“But that is the way of the place: down our many twisting corridors, one encounters story after story, some heroic, some villainous, some true, some false, some funny, some tragic, and all of them combining to form the mystical, undefinable entity we call the school. Not exactly the building, not exactly the faculty or the students or the alumni - more than all those things but also less, a paradox, an order, a mystery, a monster, an utter joy.” WayStoriesSchoolFormJoyOrderMysteryStudentsBuildingMonstersEncountersTragicParadoxFacultyHeroicEntityMysticalCombiningCorridorsAlumni Author:Stephen L. Carter
“A Gothic building engenders true religion ... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a silent image of that infinite mystery which the soul for ever feels, and never comprehends.” GivingFeelsSoulLightFormFallMysteryBuildingInfiniteSilentGlassesArchitectureGothicTrue ReligionColored Glass Author:Madame de Stael
“To recognize that mystery, we must go down deep into ourselves, into that place where the walls of our being are layered with our own memories. Remember that, as in any pool, when we cast one pebble we will see many, many concentric circles. One memory begets another and then another, building into stories.” StoriesRememberMemoriesMysteryBuildingWallCastsCirclesPoolBegetsPebbles Author:Meinrad Craighead
“It's not that big a mystery about types. It's not even that big a mystery why so many people are picking up on things now. It's like we were talking about the primitive thing before and all that. Nothing has really changed much. The things that have changed are like we're on the noon now. There are more buildings now. But we're still basically two monkeys sitting here.” PeopleStillsTwoBigsTalkingMysteryChangedBuildingTypeSittingPrimitiveMonkeysNoon Author:Van Morrison
“A novel requires a certain kind of world building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see. I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them.” WorldKindNovelMysteryBuildingShort StoryClosure Author:Dan Chaon
“Of course, I'm being rude. I'm spoiling the ending, not only of the entire book, but of this particular piece of it. I have given you two events in advance, because I don't have much interest in building mystery. Mystery bores me. It chores me. I know what happens and so do you. It's the machinations that wheel us there that aggravate, perplex, interest, and astound me. There are many things to think of. There is much story.” ThinkingKnowsTwoBookStoriesHappensCoursesGivenInterestPiecesMysteryEventsBuildingParticularWheelsBoresRudeChoresBeing Rude Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition