Mysterious

Famous quotes containing the word mysterious:

“And so a mysterious creeping motion
Quickens its demonic profile, bringing tears, to these eyes at least,
Tears of excitement.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“In such a night, when passing clouds give place,
Or thinly veil the heaven’s mysterious face;
When in some river, overhung with green,
The waving moon and trembling leaves are seen;”
—Anne Finch, Countess Of Winchilsea (1661–1720)

“Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)