979 Quotes About Wonder


  • Author Laini Taylor
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    thakrar noun - The precise point of the spectrum of awe at which wonder turns to dread, or dread to wonder. Archaic; from the estatic priestesses of Thakra, worshippers of the seraphim, whose ritual dance expressed the dualism of beauty and terror.

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  • Author Anna Akhmatova
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    How I love, how I loved to stareAt the ironclad shores,On the balcony, where foreverNo foot stepped, not mine, not yours.And in truth you are -- a capitalFor the mad and luminous us;But when over Nieva sailThose special, pure hoursAnd the winds of May fly overYou past the iron beamsYou are like a dying sinnerSeeing heavenly dreams...

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  • Author Zakariya al-Qazwini
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    They said: 'ajab is the bewilderment that befalls a person because of his failure to understand the cause of something, or to understand the effect of the cause of something upon it [or alternately, upon him].

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  • Author Zakariya al-Qazwini
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    The Prophet, Peace be Upon Him, said, 'Contemplate Allah's creation.' Intelligent contemplation comes only to one who has been bewildered by what is known. . . . For when that has happened, the eye of discernment opens for him, and he sees 'ajab (wonder) in everything.

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