Alyssa

“I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of cowardice, which in any other sphere would be considered contemptible. But when it is in the religious sphere it is thought admirable, and I cannot admire cowardice whatever sphere it is in.”
― Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Russell Speaks His Mind

“It is a slightly arresting notion that if you were to pick yourself apart with tweezers, one atom at a time, you would produce a mound of fine atomic dust, none of which had ever been alive but all of which had once been you.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to sharpen.”
― Eden Phillpotts

“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.”
― José Ortega y Gasset