Quotes About Curiosity

She was pretty sure whatever had made the things hadn't been human.

It was clear that people were not rushing to the shelves. In fact, I'd never seen anybody in a library pick up a small literary journal.

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.

It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.

I learned from her that the people who said you only live once were not readers. As often as you open a book, you come to new places and live new lives.

You're sure he's not a cross-dresser?" Diana asked.

Funny how much I've read about this place for months—pages and pages of history. And no idea how little I knew until I came for myself.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

the thing was, not to go home.

your eyes will be drawn to one small odd thing among all the thousands of others—the thing that calls to you, and suddenly, out of everything else your eyes are taking in and disregarding, they'll focus on this one spot where something doesn't make sense, or maybe it spells danger, or it just reminds you of a time and place different from this one. And you can't look away.

Quisiera que el prurito de ser inteligentes no estuviese siempre entre nosotros.

Tonterías, niña. Ninguno es gay cuando le acercas la mano al grifo. En su día yo curé a unos cuantos.

estaban deseando ver el espacio.

Who knows what is going on on the other side of each hour?

Qué busca? —dijo Cacho impaciente ya. —Yo no busco, encuentro —dijo Etchenike citando a Picasso sin saberlo.

No amount of parental protectiveness could overcome the fact that she was very ready to be dazzled.

You cannot answer a question that you cannot ask, and you cannot ask a question that you have no words for.

These last few months Vida had started believing in all kinds of strange things she'd have laughed at when we lived back in Avalon. She'd tried every spell she could find in the dusty old books she brought home from thrift shops and garage sales; none of them ever worked, and it was awful watching her try.

For my part, I think that the mystery is always greatest where there is the most - emptiness.

Some questions are not meant to be asked as long as the answers are right.

Nevertheless, the same rule applies as at accidents. If you cannot fulfill the need for medical or practical assistance, help fill the need for privacy. The discipline required for studying medicine is nothing compared to that needed to stifle one's curiosity. Annoying

What are you looking at?" Jordan demanded finally, watching her. "A dragon." When he looked bewildered she lifted her arm and pointed to the sky in the southeast. "Right there—that cloud—what do you see when you look at it?" "A fat cloud." Alexandra rolled her eyes at him. "What else do you see?" He was quiet for a moment studying the sky. "Five more fat clouds and three thin ones.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

I think I'll move to Australia.