“A mystery is so much more exciting than a wrapped up answer, wouldn’t you say? A mystery carries on but an answer just ends.”
Jonathan Renshaw“If you care about people and you really love them, you should get angry at the things that put them in danger or hurt them.”
Jonathan Renshaw“How could children have spotted what everyone else couldn’t?” “Because we haven’t killed off our imaginations,” Aedan mumbled behind a wrapping of arms and knees.”
Jonathan Renshaw“Bit of a limp conclusion if you ask me,” Osric growled. “You academics are always so timid with your words. Your conclusion sounds like a different form of the question.” “And so it is, Osric,” Fergal said with a chuckle. “Slightly whittled, sharper, but it is still a question. In time it will be sharp enough to impale the answer.”
Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder“Maybe it’s the quiet,” Aedan resumed. “Let’s me think, or maybe it’s the opposite of normal thinking, more like untangling. I’m comfortable in those spots.”
Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder“Unless the inquiry has been so exhaustive as to explore every possibility, the lack of evidence should never be used to ground a statement of fact. Unlikelihood certainly, but no more. A prematurely assumed fact blocks further inquiry.”
Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder“Are you planning to kiss me?' Aedan asked.'No.' Emroy wrinkled a pimply nose.'Then why are you standing so close?' Aedan's tone was perfect innocence.”
Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder“You would think,' Aedan said, 'that I'd feel good about this-I've grown while he, my old enemy, has shrunk. Yet all I feel is a terrible ache. I pity him, that he has been called by age to surrender his strength.”
Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder“The confession of ignorance is crucial to the pursuit of knowledge. Another way of putting it is that those who pretend to know never will – they lack the humility to learn.”
Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder“A mystery is so much more exciting than a wrapped up answer, wouldn’t you say? A mystery carries on but an answer just ends.”
Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder“A mystery is so much more exciting than a wrapped up answer...A mystery carries on but an answer just ends.”
Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder