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    Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.

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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle read more

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.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eye.

No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eye.

by Elizabeth Bowen Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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One (practitioner of science) is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, read more

One (practitioner of science) is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, whether it hides in a snail's eye or within the light that impinges on that delicate organ.

by Loren Eiseley Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery read more

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.

by Tennessee Williams Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. read more

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.

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As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.

As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one read more

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

by Rachel Louise Carson Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind read more

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

by The Divine Pymander Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

by Antoine Rivarol Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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