Someone said, “The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.” Precisely, and they are that which we know. – T.S. Eliot
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – Henry Miller
If anyone were to be willing to trace his descent through an ape as his grandfather, would he be willing to trace his descent similarly on the side of his grandmother? – Samuel Wilberforce
