Quotes About Curiosity

Have you never done anything dangerous, my lady?" "I've kept library books past their due dates," she said defensively. "I've walked on the wild side.

I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space, and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand, and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it.

With hands that shook, Omri probed into the depths of the chest till he found the box-within-a-box-within-a-box.

Now he closed his eyes and unwished the test pass and wished instead that this little twisty key would turn Gillon's present into a secret cupboard.

Lynne Reid Banks

That man was Aldus Manutius the Elder (1450-1515) and I will happily admit I hadn't heard of him until about a year ago, but am now absolutely kicking myself that I never volunteered to have his babies.

Well? Are you going to crouch there and gawk at me or explain yourself? Instead of answering, the girl frowned and asked, Why can't i read you? A short disbelieving laugh slipped from Sherry, but when the girl simply stared at her with bewilderment, she said reasonably, Maybe because I'm not a book.

him and peer over the titles on

But what popped up was no girl.

Here! Aye, but where the hell is---? Oh. Claray peered over her shoulder to see the Wolf staring at her from some ten feet away. His gaze was fixed on her lower legs with a sort of heated interest that made her look down. It was only then that she realized that she was holding her skirts rather high. They were actually halfway between her knees and her nether region, leaving an indecent amount of leg on view.

She drawled, I think I'd really like to see that gun of yours later.

Where did your clothes go?

The truth is that I want It, and the price I must pay is to ask the question again and again and again

The owl," he was saying, "is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps. They can see in the dark. I find that so interesting, to be mired in reality when the rest of the world is dreaming. What does he see and what does he know that the rest of the world is missing?

you have all the hallmarks of a seeker...You chase special knowledge. You find threads of connections and then share them with people who need them. I can read it in the way you looked at me, the questions you ask, but more importantly, the ones you don't.

If there is road in front of me, I will follow it. I don't mind where it goes, as long as it takes me forward.

When someone is grieving He had too much respect for sorrow to approach it with curiosity. He had learned to put off his shoes when he drew nigh the burning bush of human pain.

Aos quinze anos, tudo é infinito.

Come on, Pandora, open your belly, and digest me; This thing is amusing, but digest me.

E ambos pararam a distância, tomados daquele desejo de conhecer a vida alheia, que é muita vez toda a necessidade humana

Não sei se alguma vez tiveste dezessete anos. Se sim, deves saber que é a idade em que a metade do homem e a metade do menino formam um só curioso.

Não sei se alguma vez tiveste dezessete anos. Se sim, deves saber que é a idade em que a metade do homem e a metade do menino formam um só curioso.

Santa curiosidade! Tu não és só a alma da civilização, és também o pomo da concórdia, fruta divina, de outro sabor que não aquele pomo da mitologia.

Los locos de amor eran tres o cuatro, pero sólo les resultaban asombrosos por la curiosa índole de su delirio.