Gene Culture Coevolution Quotes & Sayings

how long before hope begins to eat itself? how many flags must be waved? when does a man let go of his wife's hand in order to hold his child? — Alix Olson

What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils ... — Elizabeth Gaskell

I knew you would come," he said, "in the end. I have been waiting a long, long time."
Time seemed to change as he spoke its name, bending out of shape, out of rhythm, curving round to encapsulate them in their own miniature cosmos. The past was coiled around the future: the present was an isolated moment, belonging nowhere, trapped at random in a maze of inverse reflections. — Jan Siegel

The Russians were unparalleled in their suffering, the English in their reserve, the Americans in their love of life, the Italians in their love of Christ, and the French in their hope of love. — Paullina Simons

Even if the whole of the man-made world could, through relentless effort and sacrifice, be modelled to rival St Mark's Square, even if we could spend the rest of our lives in the Villa Rotonda or the Glass House, we would still often be in a bad mood. 7. — Alain De Botton