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Wasp: Do you really think he was involved in those secret superhuman trials on civilians? You know, like what's-his-name was saying at breakfast the other day?
Pym: Who knows?

Gil Pérez: There are two questions in the Ministry no one has an answer for. One is Ernesto's origin.
Julián Martínez: And the other?
Gil Pérez: Why did Di Stéfano play for Real Madrid if he had signed with Barcelona?

"Why does the sun come up, hmm? Or are the stars just pinholes in the black curtain of night? Who knows?"
Ramirez on the origins of the Immortals, Highlander

As hard as it was to grasp, Howl was gone. Lost to the wilderness like so many before him. ​And all the stories of his past that had vexed me, they were gone too.
Brett Ryback on the enigma that is Peter Howland, In Strange Woods

"Gellert and I had made plans to go away together. My brother didn't approve. One night, he confronted us. Voices were raised, threats made. Aberforth drew his wand, which was foolish. I drew my wand, which was even more foolish. Gellert just laughed. No one heard Ariana coming down the stairs. Can't say for certain it was my... spell. Doesn't really matter. One minute she was there, and the next she was gone."

"Now wait a second-- second accounted for-- no one has manufactured jelly beans for over a hundred years. Where did [the Harlequin] get jelly beans?
That's another good question. More than likely it will never be answered to your complete satisfaction. But then, how many questions ever are?"

George: Did you ever solve the riddle of the pie?
Jerry: No, that's one for the ages.
Seinfeld, The Pie

"Are they his actual contributions? Are they tracks from Brad Buxer, one of Jackson's sound collaborators? Were they retooled Jackson compositions from Howard Drosson, who had to make new songs in short time after MJ left because of the abuse allegations? I just don't know why Sega or others are so goddamned tight-lipped about it! Is it just legal reasons? What sort of deal was made? Why has Sonic 3 rarely seen a rerelease after Jackson's death? What did he know?! How deep does it go?!"
Some Call Me Johnny wondering why Sonic 3 & Knuckles's existence is a legal enigma.

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