Stacey Ouchi

“Isn’t that what it means to be a scientist? To push the boundaries of the unknown? To bravely, actively explore the enormity of our universe ?”
― Robyn Mundell, Brainwalker

“When you dance with the Africans, unless it is a ritual dance like a wedding or harvest or rain dance, there’s no right or wrong way to dance. There’s only movement. And the more you express your feelings as you move, the better you feel when you’re done…When I dance the African Way, I show my feelings with my body instead of hiding them in my heart. When I dance, I know I’m alive here and now. My body and soul are in harmony.”
― Maria Nhambu, Africa's Child

“Words are not enough. Not mine, cut off at the throat before they breathe. Never forming, broken and swallowed, tossed into the void before they are heard. It would be easy to follow, fall to my knees, prostrate before the deli counter. Sweep the shelves clear, scatter the tins, pound the cakes to powder. Supermarket isles stretching out in macabre displays. Christmas madness, sad songs and mistletoe, packed car parks, rotten leaves banked up in corners. Forgotten reminders of summer before the storm. Never trust a promise, they take prisoners and wishes never come true. Fairy stories can have grim endings and I don’t know how I will face the world without you.”
― Peter B. Forster, More Than Love, A Husband's Tale

“Usred toga posla završio sa svoju četvrtu godinu na otoku. Neprestanim učenjem postigao sam drukčije znanje nego što je bilo ono što sam ga imao prije. Moji su se pojmovi o stvarima sasvim izmijenili. Gledao sam sada na svijet kao na nešto udaljeno, s čime nemam ništa zajedničko, od čega nemam što očekivati niti u njemu što željeti. Jednom riječi, nisam zapravo imao s njime nikakve veze, niti je bilo vjerojatno da ću ikada imati. Stoga mi se činilo da je svijet onakav kakav će nam se možda pričinjati kad odem s njega, to jest ono mjesto u kojem sam stanovao, ali iz kojega sam se iselio. I doista bih mogao reći, kao što je otac Abraham rekao bogatašu: ''Između tebe i mene stvorio se golem jaz.”
― Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe