Unexplained Quotes

“Empathy and a huge imagination explain a lot of mysteries in the universe.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The evidence never seemed to matter to those in power, who had already made up their minds and did what people typically do when their worldview is threatened by new data: they attacked the messenger.”
― Sol Luckman, Snooze: A Story of Awakening

“There is no end to the things you don’t understand. The mind will search for a lie to give it an answer you can understand, but one song at the right time will challenge what you accept.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Like an ocean, life is deep, but we are just floating on the surface.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“The paranormal was just an unknown science that had yet to be explained.”
― Kelly Covic, Insomnia

“The most serious drawback to the telling-nothing approach is that it made that much more of a mystery of what had happened, and the nature of gossip abhors a vacuum of the unexplained.”
― Robin McKinley, Sunshine

“Life has its enigmatic events, that can make it a mystery, or my misery. It all depends on how I view it.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Sometimes a situation grows so tangled that words are useless.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“… signs of a life that we cannot explain are everywhere, vibrating by the side of the life of every day.”
― Maurice Maeterlinck, The Treasure of the Humble

“He knew perfectly well (even if he wasn’t inclined to admit it) that the material body had a spiritual aspect. He knew that “spirit,” however explained, was real, because of his own undeniable experiences—which, though he might suppress them, he couldn’t altogether erase from memory.”
― Sol Luckman, Snooze: A Story of Awakening

“At times it feels like the whole universe is pushing you to do something.”
― Linda Westphal

“When scientists are unable to explain a certain phenomenon, it does not prove that the phenomenon belongs in the paranormal domain. It means that we need more data and we need to carry out more analyses. If you ask a five-year old to define calculus, and the kid has no idea what you are talking about, it does not mean that calculus is something supernatural. It means that the kid’s brain needs to grow further in order to comprehend calculus. The same goes for various unexplained phenomena of the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Lord is My Sheep: Gospel of Human

“Now, for your final lesson of the day, it's essential that you know why your title was created. Do you have any idea?"
I shake my head sheepishly.
"One of your ancestors, Randolph Henry Rockford, proved to be one of England's greatest military heroes at the turn of the eighteenth century. After he won a number of crucial battles for England, King George I expressed his gratitude by granting him a dukedom over the settlement of Wickersham, along with the massive funds to build a palace worthy of such a hero," Basil explains. "Of course, the papers scoffed that King George was cruel to choose Wickersham, for the land was notoriously barren, especially in comparison to Oxfordshire's other, far more verdant towns. But eventually the fifth Duchess of Wickersham, Lady Beatrice, changed all of that."
"What did she do?" I ask.
"I suppose you could say she was the ultimate green thumb. Within a year, ugly old Wickersham was transformed into one of the most beautiful, frequently painted landscapes in England."
This is the first moment of our lesson where I feel a flicker of interest.
"How did she do it?"
Basil hesitates.
"It's hard to separate truth from fiction on that account. I suppose we'll never know.”
― Alexandra Monir, Suspicion

“A single dream can change your entire perspective on the world.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Oneironaut’s Diary