"To most humans, a universe consisting of particles banging about and doing what they have to do seems cold, barren, and without meaning. Meaning, however, is not something that floats in space, permeating the universe like a nebulous, mystical cloud. ... Meaning arises out of the working of the human mind, and therefore exists only in the human mind. The meaning of existence is whatever you want to make of it."

-- Milton A. Rothman

#Space Quotes #Clouds Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Kaohinani is a Hawaiian word meaning â€œgatherer of beautiful things.”
“I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.”
“Boys always get the best eyelashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. And half-breed kids get some kind of extra help there from genetics, too.”
“What's with the disco lights?" Michael said, rolling down the window between the driver's compartment and the back. Eve turned around, and her face brightened. "You like it? I thought it looked really cool. I saw it in a movie, you know, in a limo." "It's cool," Michael said, and smiled at her. She smiled back. "Can't wait to lie here and watch it with you." Claire said, "You don't have to wait; it's working now. Look--Oh. Never mind." She blushed, feeling stupid that she hadn't gotten that one in the first second. Eve winked at her.”
“Experience is of particulars only.”

Source : Abraham Kaplan (1973). “The conduct of inquiry”, p.37, Transaction Publishers
“The difficulty in our education up till now lies, for the most part, in the fact that knowledge did not refine itself into will, to application of itself, to pure practice. The realists felt the need and supplied it, though in a most miserable way, by cultivating idea-less and fettered "practical men." Most college students are living examples of this sad turn of events. Trained in the most excellent manner, they go on training; drilled they continue drilling.”
“A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.”
“And before you ask, I don't ask what equipment my lovers have, merely if they want to play.”

Source : Yasmine Galenorn (2012). “Shaded Vision: An Otherworld Novel”, p.171, Penguin

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