James Sinks

“The worst mistake you can make, Kroeber taught, is to see another person through the lens of your prejudices. The second worst mistake is to think you aren't looking through the lens of your prejudices.”
― Paul La Farge, The Night Ocean

“I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.”
― Herman Melville

“Another old friend who came to pay his respects [to the recently elected Urban VIII] and collect his reward was Buonarroti, who, like Strozzi, judged the new court guilty of excess. "Music always and always poetry / music and poetry morning and night / music in every time and season." "I would rather hear frogs sing.”
― J.L. Heilbron, Galileo

“Lust is addicted to novelty.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer