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Desire in itself is empty, in other words it merely indicates direction, but never destination; destinations, in any case, always remain phantasmagoric and unclear; the closer we get to them, the more enigmatic they become. By no means is it possible to ever actually attain a given destination, nor, in so doing, appease desire.
- Olga Tokarczuk
"All right," said the [Cheshire] Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
- Lewis Carroll
Certain wondrous phenomena respond to the human need to know the infinite, truth, beauty, goodness. Others, deliberately enigmatic, remain inaccessible to our brains and hearts. Humans are much too accustomed to penetrating the universe with a narrow and limited mind, ignoring the eighty-thousand doors that are always open, at our disposal.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
I'm shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I'm fun-loving, adventurous, and mysterious.
- Leonardo DiCaprio
It's puzzling work, talking is.
- George Eliot
A large number merely strange
- Arthur Conan Doyle
MY JUDGMENTS ARE UNSEARCHABLE, and My paths are beyond tracing out! This
- Sarah Young
She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.
- Mark Twain
Why is it that no one understands me and everybody likes me
- Albert Einstein
she was like a disembodied spirit who took up a great deal of room.
- Edith Wharton
Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
otherworldly storm and the
- Randy Alcorn