Quotes About Curiosity

into her bed purely for informational

That's why I love libraries, though... it's not just the books ; it's crazy hopes and dreams. (Lexie)

the hat.' He races off

as though it's the most natural thing in the world for me to come strolling out of the woods at past one in the morning.

My desire to see as much of the world as I could started with these stars.

Even now, at just three years old, it is obvious that Luke longs to fly. It is like seeing Anakin all over again. The mop of unruly blond hair, the bright blue eyes, the hands permanently tinkering. Luke isn't content to just play with his toys. He's constantly at work modifying them, making improvements.

I am hungry for something to do, somewhere to go.

Whatever use double maths has in life is beyond me.

So many secrets, so many things I didn't know. What else don't I know?

Girls were like that, though- they had to know things. They had to plan.

It's fine." Brett shrugged, suppressing the urge to say something like, "The drugs are okay, but the sex is lousy." But she didn't want her suddenly nun-like sister to have a heart attack before Brett got a chance to pump her for information.

She nodded, even though everyone knows that the first time, for anything, is rarely the last.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

The strangeness that made everything sparkle came from me. Worlds rose out of my bottomless perplexity

Do you know what I don't understand about that ball game? I don't understand why I wanted to kill you.

it's perhaps more laudable simply to keep heading out into the world than always tilting to leave one's mark on it.

Thank goodness they are curious! It's a sign of healthy minds. And while it may be obvious, it's our responsibility to educate them to the idea that romancing the unknown is attended by myriad possibilities, too, shepherding them through those heady periods of urge and instinct when they think they can soar, and deliver them, we hope whole, to a place where perspective begins to reign, where they know that the groggy old bear at the zoo will instantly wake the moment you step inside the cage.

Are you a prude?' He seemed genuinely curious. 'No!' But after a second, I said, 'But may be compared to you, yes! I like my privacy. I get to decide who sees me naked. Do you get my point?' 'Yes. Objectively speaking, you have beautiful points.' I thought the top of my head would pop off... (Sookie Stackhouse & Claude, Dead in the Family)

Look, how come he showed up now? When you have other fairies in the woods? And does that sound crazy when you say it out loud, or what?

I was surprised to find out there was a direct line from my palm to my, my, hootchie.

Only a group lack of imagination could account for people not wondering what went on in the dark around them.

Was this the second body I'd found in the closet, or the third? I wondered why I even opened closet doors any more.

what are you? he asked. I'm a waitress.

His eyes looked at my body as if it were a drink of water on a desert dune. I don't know much, I confessed, my voice barely audible. Don't worry. I know a lot.