#view

The glory of science is to imagine more than we can prove. ↗

#immanuel-velikovsky #jim-carter #lord-kelvin #margaret-wertheim #physics-on-the-fringe

Another reason is that the letters are almost always funny, offering readers the spectacle of some pompous self-celebrator given ample ironic room in which to parade his self-solicited hurt. ↗

— Paul Fussell

#funny

It was something of a mystery how a couple of teenage girls had managed to escape detection for two years, especially when one of them was a privileged Moroi princess and the other a delinquent dhampir with a disciplinary file so long that it broke school records. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#dimitri-s-point-of-view #richelle-mead #romitri #rose-hathaway #vampire-academy

As I’d observed, it was clear that Rose was willing to do anything and fight anyone to protect her friend. I admired that—I admired that a lot—but it didn’t stop me from striking out to block her. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #rose-hathaway #vampire-academy #rose-hathaway

I walked home, seeing all my doubt from the other side. Have you ever seen that? Like when you go on holiday. On the way back, everything is the same but it looks a little different than it did on the way. It's because you're seeing it backwards. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#life #perception #view #home

My name is Kevin James Breaux and I am an author. Why does that always sound like I am introducing myself at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting? ↗

— Kevin James Breaux

#interview #humor

I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone's wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time. ↗

— Stanisław Lem

#science-fiction #science

It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#tragedy

Smartass Disciple: Master, I’m going to change the whole world. Master of Stupidity: It changes within you. It changes without you. ↗