"The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so complicated an organ was made to receive the light, there must have been light to enter it."

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Source : "Geological Sketches". Book by Louis Agassiz, ch. 2 (pp. 31 - 32), 1870.

Louis Agassiz

#Beach Quotes #Nature Quotes #Eye Quotes

“You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.”

Source : "Lyle Lovett: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 23, 2012.
“Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.”
“People called me a tomboy. That was the term used then. I was very much someone who was comfortable in male clothing, and even later when I grew up, I was constantly wearing dungarees, wearing guy shirts.”

Source : "Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.
“Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.”
“You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.”
“The work that I've been trying to do with violence against women and children comes from seeing quite a bit of violence. I just think it's important that we try to help the young boys who are watching the fathers do it - because if it's OK for the fathers to do it, then these young boys are watching their dads and going, well, nothing's happening to them, so maybe this is OK. But actually, this violence needs to stop in the sandpits.”
“I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.”
“You don't write. You get out of the way.”

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