#puzzle

The human race is like a puzzle: Everyone fits in somewhere, it just takes a while to figure it out ↗

— Jen Leaman

#inspirational #leaman #puzzle #inspirational

In the end, he had to admit, he didn't really understand her. He didn't understand women. He didn't understand men. He didn't even understand children very well. All he really understood, he thought, was himself and the rest of the universe. Neither anything like completely, of course, but both well enough to know that what remained to be discovered would make sense; it would fit in, it could all be gradually and patiently fitted together a bit at a time, like an infinite jigsaw puzzle, with no straight edges to look for and no end in sight, but one in which there was always going to be somewhere for absolutely any piece to fit. ↗

— Iain Banks

#puzzle #women #men

Thinkers aren't limited by what they know, because they can always increase what they know. Rather they're limited by what puzzles them, because there's no way to become curious about something that doesn't puzzle you. ↗

— Daniel Quinn

#puzzles #curiosity

You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is. It's on the box. And even if I don't, if it's a 5,000-piece puzzle of the 'Mona Lisa', it's not like I put the last piece in and go, 'I had no idea it's the 'Mona Lisa'!' ↗

— Harlan Coben

#because #box #buy #call #even

I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV. ↗

— Paula Cole

#doing #i #like #new #new york

I would just stand there puzzled, then realize this would be a great place to make a show. ↗

— Tommy Tune

#i #just #make #place #puzzled

Acting is a smaller piece in a big puzzle. There are charity things I want to immerse myself in and want to have the time to go and give back to people who don't have the opportunities I have. It's a very important thing to me. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#back #big #charity #give #go

I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer. ↗

— Brett Hull

#golfer #i #impatient #most #patient

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#absolutely not #jigsaw #jigsaw puzzle #like #linear

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it. ↗

— Anthony Storr

#best way #book #get #i #intrigued