Magnificum Quotes & Sayings

The part of life which we really live is short. — Seneca The Younger

It will be a seminal moment in the history of science, Will Henry, the finding of the magnificum, and not without some ancillary benefit to me personally. If I succeed, it will bring nothing short of immortality
well, the only concept of immortality that I'm prepared to accept. But if I do succeed, the space between us and the ineffable will shrink a little more. It is what we strive for as scientists, and what we dread as human beings. There is something in us that longs for the indescribable, the unattainable, the thing that cannot be seen. — Rick Yancey

Enjoy yourself. If you can't enjoy yourself, enjoy someone else. — Jack Schaefer

And John Kearns whispered into my ear: "Do you see it now? *You* are the nest. *You* are the hatchling. *You* are the chrysalis. *You* are the progeny. *You* are the rot that falls from the stars. All of us
you and I and poor, dear Pellinore. Behold the face of the magnificum, child. And despair."
Though I was sickened by the sight, I looked. In the bower of the beast at the top of the world, I beheld the face of the magnificum, and I did not turn away. — Rick Yancey

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself. — Cynthia Weil

I was 15 or 16 when I first saw 'Once Upon A Time In America,' so I was quite young, but I was completely blown away. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

It is wondrous, Will Henry," breathed the monstrumologist over the maddening hum of the flies. "I feared we might be wrong-that Socotra was not the *locus ex magnificum*. But we have found it, haven't we? And is it not wondrous?"
I agreed with him. It was wondrous. — Rick Yancey

Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.' And each time we hear of Pakistan it's in that context. — Mohsin Hamid

Not sure if you know this. But when we first met, I got so nervous I couldn't speak — Shane Filan

Words can be applied as one might put on a scent, such as perfume. Some scents are so wonderful and others are sickening ... titles can be the same. — Jim Hodges