#myst

When I encountered these haunting words from Franz Kafka, I realized exactly why this light sermon about the search for God had struck such a nerve: "Everyday life is the greatest detective story ever written. Every second, without noticing, we pass by thousands of corpses and crimes. That's the routine of our lives. ↗

— Stephen Kendrick

#mystery #religion #life

If you act for self-gain then no good can come of it. If you act selflessly, then you act well for all and you must not be afraid. ↗

— Rand Miller

#awesome #fiction #games #interesting #mystery

As for peace, it was never free and laws were made to be broken. Peacemaker or lawbreaker, someone, somewhere always paid the price no matter what side of the words they were on. ↗

— Virginia McKevitt

#adventure-stories #fantasy #fiction #mystery #paranormal-romance

In this modern day, when only what we see is allowed to have certainity, and when scientific data seems to hold the trump card for truth, when only what can be measured exists, love defies all these strictures and dances joyfully before the eyes of human beings, teasing them with the promise of the unknown. ↗

— Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#mystery #science #science

David could tell, by looking at her face as she read, whether or not the story contained in the book was living inside her, and she in it, and he would recall again all that she had told him about stories and tales and the power that they wield over us, and that we in turn wield over them. ↗

— John Connolly

#science-fiction-fantasy #science

At the end of the universe you’ll find a door labeled “Do Not Enter.” No great mysteries are hidden there—it’s just a supplies closet.
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— Jarod Kintz

#label #mystery #science #universe #science

I want to be a simple man with simple thoughts Because it's hard to find them in the world....but easy to Believe ↗

— Riyadh Razzaq

#human-nature #life #life-philosophy #mystery-of-life #philosophy

He had the muscular definition of a man who had spent his life restraining elephants in heat. ↗

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

#paranormal-fiction #suspense #thriller #life

Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended. ↗

— Mark Hodder

#science-fiction #steampunk #science

Every mystery ever solved had been a puzzle from the dawn of the human species right up until someone solved it. ↗

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

#science #science