Barrow Quotes

“The road ahead is unknown to all. I cannot offer you wisdom or guidance. Only the promise that I will never leave you.”
― Andrea Cremer, Rift

“Foreshadowings of the principles and even of the language of [the infinitesimal] calculus can be found in the writings of Napier, Kepler, Cavalieri, Fermat, Wallis, and Barrow. It was Newton's good luck to come at a time when everything was ripe for the discovery, and his ability enabled him to construct almost at once a complete calculus.”
― W.W. Rouse Ball, A Short Account of the History of Mathematics

“You Only Live Twice, But This Could Be Your Second Time”
― David Barron, Pulling a Whale: True Stories of Opportunity and Serendipity