#mystery

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. ↗

— Martin Luther

#clay #consulted #continue #generation #god

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#conceal #first #first step #innocent #later

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy. ↗

— George William Russell

#easier #forgive #forgive me #found #give me

Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but 'high suspense' writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama. ↗

— Iris Johansen

#hero #heroine #high #into #involves

There's no such thing as an aura of mystery anymore. It doesn't exist. That's a thing of the past. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#aura #exist #mystery #past #such

I was never any good at cricket thought I love it as a, as a sort of mystery. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#cricket #good #i #i love #love

As an actor, the minute you start getting real in interviews, you lose mystery. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#getting #interviews #lose #minute #mystery

We men are fascinated by the things we don't really understand. It gives us something to think and talk about: like females, they drive us nuts. ↗

— Criss Jami

#attraction #conversation #curiosity #fascination #females

I hear the singing of the lives of women. They clear mystery, the offering, and pride. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

#hear #i #lives #mystery #offering

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

— Julia Cameron

#heart #mystery #surprise