“Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of the mysteries of the universe. How could anyone think it dull?” ThinkingLightScienceUniverseSoundPowerfulMysteryPhysicsDullRaysCosmicGravityElectricityInvisibilityMagnetismCosmic Rays Book:Twice Shy Source: Twice Shy
“Mahmoud Darwish wrote that "extreme clarity is a mystery." That sounds right to me. I don't want anyone hunting for anything ancillary to the true mystery. If that means risking being thought of as glib or dull or banal or stupid or whatever, I guess that will just have to be the way it is.” IfsWayWantMeanSoundMysteryStupidExtremesClarityDullHunting Author:Matthew Zapruder
“Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?” IfsWould BeLeftKnownMysteryStriveDullMystery Of Life Author:Charles de Lint
“Do you realize it’s been only a century that we’ve been able to go from house to car to office to car to wherever, with the heater on, and the defroster on, protected from the rain and the cold? It hasn’t been much longer than that we’ve had lighting for streets. Think of all that darkness, all that world out there, all that mystery that we’ve turned into well-lighted concrete bunkers, safe and warm and dull.” ThinkingWorldWellsAbleHouseRealizingDarknessMysteryStreetsCenturyCarColdSafeOfficeRainWarmDullConcreteProtectedLightingBunkers Author:Sheri S. Tepper
“As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.” MenGivingBelieveHeartTwoReasonForceCasesGreaterMysteryLogicMythSuitsExcitementDullInterpretationLegendsIncidentsPlausibleEnigmaInsignificance Author:Bryce Courtenay