“I sometimes think it would be beneficial if people thought of each other as “historical factorials.” Thus, (Myrtle!) would be understood not just as present-day Myrtle but as the product of all her past experiences.”
John Allen Paulos
Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Maybe he murdered Myrtle; that would’ve done everyone a favor. . . .”
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks.”
Alice Hoffman
The Dovekeepers
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting to myrtles and to roses; filling the eye with awful pomp, and gratifying the mind with endless diversity.”
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare
“Sometimes I would walk with a sense of pain, sometimes with pleasure. If a woman is in one's thoughts all day, one should not have to dream of her at night.”
Graham Greene
“I felt a little like saying 'Eeeeeeeeek!' myself, but seeing Myrtle so afraid reminded me that I was British, and must be brave.”
Philip Reeve
Larklight