"Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?"

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"The courage to ask question is the willingness to know."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Curiosity takes ignorance seriously, and is confident enough to admit when it does not know. It is aware of not knowing, and it sets out to do something about it."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

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"Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty."

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"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive- it's such an interesting world."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

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"We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"Derisively, Ronan said, 'No. The ancient Greeks didn't have a word for Blue.'Everyone at the table looked at him.'What the hell, Ronan?' said Adam.'It's hard to imagine," Gansey mused, 'how this evidently successful classical education never seems to make it into your school papers.''They never ask the right questions,' Ronan replied."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Seriously, when you see a new book fresh on the stand and in big letters it says "A Million Copies Sold, did you ever wonder who bought them?"

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

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"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."

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"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

Courage

"All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns."

Satire

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die."

Duty

"One man on the wall is worth ten beneath it."

War

"Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul."

Psychology

"How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" Jaime reached for the flagon to refill his cup. "So many vows...they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or the other."

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"The courage to ask question is the willingness to know."

"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."

"Curiosity takes ignorance seriously, and is confident enough to admit when it does not know. It is aware of not knowing, and it sets out to do something about it."

"Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty."

"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive- it's such an interesting world."

"We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next."

"Seriously, when you see a new book fresh on the stand and in big letters it says "A Million Copies Sold, did you ever wonder who bought them?"

"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail."

"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."

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"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

"All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns."

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die."

"One man on the wall is worth ten beneath it."

"Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul."

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"Wolves and women wed for life."

"It's you and me that matters to me and you."

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