"Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women."

“The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental intruder into the realm of matter...we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter.”

Source : Sir James Hopwood Jeans (2017). “The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition]”, p.125, Pickle Partners Publishing

“You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to see that the girl of nineteen who thought herself a genius was only an unusual girl writing her heart out.”

“Some are less giving, others are more reticent and you actually have to create for them. Others have within them the next step.”

“It's crazy how intelligent kids can be at a very young age and how they know what they know. I came out of the womb drawing on everything; I used to draw on my mother's white furniture and her white walls with her red lipstick and my pencils. Little did she know that would later materialize into me doing what I do now - I'm a painter as well and a micromechanical engineer.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“To be a Naturalist is better than to be a King.”

Source : Journal, December 31, 1893.

“We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.”

“If we're thinking about old civilizations, those that formed a long time ago and there were stars and planets around long before Earth even existed, then these are going to be towards the center of the galaxy. That is the place to look if you think there are ancient civilizations that have made beacons or some other way of attracting our attention.”

“The Jaguar's Children is a beautifully rendered lament for an imperiled culture and the brave lives that would preserve it. You should read it.”