#myst

Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes. ↗

— John C. Ransom

#accident #also #between #discoverable #except

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life. ↗

— Jules Renard

#life #lives #mystery #our #our lives

What is it like to fall asleep? What happens? Where do we go? Why don't we remember? Since childhood most of us have wondered about the mystery of sleep. ↗

— Henry Reed

#asleep #childhood #fall #go #happens

Mystical experiences do not necessarily supply new ideas to the mind, rather, they transform what one believes into what one knows, converting abstract concepts, such as divine love, into vivid, personal, realities. ↗

— R.M. Jones

#intimacy #mysticism #experience

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. ↗

— David Riesman

#big #capacity #chinese #concealment #humorous

Veiling truth in mystery. ↗

— Virgil

#truth

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

— Antoine Rivarol

#dim #enchantment #haze #mystery #pursuit

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#gift #god #history #mystery #present

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#basic #consequence #consistently #fundamentals #magical

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write. ↗

— James Rollins

#after #critique #fiction #first #group