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Quotes About Curiosity

If you understood everything in the mind of an author then reading his books would be no fun at all.
~ Hiro Mashima
My reaction was that the Yankees had outdone themselves this time. I wondered how on earth they had obtained the photographs. That there was something fishy about the whole thing was beyond doubt, but I could not figure out exactly how the trick had been carried out.
~ Hiroo Onoda
You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park south?That little lake?By any chance you happen to know where they go?The ducks,When it gets all frozen over?
~ Unknown
Because you're like a story that hasn't happened yet. Because I want to see what you will do. I want to be part of the unfolding of the tale.
~ Holly Black
If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.
~ Holly Black
Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.
~ Holly Black
I like for things to happen, for stories to unfold. And if I can't find a good enough story, I make one.
~ Holly Black
She's looking around the forest, as though if she can prove it isn't magic, then nothing else is, either. Which is stupid. All forests are magic.
~ Holly Black
You're terrible at this whole 'tell me whatever I want to know' thing." My hand goes to the crossbow, but I don't pick it up. He sighs. "Just ask me something. Ask about my tail. Don't you want to see it?" He raises his brows.
~ Holly Black
Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.
~ Holly Black
She should tell him no, but instead she seemed to be running toward trouble, leaving no stone unturned, no boy unkissed, no crush abandoned, and no bad idea unembraced.
~ Holly Black
you're like a story that hasn't happened yet. Because I want to see what you will do. I want to be part of the unfolding of the tale.
~ Holly Black
Okay kid," she told it. "The universe belongs to the curious.
~ Holly Black
Is something going on?" - Celia "No!" Aaron and Jasper said at the same time. "Sure, that's not suspicious or anything.
~ Holly Black
The universe belongs to the curious.
~ Holly Black
That's really paranoid," I say admiringly. "I'm going with that.
~ Holly Black
The title was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. He frowned at it in confusion. It wasn't what he'd thought a mortal book would be like; he thought they would be dull things, odes to their cars or skyscrapers.
~ Holly Black
He was nice in the carriage. I didn't know he knew how to be nice.' That makes me laugh. At the door to my chambers, she puts her hand on my arm. 'He was trying to impress you, you know. Talking to me.' I frown. 'I think he just wanted to hear about weird candy.' She shakes her head. 'He wants you to like him. But just because he wants you to doesn't mean you should.
~ Holly Black
Haven't you watched the feeds?" Winter asked her, more gently. "Vampires like anything and everything that keeps them from getting bored. Anything and everything."
~ Holly Black
So did you murder Balekin?' Nihuar asks me, clearly able to put off her curiosity no longer. 'Yes,' I say. 'After he poisoned the High King.' 'Poisoned?' she echoes in astonishment, looking at Cardan. He shrugs, lounging in a chair, looking bored as ever. 'You can hardly expect me to mention every little thing.
~ Holly Black
Eres como una historia que aún no ha sucedido. Quiero comprobar qué harás. Quiero participar en el desarrollo de la narración.
~ Holly Black
Everyone wants magic. It's not just me.
~ Holly Black
Interesting." He takes another step closer, squatting and regarding us from eye level. "There are so few children in Faerie that I've never seen one of us twinned. Is it like being doubled or more like being divided in half?
~ Holly Black
Ah! A lady of mystery. My very favorite kind
~ Holly Black