Beth

“When I was nine—before I grew up and became a scientist—I thought I knew everything, or at least I wanted to know everything, and in my mind there was no difference between the two. At”
― Jodi Picoult, Leaving Time

“Time is an unkind teacher, delivering lessons that we learn far too late for them to be useful. Years after I could have benefited from them, the insights come to me. Now”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Assassin

“We are, as a species, neurologically uncomfortable with ambiguity. Imaging studies of the human brain in action demonstrate that the fussy little onboard computers in our skulls send out anxiety messages when confronted by conflicting or confusing information. As a consequence, we have a natural, internal impetus to settle on an interpretation that removes any perceived conflict.”
― Steve Volk, Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable—And Couldn't

“By nature you instinctively seek out the middle road, midway between dangerous passion and soul-destroying indifference.”
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls (Pulitzer Prize Winner)