p. 31 I SLEPT LATE and spent the tail of the morning reading over my own notes on Palace etiquette and the observations on Gethenian psychology and manners made by my predecessors, the Investigators. I didn’t take in what I read, which didn’t matter since I knew it by heart and was reading merely to … Continue reading The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin
Books
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again – J.R.R. Tolkien
P.22 “That would be no good,” said the wizard, “not without a mighty Warrior, even a Hero. I tried to find one; but warriors are busy fighting one another in distant lands, and in this neighbourhood heroes are scarce, or simply not to be found. Swords in these parts are mostly blunt, and axes are … Continue reading The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Suppliant Maidens – Aeschylus
"But ah, the end, the end of my emprise!" "The bitter ire, the wrathful woe Of Hera, queen of heaven—-" "And bid you hoard my words, inscribing them On memory's tablets." "A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave." "I cannot aid you without risk … Continue reading The Suppliant Maidens – Aeschylus
Books and Libraries that Shaped Me
I still remember the moment I found the first Harry Potter book. It was in the library at my elementary school. The library was small, but it had a wide window on one side of the wall, allowing plenty of sunlight to penetrate. If I remember correctly, the first Harry Potter book that just came … Continue reading Books and Libraries that Shaped Me
The Atoms from a long-dead Supernova are what make you and me today
p.11 To sense the universe at all scales, from the vast distances to the stars down to the unimaginably small distances within the atomic nucleus, requires that we expand our senses by the use of instruments. Telescopes enable us to look outwards and microscopes reveal what things are like at small distances. To look inside … Continue reading The Atoms from a long-dead Supernova are what make you and me today