Siri Hustvedt The Blazing World Quotes & Sayings

Genetically speaking, individuals and groups are like clouds in the sky or dust- storms in the desert. They are temporary aggregations or federations. They are not stable through evolutionary time. Populations may last a long while, but they are constantly blending with other populations and so losing their identity. — Richard Dawkins

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved. — Gary Oldman

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven. — Confucius

I know of the leafy paths that the witches take
Who come with their crowns of pearl and their spindles of wool,
And their secret smile, out of the depths of the lake ... — William Butler Yeats

Things won't change unless you change you. — Cecelia Ahern