Ted Hekman > Ted's Quotes

“There have been so many questions, so few answers - and this feels exciting.”
― Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
― Carl Sagan

“There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”
― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

“I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.”
― Groucho Marx

“But then, the measure of fifteen minutes is entirely different for a man in step than for a man with nothing to do.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“History is the long shadow cast by the past upon the future. Shadows, by nature, lack details.”
― Ken Liu, The Wall of Storms

“Finally, I can't overstate the importance of having a powerful closing sentence.”
― Steve Martin, Pure Drivel