Nicola

“Sadly, the words "reliable" and "accurate" can rarely be applied to the workings of the brain, particularly for memory.”
― Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

“Men drunk with ambition and power do not ground their weapons, nor stop to recognise the fellow-humanity of those they are about to slay.”
― Ellis Peters, Dead Man's Ransom

“English has a lot of synonyms for “fool” or “idiot.” Perhaps you take this to mean that English speakers are mean-spirited; I simply reply that necessity is the mother of invention.”
― Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

“Feeling in control makes most people feel secure and safe. It doesn’t matter how much actual control we have.
Every human is technically a meaningless sack of carbon clinging to a rock hurtling through the uncaring void around trillions of tonnes of nuclear fire, but that’s too big for a single human to be aware of.”
― Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To