Mike Rose

“It’s hard enough to find out about the things the universe prefers to keep hidden without our government, which somebody you know must have voted for, covering up what has already been found. Sometimes, of course, it hides things to save its own neck and sometimes seemingly just for the hell of it.”
― Norman Maclean, Young Men and Fire

“The idea that the same amount of heat causes a greater change of entropy in a cold place than a hot one can seem strange. But consider this as an analogy: A noisy, crowded pub is next to a quiet library. Five rowdy people leave the pub. The din drops but by an indiscernible amount. The five stumble into the library. The noisiness there increases noticeably. When a group of raucous people enter a quiet place, the increase in disruption there is much greater than its fall in the boisterous place from which they came.”
― Paul Sen, Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe

“Oh. Is this, um, Harry Dresden? The, ah, wizard?” Her tone was apologetic, as though she were terribly afraid she would be insulting me. No, I thought. It’s Harry Dresden the, ah, lizard. Harry the wizard is one door down.”
― Jim Butcher, Storm Front

“If we ever reach a point where bad behavior becomes nothing but an engineering problem, we’d lose our free will. Would that be so bad?”
― Ian Olasov, Ask a Philosopher: Answers to Your Most Important—and Most Unexpected—Questions