"Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud."

-- Sophocles

#Halloween Quotes #Dark Quotes #Clouds Quotes

“The discovery which has been pointed to by theory is always one of profound interest and importance, but it is usually the close and crown of a long and fruitful period, whereas the discovery which comes as a puzzle and surprise usually marks a fresh epoch and opens a new chapter in science.”
“There is no hope for television by means of cathode-ray tubes.”
“I am an innovator. This is a term of distinction, a term of honor, rather than something to hide or apologize for. Anyone who has new or valuable ideas to offer stands outside the intellectual status quo. But the status quo is not a stream, let alone a 'mainstream'. It is a stagnant swamp. It is the innovators who carry mankind forward.”
“I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.”
“Charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.”
“To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival.”
“Complaisance renders a superior amiable, an equal agreeable, and an inferior acceptable.”
“When you grow up", I said, "do you ever stop feeling little and weak?" "No," she says. "There's always a little frail and tiny thing inside, no matter how grown-up you are.”

Source : David Almond (2013). “My Name is Mina”, p.151, Hachette UK

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