Erin Morgenstern Quotes

If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you'll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you've already been in.

I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that.

What an enthusiastic devotion is that which sends a man from the attractions of home, the ties of neighbourhood, the bonds of country, to range plains, valleys, hills, mountains, for a new flower.

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.

I have a thing for doors. I always think of them as a threshold to something new.

Very often, human beings are living like on autopilot, reacting automatically with what happens. What interests me about the life of an explorer is you are in the unknown; you are out of your habits.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

By not going to school I learned that the world is a beautiful place and needs to be discovered.

I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.

I've always wanted to broaden my horizons.

You can't stumble upon something new and wonderful if you don't have time to stumble.

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

When I was younger, shopping helped me discover many new places and many new things.

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.

If you don't travel the world and see as much of it as you can - see different characters in different situations - then how are you going to learn? I figured the best way to do that was to explore as much as I could.

If I had to define my philosophy, it would be about exploration, a journey, a story-telling.

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

I'm a storyteller; that's what exploration really is all about. Going to places where others haven't been and returning to tell a story they haven't heard before.

And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.

Kids need stuff which is different than what their life is that they can kind of live through.

If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people.