“Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.” FunMysteryMurderResolvePuzzlesMurder Mysteries Author:Kathy Reichs
“The greatest mystery about a human being is not his reaction to sex or praise, but the manner in which he contrives to put in twenty-four hours a day. It is this which puzzles the longshoreman about the clerk, the Londoner about the bushman.” HumansSexHoursHuman BeingsFourMysteryTwentiesPraiseReactionsPuzzlesClerksLondonersBushmen Book:Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott Source: Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott
“A mystery is not a puzzle waiting to be solved, but rather something for which there is no human solution. Mystery's offspring is not frustration but awe, and that sense of awe grows in tandem with knowledge.” HumansGrowsWaitingMysterySolutionsAweFrustrationPuzzlesOffspringTandem Author:Eric Weiner
“Puzzles lead to logical answers; mysteries often force us to stretch language to its limits in an attempt to describe a reality that is just too great to take in properly.” RealityLanguageForceAnswersMysteryLimitsLogicalPuzzles Book:The Living God: A Guide for Study and Devotion Source: The Living God: A Guide for Study and Devotion
“I hate the term "mystery". That's not what I write. I think the Scarpetta novels are much more character-driven than an average puzzle solver. Writing should be like a pane of glass - there's another world on the other side and your vision carries you there, but you're not aware of having passed through a barrier to get there.” ThinkingWorldShouldWritingCharacterHateSidesTermVisionNovelMysteryI HateAverageGlassesDrivenBarriersCarriePuzzlesAnother World Author:Patricia Cornwell
“Sisters have ways of socializing brothers into the mysteries of girls. Brothers have ways of socializing sisters into the puzzle that is boys.” WayGirlBoysMysteryBrotherPuzzlesSocializing Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“It is my secrecy which makes you unhappy, my evasions, my silences. And so I have found a solution. Whenever you get desperate with my mysteries, my ambiguities, here is a set of Chinese puzzle boxes. You have always said that I was myself a Chinese puzzle box. When you are in the mood and I baffle your love of confidences, your love of openness, your love of sharing experiences, then open one of the boxes. And in it you will find a story, a story about me and my life. Do you like this idea? Do you think it will help us to live together?” ThinkingSaidIdeasHelpingStoriesTogetherFoundSilenceMysterySolutionsBoxesMoodUnhappyChineseDesperateOpennessPuzzlesSecrecyAmbiguityEvasion Author:Anais Nin
“Every mystery ever solved had been a puzzle from the dawn of the human species right up until someone solved it.” HumansMysterySpeciesDawnPuzzlesHuman Species Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“We weren't friends[...]We were more like jigsaw pieces, each of us part of the same big picture. There are people like this wherever you go. They are part of the same mystery as you are, but you can't quite tell how you fit together. The world is a puzzle, and we can't solve it alone.” PeopleWorldBigsTogetherPiecesMysteryFitSolvePuzzlesBig PictureJigsaw Author:Daniel Handler