"As an astronomer, I get to ignore the details of the things that we dont understand. Theres a lot of work that we can do on scales that we do understand, and there is actually a finite size that I can associate with a super massive black hole."

“When people show you who they are ... believe them!”

Source : "How you know you're in 'Shondaland'" by Lisa Respers France, www.cnn.com. September 25, 2014.

“It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an eternal abode of radiant joy, in beautiful soundly-constructed high houses.”

“Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.”

“Glad that I live am I; That the sky is blue; Glad for the country lanes, And the fall of dew.”

Source : Lizette Woodworth Reese, “A Little Song Of Life”

“You don't get a lot of suicidal vampires.”

“The truth which may not be told, is the truth which cannot be told.”

Source : Mary Butts (1998). “Ashe of Rings, and Other Writings”, McPherson & Company

“Charlie Parker was the greatest individual musician that ever lived. Every instrument in the band tried to copy Charlie Parker, and in the history of jazz there had never been one man who influenced all the instruments.”

Source : Gary Giddins (1987). “Celebrating Bird: the triumph of Charlie Parker”, University of Maryland Sea Grant Publications

“It is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions.”