Jane Yolen Quotes

Who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?

Nothing attracts me like a closed door.

Photography acts as a teaser, suggesting we can know something that we can never know. And the more we can't obtain it, the more we want it.

Things that are unknown attract us.

What's the most fetching thing that provokes people? A volcano? Fountains that dance? A pirate ship that sinks? Some other animated device or presentation? Is that as strong as mystery? Allure, intrigue, is much more powerful... It taunts you.

When I was 12 years old, I was obsessed with codes, conspiracies, and secret messages.

Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.

So far Kat has been through all the Wa's she could think of, but Hale hadn't admitted to being Walter or Ward or Washington. He'd firmly denied both Warren and Waverly. Watson had prompted him to do a very bad Sherlock Holmes impersonation throughout a good portion of a train ride to Edinburgh, Scotland. And Wayne seemed so wrong she hadn't even tried. Hale was Hale. And not knowing what the W's stood for had become a constant reminder to Kat that, in life, there are some things that can be given but never stolen. Of course, that didn't stop her from trying.

The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable, really. You see, it keeps on opening. You may fall in. Sure, it's hard to get started; remember learning to use knife and fork? Dig in: you'll never reach bottom. It's not like it's the end of the world -- just the world as you think you know it.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

He'd always been fascinated by her, drawn to her the way curious people are always drawn to things they don't understand.

I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious.

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

What you know is always a little less attractive to you than what you don't know.

People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.

Bond is fantasy.

The fascination for me is searching the unknown for a mystery.

Knowing very little about a band only adds to the allure.

This idea of, there's a locked door; how do you open it? You don't necessarily care what's behind it; you're just more excited about opening the lock... It's not about finding the treasure; it's more about defeating the puzzle.

I like mysteries.

I'm absolutely obsessed with conspiracies and have been since I was a kid.

Conspiracy theories are good to look at and you can find yourself Googling things until 3 A.M.!

My goal is always to leave you slightly wanting more.

It's easy to convince men to love you, Puck. All you have to do is be a mountain they have to climb or a poem they don't understand.