“Life is a traveling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.”

“But the act, called the sexual act, is not for the depositing of seed. It is for leaping off into the unknown, as from a cliff's edge, like Sappho into the sea.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

“Science itself had been crowded so close to the edge of the abyss that its attempts to escape were as metaphysical as the leap.”

Henry Adams (1838–1918) journalist, historian, academic, novelist

“The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.”

Franz Kafka book The Blue Octavo Notebooks

“Inspiration is a slender river of brightness leaping from a vast and eternal knowledge, it exceeds reason more perfectly than reason exceeds the knowledge of the senses.”

Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet

“To follow the path of knowledge is to tread on the edge of a sword.
Once you get into it, there is no escape.”

Tulsidas (1532–1623) Hindu poet-saint

“Mrs Prentice: Have you taken up transvestism? I'd no idea our marriage teetered on the edge of fashion.”

Joe Orton (1933–1967) English playwright and author

“And that was it. All this buildup to a great leap, and I didn't fall or fly. Instead I found myself back on the edge of the cliff, blinking, wondering if I'd ever jumped at all. It's not supposed to be like this.”

Sarah Dessen book The Truth About Forever

“Maybe the man had taken the wrong turning, but at least he'd travelled some extraordinary roads.”

Clive Barker book Weaveworld

“Socrates told us, "the unexamined life is not worth living." I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge.”

Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter