Coastlands Musgrave Quotes & Sayings

Cosmopolitanism starts from the _singular_ individual rather than the _faceless_ collective — Namsoon Kang

Perhaps kids really did come into the world trailing clouds of glory, as Wordsworth had so confidently proclaimed, but they also shit in their pants until they learned better. — Stephen King

More to the point, odors are important. They have their own story to tell. A sweet smell might point at ethchlorvynol, while chloral hydrate smells like pears. Both might make me wonder about an overdose of hypnotics, while a hint of garlic might point at arsenic. Phenols and nitrobenzene bring to mind ether and shoe polish respectively, and ethylene glycol smells exactly like antifreeze because that's exactly what it is. Isolating potentially significant smells from the awful stench of dirty bodies and rotting flesh is rather much like archaeology. You focus on what you are there to find and not on the miserable conditions around it. — Patricia Cornwell

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. — Sallust

Appearances, beauty, value and life have their unique mysteries and essence. I prefer that essence to be breathing with humility, honesty, compassion, respect and a timeless love. — Angelica Hopes

When you are not sure what to do now just keep doing what God told you to do last! — Christine Caine

It's easy to buy. Prove that you bought at the right time and the right price. — Ivan Glasenberg

John Muir, Earth - planet, Universe
[Muir's home address, as inscribed on the inside front cover of his first field journal] — John Muir

Our youth are not failing the system; the system is failing our youth. Ironically, the very youth who are being treated the worst are the young people who are going to lead us out of this nightmare. — Rachel Jackson

O Lord, I thank you for the gift of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm myself, not a label. — John Brunner

The sun shall always shine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites. — Anthony J. D'Angelo

There can be no question, however, that prolonged commitment to mathematical exercises in economics can be damaging. It leads to the atrophy of judgement and intuition ... — John Kenneth Galbraith