Quotes About Curiosity

she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed;

Come, my head's free at last!" said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.

Would you like an adventure now or shall we have tea first?

How do you know I'm mad? said Alice You must be, said the cat, or you wouldn't have come here.

and her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah

tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words DRINK ME beautifully printed on it in large letters.

La cosa no tenía nada de muy especial, [...] pero tampoco le pareció a Alicia que tuviera nada de muy extraño.

And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, 'Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it.

It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way.

Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.

May I suggest that you all read? And often. Believe me, it's nice to have something to talk about other than the weather and the Queen's health. Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.

People always fear what they don't understand, Evangeline. History proves that.

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

Travel opens your mind as few other things do.

Who the heck is Don Quick-oats?

Ain't that a sight? With all the things we know and learn, we still ain't touched the big mysteries -- where we come from, where we go next, why we even her. And when something truly miraculous happens, we run and hide in our caves. We deny.

Don't you? if you keep them from the magic, they will never know what their lives could be.' They will remain protected,' Asha insists. No, 'I say. 'Only untested.

We have traveled through space and time. We have been many places. Visited many worlds. And there is good news: the acoustics everywhere are terrific.

No? Part girl, part wolf? Do they lick their butter knives?

Travel opens your mind as few other things do. It is its own form of hypnotism, and I am forever under its spell.

And please, stay away from those books you devour. They are putting the most fantastical tales into your head.

You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.

I've the run of the place, and so i spend some time exploring, climbing steep stairs into thin turrets whose windows give me a bird's-eye view of the land surrounding Spence. I flit past locked doors and dark, paneled rooms that seem more like museum exhibits than living, breathing places. I wander until it is dark and past the time when I should be in bed, not that I think anyone shall be searching for me.

No historians or librar ians were harmed in the making of this book, but some were badgered extensively with questions.