“Oh, I wonder if I will ever feel the burst of birth-joy, that knowing that the indescribable, joyous thing that has wooed and wond me has passed through my life and produced one atom of the great reality.” IfsFeelsRealityJoyWonderKnowingBirthAtomsJoyousIndescribable Book:Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr
“I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off.” AbleWonderMorningKnowingLuckyWake UpEvery MorningSense Of Wonder Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“I sometimes wonder if what I create as a writer will leave any sort of dent. There's really no way of knowing, so I just have to keep going.” IfsWaySometimesWonderKnowingKeep Going Author:Kevin Sampsell
“The wonder of prayer is rediscovered in who we're speaking to. Prayer is a mystical event by which we get to talk to the Creator of all-the One who fashioned our world with a few words-knowing that God not only listens but answers.” WorldPrayerAnswersWonderKnowingEventsCreatorOur WorldMysticalFew Words Author:Margaret Feinberg
“... there's a large core of powerlessness which is balanced against the unwritten contract that says that if you behave, you'll be okay. No wonder people pay so much attention to knowing the rules, to knowing the right people, to not making waves, to never making errors -- to not risking, trying, innovating.” PeopleIfsTryingPayAttentionWonderKnowingOkayErrorsWaveCoreBehaveContractsBalancedPowerlessnessUnwritten Author:Judith M Bardwick
“May those who have touched our canvas with their eyes and hearts grow knowing the joy and wonder of an artist of life.” HeartMayEyeJoyArtistGrowsWonderKnowingTouchedCanvas Author:Robert Regis Dvorak
“I often wonder: suppose we could begin life over again, knowing what we were doing? Suppose we could use one life, already ended, as a sort of rough draft for another? I think that every one of us would try, more than anything else, not to repeat himself, at the very least he would rearrange his manner of life, he would make sure of rooms like these, with flowers and light ... I have a wife and two daughters, my wife's health is delicate and so on and so on, and if I had to begin life all over again I would not marry. ... No, no!” IfsThinkingTryingTwoUseLightRoomsWonderKnowingWifeFlowerDaughterMy WifeRepeatsRoughDelicateTwo DaughtersRough Drafts Book:The Three Sisters Source: The Three Sisters
“Ordinary life was laced with miracles, I knew that, had read enough poetry to understand that we are elevated with the knowing, and yet it was difficult to notice and be grateful when one was continually fatigued and irritated. I suppose that unquenchable sense of wonder is what separates us dolts from the saints and the poets.” EnoughDifficultWonderKnowingPoetOrdinaryMiracleGratefulSaintBe GratefulOrdinary LifeIrritatedSense Of Wonder Author:Jane Hamilton
“A great discipline comes with knowing that everyone's very focused. I've never shot a scene thinking, I wonder if this will make it. Every scene I shoot, I know that it's going to make it into the final cut.” IfsThinkingKnowsWonderKnowingCuttingDisciplineSceneShotsFinalsFocused Author:Jeremy Bolt
“One of my own stray childhood fears had been to wonder what a whale might feel like had it been born and bred in captivity, then released into the wild-into its ancestral sea-its limited world instantly blowing up when cast into the unknowable depths, seeing strange fish and tasting new waters, not even having a concept of depth, not knowing the language of any whale pods it might meet. It was my fear of a world that would expand suddenly, violently, and without rules or laws: bubbles and seaweed and storms and frightening volumes of dark blue that never end.” WorldFeelsEndsMightLawLanguageWaterBornDarkMy OwnWonderKnowingSeeingSeaChildhoodStrangeConceptsBlueDepthCastsFishesStormBubblesFrighteningNot KnowingVolumeWhalesTastingCaptivitySeaweedBlowing UpDark Blue Author:Douglas Coupland
“The greatest reward for a children's author is in knowing that our efforts might stir the minds and hearts of young readers with a vision and wonder of the world and themselves that may be new to them or reveal something already familiar in new and enlightening ways.” WorldWayMindHeartMayChildrenMightYoungEffortWonderVisionKnowingReaderRewardsFamiliarHeart And MindEnlighteningWonder Of The World Author:Charles Ghigna
“When you read the poem, you wonder, what might Grendel have been? Could it have been a person that was turned away? Someone that was disfigured or deformed? Like everything else did, it came from somewhere. It's really exciting, and not knowing is part of the magic and mystery.” PersonsHas BeensMightWonderKnowingMagicMysteryExcitingNot Knowing Author:Kieran Bew
“When we believe we have all the answers, we are not open to mystery. To begin a mystical journey, you have to start with a sense of wonder, of not knowing where you are going or how you will travel. The initial phase of alchemy is called the nigredo-it's the phase of darkness, when it's "blacker than black." You feel this when you start something new-go off to college, start a new job, travel to a foreign land, or end a relationship that is not working.” FeelsBelieveEndsJobsBlackAnswersWonderDarknessKnowingMysteryJourneyLandCollegeSomething NewWhere You AreNot KnowingPhasesMysticalInitialsAlchemyNew JobSense Of WonderWhere You Are GoingForeign LandsOff To College Author:Mary Pope Osborne