Rainer Maria Rilke (December 04, 1875 – December 29, 1926) ...have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not look now for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not …
Alan Lightman On Questions
Alan Lightman (November 28, 1948 -) Excerpt From Song of Two Worlds So much I’ve lost, I have nothing Except a fierce hunger To fathom this world. Naked, I knock on the door, Wearing only my questions. One thousand questions, and each gives An answer, which then forms a question. The questions and answers will …
Toni Morrison On Books And Questions
Toni Morrison (February 18, 1931 -) My books are always questions for me. What if? How does it feel to ...? Or what would it look like if you took racism out? Or what does it look like if you have the perfect town, everything you ever wanted? And so you ask a question, put …