Sasselov Harvard Quotes & Sayings

My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds of things, because they didn't know any better. Like you shouldn't take a bath, because it could make you sick. And then someone saw germs under a microscope and started to think differently. You can believe something really hard, and still be wrong. (Faith White) — Jodi Picoult

If you always read books, you'll always be happy. — Bruce Feiler

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it. — Cyril Falls

Painting the feathers of a chicken does not make it a peacock. ~Jane Doe — Sarah Cass

There came a point when Harry stopped trying to fight back, when the blows from the monster were too strong, too many, too fast, when he began begging the monster to stop. — Patrick Ness

The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage. — Plato

I spent my childhood in northern New York State, and like many kids, bugs and other critters fascinated me. — Romulus Whitaker

Why did I choose to fight him? He was going to die whether I fought him or not, and he was dangerous, half my age and a warrior. But it is reputation, always reputation. Pride, I suppose, is the most treacherous of virtues. — Bernard Cornwell

It's starting, she thought. Just like the dream said. — Rick Riordan

True change is within; leave the outside as it is. — Dalai Lama XIV

In me, now," she murmured, her eyes sparking with untamed heat. The three most perfect words in his language. — Savannah Stuart

If you chose to go into someone else's reality, you had to be willing to walk. There were no shortcuts. — Alice Sebold

All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their course, all rivers go down to the ocean and drown. And life awaits man as the sea awaits the river. — Simone Schwarz-Bart