Quotes About Curiosity

It's all real in Outside, everything there is, because I saw an airplane in the blue between the clouds. Ma and me can't go there because we don't know the secret code, but it's real all the same. Before I didn't know to be mad that we can't open Door, my head was too small to have Outside in it.

The whole point of travel is to learn there's no such thing as normal.

But I go back down near the water with Steppa to look for treasure. We find a white shell like a snail, but when I curl my finger inside, he's gone out. Keep it, say Steppa. But what about when he comes home?

I'm beginning to know enough to know that I know nothing.

A veces estaría bien volver a hacerse pequeño y a veces grande, igual que Alicia.

But what on earth had possessed her, to take a wagon this far beyond nowhere? When

Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like.

All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.

Adventures always come to the adventurous, there's no doubt about that!

At last they were near enough to see properly. The children

With Dick at his heels, puzzled and surprised, Julian went to find Mr Penruthlan. There he was, watching the Barnies getting ready to go, looking very dour

When do you suppose we could go up the Faraway Tree?' Frannie kept asking. 'Oh, do let's go, Joe.

pointing. 'And if so, it looks as if tomorrow we ought to come to those hills above the lake. Then we

The third formers drank all this in avidly, casting sidelong glances at Esme to see how she was taking this.

The third formers were simply bursting with curiosity as to what could be behind the hostility between the cousins, but of course they were far too well-mannered to pry. Lucy

The three children had no chance to visit the

rude little man!' 'We'd better not look in at any windows we pass,' said Joe. 'But I was so surprised to see a window in the tree!' Beth soon got dry. They climbed up again, and soon had another surprise. They came to a broad branch that led to a yellow door set neatly in the big trunk of

and Jack, his tail well up, and

Elizabeth's.

do we?' 'Let's explore the island, let's explore

knows!' 'Funny thing to do at that time of night

n'est-ce pas

CHAPTER FIFTEEN An interesting day

We don't want her poking her nose into this!