#myst

I have become so accustomed to think “scientifically” that I am afraid even to imagine that there may be something else beyond the outer covering of life. I feel like a man condemned to death, whose companions have been hanged and who has already become reconciled to the thought that the same fate awaits him. ↗

— P.D. Ouspensky

#death

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#heart #mystery #surprise

The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic. “Well,” said Jack at last. “What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?” “Yes!” whispered all the children. “Let’s! ↗

— Enid Blyton

#children #island #lonely #mysterious #running-away

You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#dead #done #hating #hatred #life

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#been #cheese #mysteriously #poets #silent

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there. ↗

— Joel Coen

#around #i #just #less #making

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#called #enough #humble #mystery #something

...when I see you, I see mystery - a pale moon's beauty behind a veil of cloud ... ↗