Quotes About Mystery

I have found therapy to be of limited usefulness, constrained in ways that religion is not, because it consistently falls short of mystery, by which I mean a profound simplicity that allows for paradox and poetry. In therapy I am likely to be searching for explanations, causes, and definitions, information that will help me change my behavior in healthful ways. But wisdom is the goal of spiritual seeking, and it is religion's true home.

Pretty, mysterious girl with braids … The depiction thrilled her. To be seen, to be described—it was as if the plain girl she always saw in the mirror might be magically transformed by the simple act of being observed by others. Pretty? Mysterious? What else might Clara be?

Whiteness of moonlight builds a house that is not there

Within the ring there lies an O, Within the O there looks an eye, In the eye there swims a sea, And in the sea reflected sky, And in the sky there shines the sun, Within the sun a bird of gold.

I do not know Whether I spoke or heard The word That fills all silence.

What could be more beautiful than the fact that love exists in a random universe?

They seemed to be removed from her by more than just language. French people leading French lives. Why was it that anything you couldn't readily understand became mysterious and glamorous?

Do you know what this dress is for?' Miss Waverly whispered. Eva shook her head. 'Seduction!' The word disturbed Eva; it was laden with the murky enticements of sin, dangerous moral ambiguity and the certain promise of future remorse. But even worse than that was the implication of mysterious skills that remained beyond her comprehension.

Eva was assigned to learn her duties from Rita Crane, an older woman of indeterminate age and one of the world's most unsuccessful secret drinkers.

She had never seen anyone like him before in her life. The clothes he wore, the sound of his voice, the expression in his eys, all made her feel that she had had z moomentary glimpse into another world - and she longed passionately to see it again, if only for a brief while.

She was truly beautiful, though that was not what drew him to want to know more about her. This woman of wealth and privilege had something else about her—and inner beauty—which he couldn't quite define.

A girl in a crown of stars was coming toward him, but before she could see who he was he slipped through his curtains of flesh.

To believe all you have to do is look at the sky.

Pop's leg was across the room when I came downstairs.

Kathryn Reiss

Something odd was going on here. They were led through the dim hallway into a back bedroom, where they found a sight Casey would never forget.

And there's one more thing." Rose accepted the handshake with a smile, hoping she would see this strange woman again. "What is that?" "The man in your cup-the one who you say hides from the world?" "Yes, what of him?" Sadie smiled. "He's here.

I think sometimes that God's favorite word is surprise!

Plants grew in the corners of the room, pale pink pods that occasionally liked to dine on warm meat through some corrosive process Dominic didn't want to understand.

There must be a secret hidden in this book or else you wouldn't bother to read it

There's a point at which when I start to know a man well--this isn't true of women--I wonder whether there's something in him that's evil. Something that's pure and can't be touched. This quality of evil may be related to the quality of artistry, for an artist has the same characteristics.

As a pirate, she once undressed a fencing instructor using only her sword!

Won't you take me to Monkey-Town?

was the isolated skeleton?