“Millions saw the apple fall, Newton was the only one who asked why?”

“I'm not smart, but I like to observe.Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why,”

“Down through the ages and in the whole world, Watt and Newton cannot have been the only ones to notice the steam from a boiling kettle or observe an apple fall. Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster.”

“I was amazed by the fact that I was not the only writer living, not the only young man "with a locomotive in his chest, and that's a fact," not the only youth with a million hungers and not one of them appeasable, not the only one who is lonely among multitudes, and does not know why.”

“Neophyte, n.There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?”

“Why, he wondered, should he remember her suddenly, on such a day, watching the rain falling on the apple trees?”