
In 1997, cognitive psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen found that the fathers and grandfathers of children with autism were more likely to be engineers. —
Steve Silberman

A not unblack dog was chasing a not unsmall rabbit across a not ungreen field. —
George Orwell

Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself. —
Hermann Hesse

She handed him his cup of tea with the proud air of an unwilling slave ... —
Elizabeth Gaskell

Both candidates for president talk about balancing the budget ten years from now. Even if they win, they won't be in office then. —
Virgil Goode

The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son. —
Mohsin Hamid

There is no such thing as reality, only our perception of it. —
Becky Mallery

He was in a terrible state- that of consciousness. —
Martin Amis

It's the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without a plane. —
Charles A. Lindbergh

For a lovely bowl
Let us arrange these flowers ...
For there is no rice —
Matsuo Basho

I'm not optimistic. —
David A. Siegel