Jeannine Atkins Quotes & Sayings

As Maria Mitchell pointed out in 1875, 'Science needs women'. — Jeannine Atkins

Names and knowledge change, the way the turning
world brings color or deep shadows, without a sound
even as soft as the twist of a key in a lock. — Jeannine Atkins

Love's language is imprecise,
fits more like mittens than gloves. — Jeannine Atkins

No one wants to stumble into gates on moonless nights to trip in holes dug by dogs, but Maria finds more beauty than danger in night. — Jeannine Atkins

Stars crown the world, she said, but the lights in your eyes, those are stars, too.
They make up your crown, he said. — Jeannine Atkins

One can slide between poor and rich, the difference as slight as between paper and parchment, one voice and a choir, arms hanging by sides and a hug. — Jeannine Atkins

There's more in the earth than anyone knows. We'll find wonders. — Jeannine Atkins