"I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry."

“Mathematics directs the flow of the universe, lurks behind its shapes and curves, holds the reins of everything from tiny atoms to the biggest stars.”

Source : Edward Frenkel (2014). “Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality”, p.5, Basic Books

“Especially with four insanely angry, sword-carrying pirates bearing down on you, followed closely by an alien with a genetic malfunction that posed like Elvis Presley and looked slightly like a cross between a koala and a cuddly dog.”

“Sometimes the path you're on is not as important as the direction you're heading.”

“Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake.”

“My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.”

Source : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.1, Wordsworth Editions

“American presidential leadership never goes out of style.”

“Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.”

“The universe is computing its own destiny.”