that when you're dead, you're blind?" "I hope so," he said after a minute. "Why?" she asked, staring at him. After a while he said, "If there's no bottom in your eyes, they hold more." The
~ Flannery O'Connor
Do you think, Mr. Motes," she said hoarsely, "that when you're dead, you're blind?" "I hope so," he said after a minute. "Why?" she asked, staring at him. After a while he said, "If there's no bottom in your eyes, they hold more.
~ Flannery O'Connor
After a while he said, If there's no bottom in your eyes, they hold more.
~ Flannery O'Connor
In the present time, God's "wording" (logizomai) of his new creation proceeds largely in a hidden way. The invincible transforming power of God's coming future is acting simultaneously in and through the deeply flawed realities of the present human situation.
~ Fleming Rutledge
In other words, the new understanding imparted by the Bible comes from a source lying beyond our ability to frame questions.
~ Fleming Rutledge
Here is what Isaiah says: Verily thou art a God who hidest thyself, 0 God of Israel, the Savior (45:15). God is still active, still living, still in charge, still the subject of the verb: God hides himself.' God is active even when hidden, even when seemingly absent.
~ Fleming Rutledge
Life's darker side: that's Advent.
~ Fleming Rutledge
We don't want to show our hand to the fan base or give up too much too early.
~ Anthony Michael Hall
I still get fan mail for Columbo.
~ Peter Falk
I guess there's something about you don't know why you're attracted to a character, but you're attracted to them enough to want to - it's like when a song comes on, and you feel like dancing. You don't know why; you just want to dance. It's hard to analyze that feeling, and if you do, you get far away from it.
~ Ryan Gosling
I've always been fascinated with death and darkness, and I still am.
~ The Undertaker
Who isn't fascinated by evil?
~ Marvin Gaye
I've always been fascinated by the desert.
~ Petra Collins
People are just fascinated by assassinations.
~ Louis Stokes
The process of communication with the afterlife - more of an exchange than a conversation - has always fascinated me.
~ Rory MacLean
I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
~ Ed Harris
I've always been fascinated by horror.
~ King Diamond
The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how.
~ Ann Rule
Ah, the bond between English boys and California girls. For those of us who aren't either, it's a bond that fascinates and mystifies. So much of the world's favorite music comes out of that relationship.
~ Rob Sheffield
I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating.
~ Hannah Murray
I find the macabre fascinating; it's all over history.
~ John 5