"Life's face is never the same though we may look at it for all eternity."

“When you visit a foreign city you are in it, but not of it, separated by a glass wall. Once, while a student, I was getting dressed in my ground-floor room when a family of Italians crossed the grass to watch, as if I were laid on for their amusement and instruction.”

“Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?”

“In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough.”

“We were always contradicting ourselves. We wanted to be told apart - We didn't want to be told apart. We wanted people to know us - We didn't want them to know. We were always looking for someone who would finally accept us. But there was no way that would ever happen, not as twisted as we were. We were so afraid of someone breaking through our barrier and hurting us, we kept a strong lock on our hearts to protect ourselves.”

“How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.”

“Behold this day. It is yours to make.”

“The world was hers for the reading.”

“Basic problem is that all models are wrong - not got enough middle and low level clouds.”

Source : "What’s Going on Behind the Curtain? Climategate 2.0 and Scientific Integrity". www.nas.org. December 14, 2011.