Riddles Quotes

“If yes is no and once is never, then how many sides does a triangle have?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Elodin proved a difficult man to find. He had an office in Hollows, but never seemed to use it. When I visited Ledgers and Lists, I discovered he only taught one class: Unlikely Maths. However, this was less than helpful in tracking him down, as according to the ledger, the time of the class was 'now' and the location was 'everywhere.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?'
'Hmm . . . What do you think, Harry?' said Luna, looking thoughtful.
'What? Isn’t there just a password?'
'Oh no, you’ve got to answer a question,' said Luna.
'What if you get it wrong?'
'Well, you have to wait for somebody who gets it right,' said Luna. 'That way you learn, you see?'
'Yeah . . . Trouble is, we can’t really afford to wait for anyone else, Luna.'
'No, I see what you mean,' said Luna seriously. 'Well then, I think the answer is that a circle has no beginning.'
'Well reasoned,' said the voice, and the door swung open.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“If we care to listen to the secrets of our body and the riddles of our heart, we can balance the surfing flow between the wants of our mind and the needs of the flesh. ("Disruption" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Let’s all forsake,
The Land of Wake,
And break for the Land of Nod.

Where we can try,
To touch the sky,
Or dance beneath the sod.

A toll for the living,
A toll for the lost,
A toll for the wise ones,
Who tally the cost,

So let’s escape,
Due south of Wake,
And make for the Land of Nod.”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead

“A circle has no end.”
― Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation

“Is time the wheel that turns, or the track it leaves behind?”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand

“I could isolate, consciously, little. Everything seemed blurred, yellow-clouded, yielding nothing tangible. Her inept acrostics, maudlin evasions, theopathies - every recollection formed ripples of mysterious meaning. Everything seemed yellowly blurred, illusive, lost.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories

“It's just that I take riddling seriously. I was taught that the ability to solve them indicates a sane and rational mind.”
― Stephen King, The Waste Lands

“From time to time
I once wondered how one wanders from time to time
And think up the paradox line
Speak of Epoch's crime
Oh I lied, it hasn't happened yet
But bet you better believe it's such a habit that
I just said that in a past mindset”
― Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality

“I grow when I’m shrinking,
My light’s most bright
when I’m sinking.
I’m nourished by my emptiness,
In a hollow space,
I find my bliss.
Who am I?”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Mind-Bending Riddles Inspired by Philosophy | With Answers and Explanations | Philosophical Riddles | Philosophy in Rhymes : From Plato, Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Stoics, Epicurus, Buddhism, Rumi

“I touch them all,
But stay in none.
I’m forever here,
Yet forever gone.
Who am I?”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Mind-Bending Riddles Inspired by Philosophy | With Answers and Explanations | Philosophical Riddles | Philosophy in Rhymes : From Plato, Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Stoics, Epicurus, Buddhism, Rumi

“I am you,
but I don’t have your name.
I hold you,
though you think you hold me.
I wander,
yet I’m always home.
I’m only one, but not alone.
Who am I?”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Mind-Bending Riddles Inspired by Philosophy | With Answers and Explanations | Philosophical Riddles | Philosophy in Rhymes : From Plato, Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Stoics, Epicurus, Buddhism, Rumi

“I defy darkness, and I define it.
I lead you to the infinite.
I guide you out
of what you think you are,
Cut through the veils,
I take you to the stars.
Who am I?”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Mind-Bending Riddles Inspired by Philosophy | With Answers and Explanations | Philosophical Riddles | Philosophy in Rhymes : From Plato, Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Stoics, Epicurus, Buddhism, Rumi

“I am the dance where halves dissolve,
The stillness where things evolve.
I am a drop, and the ocean too,
A song unsung, yet heard in you.
I am the hunter and the prey,
The night that swallows
the birth of day.
Who am I?”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Mind-Bending Riddles Inspired by Philosophy | With Answers and Explanations | Philosophical Riddles | Philosophy in Rhymes : From Plato, Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Stoics, Epicurus, Buddhism, Rumi

“Dechymic pwy yw.
Creadt kyn dilyw.
Creadur kadarn
Heb gic heb ascwrn.
Heb wytheu heb waet.
Heb pen aheb traet.
Ny bed hyn ny byd ieu.
No get y dechreu.
Ny daw oe odeu
Yr ofyn nac agheu.
Ny dioes eisseu
Gan greaduryeu.

Guess who it is.
Created before the deluge.
A creature strong,
Without flesh, without bone,
Without veins, without blood,
Without head, and without feet.
It will not be older, it will not be younger,
Than it was in the beginning.
There will not come from his design
Fear or death.
He has no wants
From creatures.”
― Taliesin

“I conquer you without a fight,
I steal your strength, but grant you light.
I make you fall, yet help you rise,
I wound your heart to open your eyes.
I take your ground, I make you switch
I ask for all, yet leave you rich,
I am the loss that feels like gain,
The quiet joy inside your pain.
Who am I?”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Mind-Bending Riddles Inspired by Philosophy | With Answers and Explanations | Philosophical Riddles | Philosophy in Rhymes : From Plato, Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Stoics, Epicurus, Buddhism, Rumi

“Fear is my mother, reason my guide,
In danger I grow,
with strength by my side.
I rise not by shouting,
but through steady will,
Facing the storm,
I stand firm and still.
Who am I?”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Mind-Bending Riddles Inspired by Philosophy | With Answers and Explanations | Philosophical Riddles | Philosophy in Rhymes : From Plato, Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Stoics, Epicurus, Buddhism, Rumi

“You're just being cryptic again. It's like soap opera sex. Lots of boring dialogue and when they finally do go to bed, everything's dark and covered by blankets.”
― Ragnar Tornquist

“I’m nothing, yet I’m everything.
A space where all begin to sing,
I have no form,
yet shape all forms,
My beauty is to be unborn.
Who am I?”
― Monica Laura Rapeanu, Mind-Bending Riddles Inspired by Philosophy | With Answers and Explanations | Philosophical Riddles | Philosophy in Rhymes : From Plato, Socrates, Lao Tzu, the Stoics, Epicurus, Buddhism, Rumi

“Are many court jesters also bards?” Linetta questioned.

“Any true jaemythe is,” Cornelius said, as if to
suggest that the best of each must be his kind. He bowed low, his large eyes meeting hers. “‘We are masters of mirth and ancient song,’ so sayeth an age-old verse. For, there are always riddles to be had in the mind and heart of a jaemythe.”
― Gina Marinello-Sweeney, Prince of Chandeliers

“Thursdays are for riddling. Although Mondays are for jesting, so I suppose those days are ruled out, too.”
― Gina Marinello-Sweeney, Prince of Chandeliers

“Petals wove themselves into riddles.”
― Gina Marinello-Sweeney, Prince of Chandeliers

“I will wait in sun-kissed valleys
As riddles swim past rivers of glass
I will capture honey air
To breathe in pathways without names.”
― Gina Marinello-Sweeney, Prince of Chandeliers

“I'm not great at solving puzzles or riddles. Especially those riddles where you have to ride boats back and forth with foxes, geese, and sacks of grain. The fox would eat everything and I would starve.”
― Glen Nesbitt, BREAK OUT OF HEAVEN

“Look at my face and I am someone,' she whispered in his ear. 'Look at my back and I am no one. Who am I?'

'I don't know,' Oak admitted, a shiver running between his shoulders.

'Your mirror, HIghness,' she said, her breath tickling the hairs on his neck.

And then she slipped away.”
― Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne

“Riddles: they either delight or torment. Their delight lies in solutions. Answers provide bright moments of comprehension perfectly suited for children who still inhabit a world where solutions are readily available.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition

“All for all one and all, where we go one we go all”
― Ben Jr Grey

“Daring-To-Make-A-Difference-In-Todays-Youth-One-Page-At-A-Time”
― william sawyers, What Am I? Bugs