Matthew Pearce

“We are both scientists, Eilish, we belong to a tradition but tradition is nothing more than what everyone can agree on – the scientists, the teachers, the institutions, if you change ownership of the institutions then you can change ownership of the facts, you can alter the structure of belief, what is agreed upon, that is what they are doing, Eilish, it is really quite simple, the NAP is trying to change what you and I call reality, they want to muddy it like water, if you say one thing is another thing and you say it enough times, then it must be so, and if you keep saying it over and over people accept it as true – this is an old idea, of course, it really is nothing new, but you’re watching it happen in your own time and not in a book.”
― Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

“Teachers are our most intimate acquaintance for a period of our lives, but the relationship is tilted toward us; they mute themselves in order to act as a conduit for our growth.”
― Tahmima Anam, The Startup Wife

“Pain is innate, but it also must be learned. It is unavoidable, and yet modifiable.”
― David Epstein, The Sports Gene

“His destructive nature made him more human”
― Kazu Kibuishi