Lilith Saintcrow Quotes

To me it is enough to wonder at the secrets

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

If you sit on the doorstep long enough, I daresay you will think of something

In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.

He had been (Thinking? Praying?) It was all the same thing.

To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky.

The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid

I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much – in just standing and staring.

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

I wonder why. I wonder why. I wonder why I wonder.

One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.

The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person — at a time.

You spend your time thinking about that and you get lost in reflection.

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

I was a shadow among shadows brooding over the fate of other shadows that I alone strove to summon up out of the all-pervading dusk.

You don't hurry a thinker, and you don't talk to him when he's thinking. It's just inconsiderate.

The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.

The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.

For I have always been a seeker, a dreamer, and a ponderer on seeking and dreaming.

You might want to put this in the back of your craw and think about it.

Here is another secret: I have no business being fascinated by you.

We don't ruminate during a fight. Maybe in a bath, or driving a car, or as we take a walk. But not right smack in the middle of a dramatic moment.

Wonder. Go on and wonder.