Because they know the name of what I am looking for, they think they know what I am looking for! – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. – Aldous Huxley
The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme. – Simon Newcomb
