Caitlin

“We are witnessing the end of the scientific era. Science, like other outmoded systems, is destroying itself. As it gains in power, it proves itself incapable of handling the power. Because things are going very fast now. Fifty years ago, everyone was gaga over the atomic bomb. That was power. No one could imagine anything more. Yet, a bare decade after the bomb, we began to have genetic power. And genetic power is far more potent than atomic power. And it will be in everyone's hands. It will be in kits for backyard gardeners. Experiments for schoolchildren. Cheap labs for terrorists and dictators. And that will force everyone to ask the same question--What should I do with my power?--which is the very question science says it cannot answer.”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

“She dimpled a little at her own blunder, and then said guardedly, "And what would bring me into the law courts, I should like to know? The past is over and done with, and what is done can't be undone."
Master Nathaniel fixed her with a searching gaze, and, forgetting his assumed character, spoke as himself.
"Mistress Peppercorn," he said solemnly, "have you no pity for the dead, the dumb, helpless dead? You loved your father, I am sure. When a word from you might help to avenge him, as you going to leave that word unsaid? Who can say that the dead are not grateful for the loving thoughts of the living, and that they do not rest more quietly in their graves when they have been avenged? Have you no time or pity left for your dead father?”
― Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist

“Tears
The crystal rags
Viscous tatters
of a worn-through soul.

Moans
Deep swan song
Blue farewell
of a dying dream.”
― Maya Angelou, Summary & Study Guide The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou

“The existence of the text is a silent existence, silent until the moment in which a reader reads it. Only when the able eye makes contact with the markings on the tablet does the text come to active life. All writing depends on the generosity of the reader.”
― Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading