mysterious

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b5331ee	We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.	nature unexplorable unfathomable wildness explore exploration wild land mystery sea mysterious wilderness	Henry David Thoreau
ae82988	You have only seen the least of what I can do.	dark mysterious enemies elfham prince-cardan jude faerie	Holly Black
9073588	If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.	talk mysterious	Lauren Bacall
224d5b1	"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!"	secret island running-away mysterious children lonely	Enid Blyton
8de724f	Every virtuous act has some Dark secret in its heart; every risk we take contains a mystery that can't be solved.	shantaram mysterious	Gregory David Roberts
5671e7d	The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off, the children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.	nature secret enchanting haze willows island june mysterious	Enid Blyton
c4e3492	One of Francie's favorite stores was the one which sold nothing but tea, coffee, and spices. It was an exciting place of rows of lacquered bins and strange, romantic, exotics odors. There were a dozen scarlet coffee bins with adventurous words written across the front in black China ink: Brazil! Argentine! Turkish! Java! Mixed Blend! The tea was in smaller bins: beautiful bins with sloping covers. They read: Oolong! Formosa! Orange Pekoe! Black China! Flowering Almond! Jasmine! Irish Tea! The spices were in miniature bins behind the counter. Their names marches in a row across the shelves: cinnamon-- cloves-- ginger-- all-spice-- ball nutmeg--curry-- peppercorns-- sage-- thyme-- marjoram.	spice odors store tea mysterious	Betty Smith
3bdc8dc	"I'm being haunted," she blurted out. "My dear," he cooed. "Turn yourself into a tourist attraction and charge admission."	mysterious horror	Peter Straub
95f0da7	It embarrassed her, as a child, to think that her father had fallen in love, or, if men must love, then it should have been someone else, someone dark, mysterious and profoundly clever, not an ordinary person who was impatient for no reason and cross when one was late for lunch.	men clever dark love embarrass impatient late ordinary embarrassment mediocrity mother mystery mysterious father impatience	Daphne du Maurier
c19de35	Think what it would be like if you got back to your island and there was no old man, no girl any more. No mysterious fun and games. The whole place locked up forever.	fun locked locked-up island think girl games mystery mysterious game	John Fowles
1e592e9	One can be too ingenious in trying to search out the truth. Sometimes one must simply respect its veiled face. Of course this is a love story.	love-story truth ambiguity the-sea-the-sea unknowable iris-murdoch mysterious	Iris Murdoch
610bc0d	Emilio was certainly within his rights not to reveal the sordid details of his childhood even to his friends. Or perhaps especially to his friends, whose good opinion of him, he might feel, would not survive the revelations.	stoicism mysterious secrets childhood	Mary Doria Russell

b5331ee

We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.

nature unexplorable unfathomable wildness explore exploration wild land mystery sea mysterious wilderness

Henry David Thoreau

ae82988

You have only seen the least of what I can do.

dark mysterious enemies elfham prince-cardan jude faerie

Holly Black

9073588

If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.

talk mysterious

Lauren Bacall

224d5b1

"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!"

secret island running-away mysterious children lonely

Enid Blyton

8de724f

Every virtuous act has some Dark secret in its heart; every risk we take contains a mystery that can't be solved.

shantaram mysterious

Gregory David Roberts

5671e7d

The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off, the children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.

nature secret enchanting haze willows island june mysterious

Enid Blyton

c4e3492

One of Francie's favorite stores was the one which sold nothing but tea, coffee, and spices. It was an exciting place of rows of lacquered bins and strange, romantic, exotics odors. There were a dozen scarlet coffee bins with adventurous words written across the front in black China ink: Brazil! Argentine! Turkish! Java! Mixed Blend! The tea was in smaller bins: beautiful bins with sloping covers. They read: Oolong! Formosa! Orange Pekoe! Black China! Flowering Almond! Jasmine! Irish Tea! The spices were in miniature bins behind the counter. Their names marches in a row across the shelves: cinnamon-- cloves-- ginger-- all-spice-- ball nutmeg--curry-- peppercorns-- sage-- thyme-- marjoram.

spice odors store tea mysterious

Betty Smith

3bdc8dc

"I'm being haunted," she blurted out. "My dear," he cooed. "Turn yourself into a tourist attraction and charge admission."

mysterious horror

Peter Straub

95f0da7

It embarrassed her, as a child, to think that her father had fallen in love, or, if men must love, then it should have been someone else, someone dark, mysterious and profoundly clever, not an ordinary person who was impatient for no reason and cross when one was late for lunch.

men clever dark love embarrass impatient late ordinary embarrassment mediocrity mother mystery mysterious father impatience

Daphne du Maurier

c19de35

Think what it would be like if you got back to your island and there was no old man, no girl any more. No mysterious fun and games. The whole place locked up forever.

fun locked locked-up island think girl games mystery mysterious game

John Fowles

1e592e9

One can be too ingenious in trying to search out the truth. Sometimes one must simply respect its veiled face. Of course this is a love story.

love-story truth ambiguity the-sea-the-sea unknowable iris-murdoch mysterious

Iris Murdoch

610bc0d

Emilio was certainly within his rights not to reveal the sordid details of his childhood even to his friends. Or perhaps especially to his friends, whose good opinion of him, he might feel, would not survive the revelations.

stoicism mysterious secrets childhood

Mary Doria Russell